Everything Mark Kingston said after South Carolina's 14-10 loss to Georgia
Following South Carolina’s 14-10 loss to Georgia on Thursday, head coach Mark Kingston met with the media to discuss the game. Here’s what he had to say.
Opening statement
“Well, obviously a very offensive game. I thought we could pull it out there at the end. Just didn’t quite pull it out. But I love the fight in our guys and we’ll be ready to go tomorrow.”
On if he has to revisit who starts the series opener on the mound for next weekend
“I mean, we’re always evaluating everything for sure. And we’ll always do what we think is in the best interest of the team. So we’ll always evaluate everything.”
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On Ty Good’s outing out of relief
“Ty pitched well. But 86 pitches in four innings, we’ve got to be creative with our guys. The old days of guys throwing seven or eight innings on 100 pitches, that’s not anywhere anymore. Their guy threw 105 pitches, the second guy that came in and threw five innings. Baseball culture is now you’ve got to be creative. And so, we’ll continue to look for the best ways to use our pitchers. I thought Ty did a good job. So we’re just going to have to continue to be creative and maybe find unconventional ways to piece our pitching together.”
On if he sees anything different with Roman Kimball these last few outings
“He just leaves too many balls up. Roman needs to pitch up in the zone but not above the zone — there’s a big difference. When he’s above the zone, he walks guys. When he’s at the top of the strike zone, he gets a lot of fly balls and swings and misses. There’s a fine line between that.”
On how he thought the team attacked Charlie Condon tonight
“Well, he’s the best hitter in the country right now, and he’s seeing the ball really well. He sees the ball really well. He seems to be on a lot of different pitches. He was 2-for-4 tonight so he was a little bit above what he normally does. He usually hits .470 so. You can’t walk him every time. He’s a really good hitter and we’ll continue to pick our spots with him.”
On Kennedy Jones’ four-hit night
“Well, he’s a good player and good players have really good nights. Nobody has great nights every time they play. That’s why great hitters hit .300. But he’s one of our best hitters, he hits in the middle of the order. He’s a key guy for us, no question about it.”
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On getting hit by pitches six times in the game and if he worries about Ethan Petry after taking a pitch off the helmet
“I know we’ve had that happen to us a few times this year. But that one just breezed the brim of his hat. I don’t anticipate that being an issue tomorrow like we’ve had this year.”
On if there’s any frustration getting plunked that many times
“Sure, sure. You don’t want to see your players get hit.”
