He showed a lot of composure for a guy that hadn't pitched above A-ball. But we knew he had a good arm and were dealing with a quality pitcher.

He showed a lot of composure for a guy who hasn't pitched above A-ball. We learned very quickly in international competition anything can happen. You put that flag on your chest, and people get fueled by that.

I liked the composure he showed. It's always important to see how a young goalie is going to react.

Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, threw the head of the bat on it and it hit the wall. I made the pitch I wanted to, and he happened to hit it. He's a strong kid.

He's thrown strikes when he's pitched. He's shown a good breaking ball, which we knew he had.

We showed a lot of composure for a team that was missing two seniors. We were up 15-18 points and they came back. We could have folded it up and let them beat us, and no one would have thought twice. But we kept it together for four quarters.