She'll be missed. I think she left a legacy for Plano pitchers to locate pitches and help the defense. I think Lauren learned that from her.

We worked hard on defense this week. We got another good pitching outing. Stevie pitched well and hit her spots.

In different counts, he'll do things normal pitchers don't do. He's a pitcher who pitches and doesn't give in.

It is very comforting for our pitchers to know that the pitches they throw for outs - they'll get outs. We've been getting some above-average defensive play out there, and the success of our pitching goes hand in hand with the success of our defense.

We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simple. We weren't calling for fastballs down the middle with base-runners on with the best hitter on their team standing there. They couldn't hit spots, and if you couldn't hit spots, he'll hit the ball.

We start district Tuesday. The games we missed out on are games you just won't get to prepare.