They (Heritage) executed behind two or three good hit-and-runs and they found the holes when they needed to. We made a few mistakes physically and mentally, which compounded into long innings for us.

Taylor looked good. He missed some spots early, but had a lot of strikeouts.

We couldn't buy a hit when we needed one. We went three games where we got the hit when we needed it and we haven't been able to get one the last three games.

We have to work on defense next season, make it a focus from Day 1. Making routine plays has been our Achilles all year. Tonight was an exclamation point on that. This was a game we should have won, but we didn't play seven full innings.

Steven did a great job working out of jams by keeping the ball down. I can't say enough about his effort.

The strike zone suddenly shrunk. We battled through it and came back to trail 6-4 but could get no closer.