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<v Speaker 1>Back here with Jim Penders after Ukont's victory over Army

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<v Speaker 1>West Points. Uh, we'll get to the big picture in

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<v Speaker 1>a moment. But boy, you go into the eighth inning,

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<v Speaker 1>first two guys out, then suddenly six guys of the play.

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<v Speaker 1>You finish seven or fourteen with two out hits today,

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<v Speaker 1>that'll win you a few ball games.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it covers up a lot of sins. You

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<v Speaker 2>get the two out RBIs And that eighth was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was really good. After the first two at bats

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<v Speaker 2>were terrible from Root and Padia, and then and then

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<v Speaker 2>Connor Lane hits it, you know, hits a ball on

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<v Speaker 2>the screws and then you couldn't make it out there

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<v Speaker 2>for a little bit, and it was great. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Spur was a little dinged up with the wrist. He

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't quite feeling it with his swing. Fortunately the right

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<v Speaker 2>guy hit the the forty foot ground ball because he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to beat that out every time. And but everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else in that inning, I mean, my lord, they hit

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<v Speaker 2>hit the ball hard. It was good to see one

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<v Speaker 2>of their better guys came in with some velocity and

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<v Speaker 2>we got to it. So, I mean Lane and then

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<v Speaker 2>MacArthur Ready to hit a two zero fastball for a

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<v Speaker 2>two out. RBI Biller hits a ball on the screws,

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<v Speaker 2>Robbie Rispoli works a tough walk and spurs and field single.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Daniels just didn't miss it. He got the game

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<v Speaker 2>ball tonight. He was locked in last couple of nights.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what have you seen in his transformation over the

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<v Speaker 1>last few years?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think when he first got here, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's still he still gets under a lot. But what

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen from him, I mean, I think he just

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<v Speaker 2>plays with a lot of confidence. That that has That's

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<v Speaker 2>been the case since he arrived. I mean even as

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<v Speaker 2>a freshman, he played with a lot of confidence. He's

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<v Speaker 2>given a tough at that We've had to move him

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<v Speaker 2>around a little bit. Defensively, he's been limited. His mobility

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<v Speaker 2>is not quite as good as it was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years ago, and he's still kind of

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<v Speaker 2>I think working back in with the hip, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being able to move side to side. However, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>his offense, I mean more than makes up for any

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<v Speaker 2>any deficit on defense. I mean he can He's going

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<v Speaker 2>to drive in a lot more than he lets in

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<v Speaker 2>and on defense. You know, he can be a heady

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<v Speaker 2>player too. He had a big time pickoff last night,

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<v Speaker 2>big time timing pickoff with with Ian Cook when Cook

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<v Speaker 2>was struggling there a little bit, and and he picked

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<v Speaker 2>the absolute right time to do it in Mexican and

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<v Speaker 2>then Ian executed it with Ryan. But he's a baseball

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<v Speaker 2>player and I enjoy watching him play. He's he's he

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<v Speaker 2>he's a big personality as well. And you know, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>really comfortable in the batting in the batter's box right now.

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<v Speaker 1>You got some decent pitching today into tonight. That was

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<v Speaker 1>one of your concerns we talked about on Saturday. Hutchinson

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<v Speaker 1>gave you Tune a third good inning. Spurito gave you

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<v Speaker 1>a decent inning. Caruso Abadessa right down the line, did

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty good stuff for you today. Guys that haven't

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<v Speaker 1>pitched a lot late right right.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we had kind of a little Kumbia meeting

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<v Speaker 2>with some pictures on Monday. Coach Mac got under the

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<v Speaker 2>hood a little bit. It's tough to tough to really

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<v Speaker 2>work with guys when we're playing so many games. But

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<v Speaker 2>with Easter Sunday when it was we had the off

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<v Speaker 2>day a day earlier, and that allowed for some quality

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<v Speaker 2>work in the bullpen. I think coach Mack was out

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<v Speaker 2>there from like eleven until four with different shifts of

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<v Speaker 2>guys coming through. So did some work, you know, on

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<v Speaker 2>the mental side and executing some pitches. He uncovered a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of things for a couple of guys and then

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<v Speaker 2>they executed tonight. I mean, you saw Kyle Peters have

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<v Speaker 2>a really good outing last night. He hadn't pitched in ages.

