Al Plante

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  The game-winning hit was the perfect illustration of what MAU head coach Al Plante had been preaching to his pop-up-prone team all game.
  
  "Once you get two strikes on you, it's time to cut your swing back and just put the ball in play," Plante said. "You can't keep hitting fly ball after fly ball, trying to crush everything - you have to force the defense to make plays."
  
  From there it was all Armstrong (10 hits, three strikeouts, zero walks), whose progression throughout the game apparently made his coach feel hungry and old.
  
  "Toward the end Corey gutted it out, started throwing harder and got his breaking ball down out of the meat zone," Plante said.

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  But it makes his job even easier after just about everyone has had a few years with men like Upright and MAU varsity coach Al Plante.

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  MAU coach Al Plante lauded Riley's effort and the fact that he was able to shut down what had been hot and productive bats. Plante also credited his pitcher Armstrong, who went six innings, yielding seven hits, two earned runs with four strikeouts and no walks, as a player who deserved a better fate.
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  But Plante said that a lot about winning high school baseball games is how things break and what didn't happen or could have happened.
  
  "Maybe I went for too many early," said Plante, who guided MAU to its last finals appearance in 2002 and last D-I crown was in 1996.

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  "It was a great come-from-behind win," MAU head coach Al Plante said.
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  "We got some quality swings that led to quality hits," Plante said.
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  "Eric pitched a great game," Plante said.

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  "Defense made the difference in this game," MAU head coach Al Plante said.
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  "I thought we hit the ball hard, but we didn't have a lot to show for it," Plante said.
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  "Corey looked like he might have been a little over-anxious," Plante said.

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  "We just didn't hit well today; the bats went cold on us," MAU head coach Al Plante said.

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  "Even with the wind blowing dead-in, we had some big hits," MAU head coach Al Plante said.
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  MAU returns to action in the Drury Tournament on Friday; Plante foresees future success if his team can maintain its hot start.
  
  "If we can keep hitting and playing
  
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  defense like this, we could win a lot more games," Plante said.
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  "I was really proud of the way we played in this game," MAU head coach Al Plante said.

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  "Carter's a good pitcher and throws the ball real hard," MAU head coach Al Plante said."We were swinging and missing at the fastball."

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  "You can't give away outs," MAU head coach Al Plante said.
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  Application forms can be picked up at the Bennington and Norshaft Little League parks or by calling Al Plante at 442-8684.

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