Postgame Reactions: Diamond Dawgs punch ticket to Super Regionals

Yeah.

Um, you know, there's a million things you could say about this game.

When you win 19 to 5-

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some of the numbers get lost, but overall, your thoughts just kind of on where we are right now.

Well, I thought going in, first and foremost, when you score seven of your nine at bats, you know, of course your offense got it done tonight, but I thought the big key, we got Ryan McPherson going.

You know, the adrenaline's high for him, pitching in a regional, first time on the mound in a couple of weeks, and you're still trying to baby him back a little bit.

A- and if you're gonna be the visiting team, I think it, it happened perfectly, because we were the visiting team today, and the first time he toes the rubber in this game, he has a lead.

Garrick Frye hitting the home run in the first at bat, Jacob Parker hitting the home run in the first inning.

You go out and you pitch with a lead in the first inning, I thought that was really big.

It is, and right now the team making their way around the outfield, high-fiving everybody in the crowd, working the outfield fence.

And, but you know, Bart, it, this was a, an outcome that was known for quite a while.

Uh, that being said, man, you start to look at the individual performances that added up.

All right, let's start on the mound like we normally do.

You talk about Ryan McPherson, kind of bringing him back.

Here's the thing about McPherson that I like, is the velocity is still there.

Yes.

He never lost that.

He came back, in fact, it ticked up a little bit.

I thought today we saw better secondary stuff out of him than we saw in his, what I'm gonna call his rehab starts prior to today.

Well, and it kind of goes back to what you saw out of Duke Stone on Friday.

He worked the middle of the plate, and he didn't walk anybody.

That was a big key for him, and that was one of the big things for me.

He didn't throw a lot of extra pitches.