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<v Speaker 2>Jude Abidest has been working on some things on the side,

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<v Speaker 2>and it worked tonight. I thought he got some good

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<v Speaker 2>swings and misses. His stuff look electric from the from

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<v Speaker 2>the dugout, it was really sinking, and you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>liked what I saw from him and Caruso. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we charged him with getting lefties out, and he finally

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<v Speaker 2>had some lefties look really uncomfortable against them. Three of

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<v Speaker 2>the four guys he faced were left handed, so that

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<v Speaker 2>bodes well heading down the stretch here, Hutchinson kind of

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<v Speaker 2>settled in and you said it, yeah, Spirito, I thought

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<v Speaker 2>solid outing, you know, solid and uh, you know he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be on the trip this weekend. He earned his way,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, with just giving up one run, you're you're

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<v Speaker 2>your way onto the onto the weekend travel list. But no,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he has a future. I mean it, ball

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<v Speaker 2>was coming out of the hand pretty well, uh tonight

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<v Speaker 2>from him. And and you know, I thought the pictures

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<v Speaker 2>that came out of the pen for the second night

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<v Speaker 2>in a row, everybody came out of the pen. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that a solid job. Even you know, Hector's getting

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<v Speaker 2>ready there in a pinch. We've got aft them ready to.

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<v Speaker 1>Go and there here trying to get him ready wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>fair to him, but he's not going.

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<v Speaker 2>To turn it down. He's a competitor. He wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>get every he wants to soak up every opportunity he gets.

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<v Speaker 2>And and he did. He did his job tonight too, Jim.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the weekend, Saint John's ahead on the road.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean never never an easy place to play

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<v Speaker 2>in Jamaica. You know they've got it going a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>They they got right, I think yesterday with a dramatic

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<v Speaker 2>uh walk off against Rutgers, against a solid Rutgers team.

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<v Speaker 2>So uh, they're very tough at home and they you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they have always competed. I mean back to I remember

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<v Speaker 2>watching games, Uh, you know, at Jail Christian Field in

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<v Speaker 2>the in the nineteen eighties, and it's been a long

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<v Speaker 2>time rival. Saint John's been a long time rival of us.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's gonna be a you know, a nice ride

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<v Speaker 2>down hopefully tomorrow we'll get a practice in and leaving

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully after the traffic in the morning and get down

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<v Speaker 2>there and plenty of time to check in and get

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<v Speaker 2>a good workout. So looking forward to it. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's got a lot on the line too. We're

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<v Speaker 2>both battling for first place.

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<v Speaker 1>This made sound goofy because you've won ten straight, But

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel like you're playing your best baseball of

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<v Speaker 1>the season as a whole or is there still a

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<v Speaker 1>long way to go?

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<v Speaker 2>No, we have a long long way to go. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean our infield defense tonight, you shot, you saw some

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<v Speaker 2>some flaws. Certainly. You know, we have moved guys around.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we've got guys with wrists and thumbs and

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<v Speaker 2>fingers and you know, and we're getting to the point

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<v Speaker 2>now where it's like, all right, well, we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of you know, you got to bite down and

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<v Speaker 2>try to get through it. And I know we have

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<v Speaker 2>the right mentality to do that, and we haven't had

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<v Speaker 2>to do it until now, So I'm gonna see guys

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<v Speaker 2>back in some regular positions. I think this weekend. It

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<v Speaker 2>looks like and you know, like we couldn't catch Garbowski tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>He's nursing a finger, which he needed the day just

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<v Speaker 2>so that if we had to play two on Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll be available to go. And you're trying to manage

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<v Speaker 2>kind of games ahead, Tyler Minnick. You know we were

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<v Speaker 2>able to get him swinging a little bit today. It

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<v Speaker 2>looks like you'll hopefully be able to go on Friday

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<v Speaker 2>as well. Needed a couple of days off, so then

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<v Speaker 2>spur things up his hand today. So we got a

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<v Speaker 2>guy hitting the face and the dugout. Who's fine. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if Cold Taylor's parents were listening, but he's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we didn't know who.

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<v Speaker 2>I figured I didn't know who. It was a scary moment. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he'd never never blinked and never lost consciousness and said

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<v Speaker 2>all the right things past all the tests. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a relief too.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, good to hear that. That's the luck this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>And thank you as always for your time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Bob.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, I have a go one