just to be able to get through five today what was kind of your assessment of just today's outing uh yeah I was kind of in that weird pitch count spot U talked to Doc you know told me our bpin was in a good spot I think worked out well obviously you know a building block for me and and Bullpen did a great job and and covered the the five innings so um yeah it's a good one step wise do you feel like you were kind of executing your pitches just kind of the outside of the what two hom run yeah the the Homer you know one B pitch hoppy and and then Taylor hit that ball down the line and I kind of felt fine about the throw it just you know he's a he's a pretty good hitter with some power and so things like that happen but um you know obviously big by our team at the end the you know the Extra Inning rule is kind of interesting and and you know getting one or two is is the thing but you get four I think it makes it kind of tough before the game uh Dave said important start for you in the postseason picture how do you approach that you look at this as a positive step then yeah I think so you know I think these past two starts that you know obviously the line wasn't as good the last time but starting to get some punchouts and and all of that kind of stuff I I think for me is all these little tiny you know boxes checked and uh you know I feel like myself and and I feel like I can go and and throw the ball well and um you know tonight wasn't you my best game ever but for right now I'm I'm pretty happy about it and and confident and um you know another four five six days whatever we end up doing you know I I feel ready to to take the ball and and feel like I can help this one how do you measure progress at this rate performance what's made the curve ball so effective is it just the execution of the pitch is it the way you're setting it up how key has that been these last couple yeah I mean I think it's kind of drastically different in terms of strike percentage and and as well as I'm throwing a lot of them and and you kind of get a feel for it at some point I mean growing up I I threw fastball curveball and and learned to cut her kind of down the line and and getting back to that kind of my strengths a little bit I think has has been huge but you know at the end of the day the the pitching coaches here got me in my delivery and and now everything kind of feels familiar as opposed to feeling really foreign like I did for a while and um you know hats off to them and and get me kind of back in that spot building blocks you today versus like obviously understanding where you are in the calendar where you want your performance to be in life for October yeah I'd love to feel I I would have loved to have felt like this in April you know what I mean and and but at the end of the day like I have a month to kind of go and and more so put the the finishing touches on how I feel as a as a major league starter and and hope I can help us win in the playoffs with show a here there was a lot of fanfare what was it like pitching here here tonight yeah I mean I I think probably a little more people more enthusiasm than than typical down here I think you know they do a great job pulling people down here but obviously we're an hour away and and I think it's just a little bit different situation but you know Shi playing for us now I think is is really cool obviously tonight intentional walk and then our our other Superstar it's a homer and um yeah it's a it's a tough situation to walk a guy that got 700 to get to a guy that got 350 so um you know he's pretty good at baseball too M thanks guys thank you thank you