Alabama Baseball Head Coach Rob Vaughn's Opening Statement Manhattan College Game 1

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00:00 >> All right, obviously a good opening night.

00:03 I thought it was just a really professionally kind of played game.

00:07 Elite pitching, I say it all the time, I've told our arms this.

00:10 The starting pitcher really sets the tone for the whole game.

00:13 And I thought he did an unbelievable job of that.

00:15 Not just with the success he had, but just on the attack, kind of setting the tone for

00:20 what we're gonna be not only during the game, but this year.

00:22 I thought he was absolutely outstanding, just a really well pitched game.

00:26 Hagan Banks, outstanding.

00:27 Shatt comes into a mess there in the second and quiets it real quick and

00:31 execute pitches.

00:32 And that guy to my left, obviously great at bats,

00:34 was kind of a spark plug all around for us.

00:36 Not just with the bat in his hands, but stealing some bases,

00:38 creating some stuff, getting himself in a scoring position.

00:41 So just a really professional game.

00:43 It wasn't an awesome night to hit it to Joe.

00:45 I like when the wind blows the other direction.

00:47 I think he probably disagrees with me a little bit.

00:49 But we stung a couple balls, didn't have a lot to show for it.

00:51 I thought we had a really, really tough at bats early.

00:54 And their arms did a great job, man.

00:55 They made some pitches, really good change up out of them,

00:58 some different looks with some different things.

01:00 And they didn't give us much for free tonight.

01:02 I know we had a couple mistakes there that added to a couple more runs, but

01:06 that also took some runs off the board with their defense.

01:08 So just happy to get that first one out of the way.

01:11 There's so much anticipation and build up to opening day.

01:14 It's great to come out and get that first one out of our way and

01:16 kind of set the tone for not only the weekend, but the rest of the year.

01:18 with a