After that first inning, Ramon settled in and pitched really well the next five innings. And we played solid defense behind him. We just couldn't get anything going on offense.

It's just us getting stops, playing defense. We're going to score regardless.

Our coaches emphasized defense tonight and an up-tempo game. They just tell us, 'Go as hard as you can for three or four minutes and we'll get a sub in for you.' Everybody pushed the ball and everybody went all out the whole game.

I'm proud of our defense. They did just what we wanted them to do.

We didn't do a good job of handling some pressure situations. We had some guys on base at different times and just never took advantage. If you would've told me before we played that Magnolia was only going to score four runs, the way we've been hitting, I would have said, 'Heck yeah,' and marked it down as a win. We've got to be more consistent. If we want to win the conference, then we've got to be more consistent. We can't afford to lose any more conference games.

He's a solid pitcher and did a good job. He pitches a little harder than most guys and we made the mistake of trying to over-swing and force it. And we swung at too many bad pitches.