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North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes spoke with the media following the Tar Heels’ 9-5 loss to USC in Game 1 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional.
UNC held a 5-1 lead going into the sixth inning, but an RBI single from Kevin Takeuchi followed by Dean Carpentier’s go-ahead grand slam put USC in full control, as the Trojans went on to outscore the Diamond Heels 8-1 in the final four innings.
Here are some excerpts from the news conference:
“That was a tough one. You want to try to grab that first one but credit to Southern Cal, they have a really good team. Walker McDuffie has been outstanding for us. I’ll put that dude right back out there tomorrow. It just happens and the game can flip. That’s the beauty of baseball. But the beauty of a super regional is it is a three game series, and we’re trying to win the three game series, and this ain’t the first time we’ve lost the first game. So I told the guys, move on and flush it…
“They’ve completely bought into being process oriented, to understanding what that means. We just have to play as well as we can when we’re playing. If I remember correctly, we won by a lot last year in game one, and we didn’t come out on top, so we talked about that briefly in (the locker room). We just happened to lose the first one (today), so I just reminded them, have that short memory, move on. If your family’s here, be present, don’t go pout about it, hang out with them, and then come in here tomorrow and just play…
“I definitely felt the momentum change (after the grand slam), but I didn’t feel our guys changing. Credit to their pitchers, they threw the ball well. They were throwing strikes, and you’ve got to beat them. I thought we hit some balls really hard. I thought we had some good at bats. We just didn’t find any grass or any holes. We still moved the ball, and not many strike outs. So really, anytime that happens, you have got to get up off the mat because you just got smoked on the mat with a grand slam with two outs, and you’re down by one when you’ve been in control the whole game. But I felt like our guys kept playing and I was proud of that.”
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UNC held a 5-1 lead going into the sixth inning, but an RBI single from Kevin Takeuchi followed by Dean Carpentier’s go-ahead grand slam put USC in full control, as the Trojans went on to outscore the Diamond Heels 8-1 in the final four innings.
Here are some excerpts from the news conference:
On the loss…
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“That was a tough one. You want to try to grab that first one but credit to Southern Cal, they have a really good team. Walker McDuffie has been outstanding for us. I’ll put that dude right back out there tomorrow. It just happens and the game can flip. That’s the beauty of baseball. But the beauty of a super regional is it is a three game series, and we’re trying to win the three game series, and this ain’t the first time we’ve lost the first game. So I told the guys, move on and flush it…
On bouncing back…
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“They’ve completely bought into being process oriented, to understanding what that means. We just have to play as well as we can when we’re playing. If I remember correctly, we won by a lot last year in game one, and we didn’t come out on top, so we talked about that briefly in (the locker room). We just happened to lose the first one (today), so I just reminded them, have that short memory, move on. If your family’s here, be present, don’t go pout about it, hang out with them, and then come in here tomorrow and just play…
On if there was a momentum change after USC’s go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning…
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“I definitely felt the momentum change (after the grand slam), but I didn’t feel our guys changing. Credit to their pitchers, they threw the ball well. They were throwing strikes, and you’ve got to beat them. I thought we hit some balls really hard. I thought we had some good at bats. We just didn’t find any grass or any holes. We still moved the ball, and not many strike outs. So really, anytime that happens, you have got to get up off the mat because you just got smoked on the mat with a grand slam with two outs, and you’re down by one when you’ve been in control the whole game. But I felt like our guys kept playing and I was proud of that.”
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