It’s going to be a friend of mine the next two days.īut all in all, 20 points, I never really have good first rounds. And I missed a couple of birdie putts to get 4-under, but 2-under through nine. JOHN SMOLTZ: I played a perfect nine holes. Take us through your round today, opening round today. And any way you do that, through small ball, hitting the ball that day, whatever it is to put as much pressure as we can on the defense is what we utilized today.THE MODERATOR: John Smoltz in the media room. Just applying pressure on the defense is our main philosophy as an offense. I told him I’m a great bunter, but in all seriousness just saw that the third baseman was back and was able to put a good bunt down.Īnd Bob comes up, does the same thing. I’m sure Coach Mercer was kind surprised right on the bunt (indiscernible).īOBBY WHALEN: I’m sure Coach Mercer was kind of surprised, laying down a bunt. Bobby, fifth inning you guys realized small ball hasn’t been much of your MO this year, I’m sure.
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Being in those close games knowing how to pull it out like we did today it’s kind of how we did it. Coach Mercer does a great job getting us in great environments early on in the season. PHILLIP GLASSER: I would say we’ve been in the arena a lot this year. Luke and Risedorph really slowed it down and let all of us play loose. And the pitching, they threw well and our hitting came late. He calmed us down and we rallied behind Luke. It was really impressive from a freshman. Is the mindset any different and what was it like for your first experience?īOBBY WHALEN: I would say Luke gave us a great start, he went down, Risedorph, a freshman, came in and he kind of calmed the whole group down. Not a lot of tournament experience on your roster, but you didn’t show it today. It was my time to come up and did my best. Not a whole lot of thinking going on behind that. You don’t want to go too fast and mess everything up. That helped, the coaches made sure I cooled it down a little bit. What was the hurdle process for you to get ready so quickly?īRAYDEN RISEDORPH: Nice thing is you have as much time as you need. Brayden, when Luke goes down in the third, abrupt exit, you’re the next person in line. And I guess it started taking over and helping me get my stuff back. TY BOTHWELL: I started playing around with arm slots a little bit and just being a little weird and playing into who I am as a person, I guess.
Ty, after the Ball State game, struggling, 0-for-9, the (indiscernible) of the game, stellar outing. I’m sure everybody could back me up on that. You’ve got to celebrate the small victories, win the battle in the end. Like every out is going to be a determining factor. And we all want to go out there and have a lot of fun and play with a lot of pace and get a lot of things done and win the game. It’s like everybody’s first Regional basically. It was just a good experience for me and the rest of the guys. Ty, you had a lot of emotional moments tonight coming off the mound, a lot of celebration a lot of triumph what was a night like, what does a night like this mean to you? And just playing with that emotion and just rallying with the guys we were able to pull it out.
But we had the guys come up together and say, at the end of the day, we have a ball game to win.Īnd we were all rallied behind Luke. Obviously in that moment you’re emotional for him to see him go down like that. He’s been an unbelievable competitor for us. PHILLIP GLASSER: Luke has won us a lot of games this year. How do you switch off the emotion to get back on your mission? And what was the approach and how did the team generally handle that? Phillip, you lose Luke in the third inning feel for him as a teammate. First I want to thank everybody here for all their hard work.Īnd obviously baseball is a crazy game and guys played well, did a really good job and find a way to pull it out in the end in some tough circumstances. Everything that we need we’ve been taken care of. Lexington Regional Friday, JLexington, Kentucky, USA Indiana Hoosiers Coach Jeff Mercer Phillip Glasser Ty Bothwell Brayden Risedorph Bobby Whalen Postgame Press ConferenceĬOACH MERCER: First, I’d like to thank Kentucky for hosting a terrific Regional.
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