IN THE MANAGER ARED RECORD BY TOYOTA. >> Meredith: FOR NOT FLOWING TWO WEEKS AT THE BLEG LEVEL WHAT DID YOU THINK OF GIL THIS AFTERNOON? >> Aaron: YEAH, I MEAN, EXCELLENT. SIX ISSUESOUT, REALLY WANTED TO KEEP HIM AT KIND OF THAT 5-PITCH MARK AND WENT A LITTLE OVER THAT TO FINISH OFF THE SIXTH INNING, BUT I EVEN THOUGHT THAT LAST INNING MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS BEST JUST AS FAR AS REAL EASY. NOT HAVING TO REACH FOR IT. SEEMED REAL SHARP TO ME AT FINISH WHICH WAS ENCOURAGING TOO. YEAH, I MEAN, JUST OVERALL, I MEAN, SIX SHUTOUT TO GET THE SERIES GOING. THAT'S, COULDN'T HAVE DRAWN IT UP BETTER. >> Meredith: WHEN HE'S RIGHT HE CAN DOMINATE. DID HIS STUFF LOOK THE SAME AS WHEN YOU SAW HIM DURING THOSE STRETCHES EARLY IN THE SEASON? >> Aaron: EARLY ON IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GEARING UP THE FASTBALL A LITTLE, TOOK HIM A LITTLE BIT TO GET THE HEATER GO, BUT IT IMPROVED THE ENTIRE GAME. I DON'T THINK HE EVEN, LIKE, I NOTICED THE FIRST FEW FASTBALLS WERE IN THE LOW 90s, THERE WAS NO, OH, I GOTTA GENERATE IT. IT JUST, HE PITCHED. AND MORE AND MORE THE FASTBALL WAS REALLY GOOD AS HE WENT ON. BUT MOST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, HE LIMITED THE FREE PASSES, COUPLE 3-2 COUNTS WHERE HE REALLY EXECUTED, WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WALK AND IT CHANGES THE COMPLEXION OF THE INNING. MADE A LOT OF BIG PITCHES IN THOSE SITUATIONS. >> Meredith: WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT LUKE WEAVER IN THE NINTH AND HOW DO YOU THINK HE HANDLED THE SITUATION? >> Aaron: I THOUGHT HE LOOKED GREAT. YOU KNOW, HE'S ABOUT TO HAVE A TEN-PITCH, THREE-STRIKEOUT INNING AND BELLINGER PUT A REALLY GOOD AT-BAT ON HIM, AFTER WEAVE JUMPED 0-2 ON HIM. AND THEN PAREDES PUT A REALLY GOOD AT-BAT ON HIM TOO. I THOUGHT HIS STUFF WAS EXCELLENT. THE HEATER WAS BIG. YOU KNOW, CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE SHAPE TO HIS SLIDER, EVEN MIXED IN A CURVEBALL, WHICH YOU DON'T SEE FROM HIM VERY OFTEN, BUT OVERALL HE DID A REALLY NICE JOB. >> WHEN DID YOU THINK LUKE WAS THE GUY TODAY? FOR THE NINTH? >> Aaron: WELL, ONCE GIL WENT SIX, I KNEW I WANTED COUSINS IN THAT NEXT, YOU KNOW, SPOT OF THE LINEUP. AND THEN ONCE COUSINS, I KNEW I WANTED TOMMY NEXT FOR THE BOTTOM AND AROUND TO THE TOP POTENTIALLY. SO I KIND OF JUST LINED UP THAT WAY. >> HIS FIRST CAREER SAVE OPPORTUNITY HORTON-TUCKER'S DO YOU THINK HE MENTALLY HANDLED ISN'T IT. >> Aaron: YEAH, GOOD. I THOUGHT HE CAME OUT WITH A LOT OF LIFE TO THE FASTBALL. I MEAN, IT WAS ONE OF HIS BETTER FASTBALLS OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY GOOD PITCH FOR HIM. IT WAS HIGH 90s, LOOKED LIKE THE SHAPES OF THEM WERE REALLY GOOD. CAME OUT ON THE ATTACK, YOU KNOW, BELLINGER AND PAREDES PUT TWO TOUGH AT-BATS ON THEM TO MAKE IT CHALLENGING THERE. BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS EXCELLENT. >> Meredith: DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES THERE IN THE CINCINNATI. >> Aaron: HE COULD. HE CO. AGAIN, IT WILL BE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT EACH DAY DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE LINEUP EARLIER IN THE GAME. WE'LL JUST PIECE IT TOGETHER BEST WE CAN. THE THING IS WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PITCHERS DOWN THERE. AND WE'VE JUST GOTTA GHEMENT IN THE RIGHT SPOTS, CLAY INCLUDED. SO IT'S A GOOD DAY. >> HOW GOOD WAS WELLS BOTH AT THE BAT AND HANDLING PITCHES? >> Aaron: YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY GOOD, UNDER CONTROL BACK THERE. YOU KNOW, LUIS CAN GET A LITTLE CREATIVE OUT THERE AND GOTTA REIN HIM IN A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES. I THOUGHT HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH ALL OF OUR PITCHERS, THOUGH, AND OBVIOUSLY A BIG HIT THERE IN THE ONLY INNING WE SCORED. SO GOOD TO GET HIM BACK, OBVIOUSLY, AND GOOD TO SEE HIM IMPACT US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. >> Meredith: CLEARLY A GOOD TEAM WIN BUT ALSO A BIG DAY FOR ANTHONY RIZZO COMING BACK HERE. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHAT THE CUBS DID FOR HIM? >> Aaron: IT WAS ALL. YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY EMOTIONAL. YOU COULD SEE ANTHONY'S EMOTIONS WHEN HE CAME OUT TO -- AFTER THE VIDEO, WHICH THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH. TO SEAT FAN BASE JUST -- SEE THE FAN BASE REALLY BE EXCITED TO SEE HIM AND ANTHONY PLAYED WELL, I THOUGHT HE HAD GOOD AT-BATS, MADE SOME REALLY GOOD PLAYS IN THE FIELD. SO YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL A GOOD DAY FOR US AND I KNOW A GOOD DAY FOR ANTHONY AND HIS FAMILY THAT THIS PLACE MEANT SO MUCH TO. >> ARE YOU ENCOURAGED WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SINCE ANTHONY'S COME BACK IN THE FIELD? EVEN HE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE TIME THAT HE GOT HURT HE WASN'T PLAYING UP TO HIS STANDARDS. >> Aaron: YEAH, I AGREE. I MEAN, HE'S LOOKED REALLY GOOD OVER THERE. I MEAN, A FEW GAMES, RIGHT? BUT THAT THING RIZZ HAS, THAT KIND OF JUST FEEL, PRESENCE, SMOOTH AROUND THE BAG. YOU KNOW, PLAYS QUICK, BUT NOT IN