Struble has a good breaking ball and good change-up. You can call it anytime and he is always around the plate with his three pitches.

This was the first night I thought Lucas was 100 percent back. Having Wean back at third means we don't have people out of position. Injuries have definitely hurt us this season.

I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

We played the way Venice High is supposed to play. Even if we would have lost tonight, I still would have been proud of the way we played.

It's great to see Anderson really step up. He throws strikes and is sneaky fast and hits his spots.

We want to be the top seed. Manatee has three losses in the district, but they could lose again. We have a very tough week coming up -- three games on the road all against good teams. If we play well, we'll have a chance.