They don't get any tougher than that. Two outs, two strikes in the ninth.

Two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Gore gets a hit,

My ninth and 10th-grade years the team didn't make it. And that was my first year going and I had fun up there.

Their pitcher was settling down and getting into a groove. There were two outs, Chris had two strikes on him and he turned a pitch around and sent it onto the lacrosse field.

If we can get outs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, we'll be fine. We're going to score some runs. We've got plenty of starters. But we've got to hold the fort down after the starter goes out.

I'm sure (rust) factored in. His breaking stuff was not as sharp tonight. He has pitched very sparingly as of late. That all comes into play.