He's in a lot of ways behind even the true freshmen.

I don't want to take anything away from Creighton, because they do a great job. But everybody's doing a great job on us. Everybody.

He's truly a very remarkable, special athlete. He's an outstanding hitting prospect.

I don't know. I've never seen a team fall apart offensively like this team has. We've tried every motivation tactic with them. At this point and time, I'm ready to send them to putt-putt golf or ride a go-cart. They need to do something to clear their mind and get refreshed and at least be happy to come to the ballpark.

I don't know if we can rally this weekend or not. We need to do something.

He's still not able to throw his breaking ball, but he did a real good job.

I really think Aaron Shafer pitched well and gave us a chance to win the game. I'm very impressed with his demeanor and the way he goes about his business. I think he's an outstanding prospect, and he's going to be a great pitcher for us.

I have no idea how he caught that ball. You can't say enough about Matt Brown and how he plays the outfield. There's nothing about the way he performs that surprises me, but every time he makes a catch like that, it's better than the last one.

I'm just glad this weekend is over. We were horrible this weekend. Horrible all three days. Just horrible.

I mean, we've scored 12 runs in the last five games. It was another weak, anemic night, more of the same. It's just we were never in the game after we couldn't pitch and keep them under control. Once we started giving up runs, letting fly balls drop and throwing to the wrong base, down by six runs seemed like 60.