Parenting The Victory
Last night's dramatic comeback earned some rave reviews from Outlaw manager Mark Parent...
His thoughts on the team's inability to drive runs, a problem that plagued the Outlaws since Friday:
"It had to be a matter of time. I mean, look at what was happening with Long Beach (on Sunday). They were getting hits off Singleton, dinks and ducks just out of the infield. We were hitting it right at guys. But then it was us getting the short shots later on. It balanced out."
On the pitching of Singleton, Jefferson and Gelatka:
"Nick threw like 125 pitches. He settled down for us and was unhittable at one point. He gave us seven good innings and a chance to win."
"John Jefferson was hurting in there. His back was aching. Just like Nick, he gutted it out pretty good. They were getting the outs. Gelatka had some trouble in the ninth, he got a little wild, but he found the strike zone when it counted."
On Long Beach:
"They can pitch, man. Every guy on that team has a great fastball. It's a veteran group (of pitchers) who don't go easily. We were hitting grounders all weekend and once we started hitting, you saw how it was, getting singles and men on base however we could."
On the inability of the Long Beach bullpen to hold off the Outlaws on Sunday:
"Their bullpen is as good as ours. (Armada manager Darrell Evans) has as much faith in that group as we do ours. It's just one of those things that happens in baseball. Sometimes your relievers can't do the job. They're never going to be perfect, that's for sure."