Miami vs. Clemson Post-Game Quotes
May 21, 2008
MIAMI HEAD COACH Jim Morris
Overall thoughts on the game…
“First of all, it’s a big win for us – you’re in the ACC Tournament. Outstanding pitched game by Chris, and we played some solid defense. We got some timely hitting, we had no one with more than one hit, which is kind of interesting because we still scored seven runs so. We got them when we needed them. We played solid defense. Clemson has a really good club, and Mitchell’s an outstanding pitcher who has some really good stuff so, it was a really big win for us.”
On Chris Hernandez…
“I mean, it’s been fun no question. It went down to the end where we didn’t know if he was going to go to school or sign pro. He came to school, and he’s exceeded our expectations. You don’t expect anyone to be 11-0 as a freshman, maybe anyone to be 11-0. He’s very, very good every single time out, knock on wood, and hopefully that will continue for three more tournaments.
I don’t think he ever beats himself. He’s that type of guy. He throws all his pitches for strikes like he did today, he has really good composure, very intelligent. The type of guy you want to term as a student-athlete…fun to have on our team, no question about that.”
What winning the Conference tournament means to their team…
“It’d be nice to win it, no question, since we’ve never won it. We haven’t played that well in the tournament since we’ve been here, so, we’ve got a ways to go. But ultimately our goal is Omaha and whatever we have to do to get there…we’re not going to blow our pitching staff or do anything because next week the (NCAA) tournament’s even more important.”
Chris Hernandez, FR. PITCHER
On playing in his first ACC Tournament…
“I had the butterflies…once that first pitch was there, after that I was able to relax. I was back to my normal self. I try not to hype myself up too much because that’s when you start getting nervous.”
On what was working well for him on the mound…
“The big thing was all my pitches were falling for strikes, so that was a plus. It kept the hitters guessing. I threw everything at them…I didn’t hold any pitches back. And they were pretty much guessing every time at the plate.”
