We were tired. I didn't think we needed to stifle their momentum as much as we needed a break. We just ran out of gas down the stretch.

Offensively, we did what we had to do. We got some guys on base and were hitting the ball alright, but we needed to make a couple more plays in the field.

They're a real good team. Right now, it looks like Owatonna and Dakota are the teams to beat in the league.

Eli used to play defense. But we put him up there to give Ben a break.

I think we needed that. We were just playing with them the whole game, we had to break away at some point.

Is "tired old cliche" one?