 start in the center towards the back. The first two innings, Tanaka was cruising the third inning. He kind of lost it. I'm just wondering what happened there. And overall, how you think he did? I thought he battled well. I thought they made pretty good contact with him. He didn't have a lot of strikes out. So the fact that he got as deep through their order as he did, I think, kind of speaks to his guy a little bit. I didn't really think he had his split tonight. But he made some pitches. They squared him up a handful of times right at some guys. So I thought he battled well and made some pitches when he had to and obviously made the big mistake on the split that turned into kind of more like a two-seamer, which had seemed like how his split was working a little bit tonight. So considering I thought he battled well, and I thought they took some pretty good at bats against him. Ken, on the right. Aaron, just your disappointment with the teams heading with the underscoring position and defense. Yeah, I mean, we played poorly tonight. There's no other way to explain it. And we need to flush this immediately, because we talked about as a team, we need to get over this in a hurry and come put our best foot forward tomorrow. And now, stranger things have certainly happened, a lot stranger. And we need to play a cleaner game, obviously, if we're going to beat a team like that. But we did not get it done tonight. You just talked about with the guys there. Andy, on the right. Does a game where, as the way you put it, where your team played as poorly as they did, make it more difficult in a situation for them to bounce back that quickly? No, no. Our guys are studs. And they will, I think they embrace the challenge. Obviously, we got our backs against the wall now. And we've had it there in many ways from the adverse situations we've faced all year. And I know these guys will come focused and ready to go tomorrow. And I can't wait to see them go out there and play our game. Eric, on the front. Aaron, how disappointed is it to have this kind of a poor performance on this stage? I mean, I think I just said it. We didn't play well tonight. And it's frustrating. But in the playoffs, you need to get past it. You need to flush what's already happened in a hurry. And because tomorrow's too important. And is a CC, what's his situation? Yeah, we've got to see more about it. But not good with the shoulder. Wally. Aaron, I think the fifth inning, you guys had bases loaded, two outs, and Cornassio in coming up. He's been struggling a bit. And you talked before the game about if you had the right situation, you would send Stanton up. Did you consider using him there? No, no, not, no. Why not? That wasn't the situation I was considering. Ron, done, Ron. There are two who were out in late in the season and have struggled at the plate. Is it a lack of sharpness that you see there, or what? Well, I mean, I think Hicks has had really good at bats in both of his days. Edwin started out swinging the bat really well in the twin series. I've had a few games here where he struggled a little bit. Gary finally got into one tonight, which was nice to see. So if you're asking Russ, I don't know. I feel like they're good and solid and have played enough and have accumulated and seen enough pitches that they're in a position to be successful. Joel. Aaron, as this game went along, obviously your team was playing worse. Do you think your team gave into the frustration of the moment in this game? And that explains what those last few innings look like? I don't think so. I think we didn't make a couple plays and that's frustrating, obviously, and I think our guys are frustrated over that. But again, it's imperative that we not dwell on it and we need to get past this and I know our guys will. Tyler. Aaron, a lot of strikeouts tonight in big moments. You guys scored the most runs in the game, but you did strike out a lot. How hard is it sometimes to execute when there is swing and miss in your game? Well, I mean, I mean, that's, you know, one of the differences right now is these last few games is just, you know, having opportunities. And I feel like we've done a pretty good job, you know, offensively of putting ourselves in position to have that breakthrough winning where we, you know, if you can throw a crooked number up there or get that big hit to kind of get us rolling, you know, part of that is they've pitched us tough and that's part of it. And then, you know, the other thing is when you have a couple of games, you know, where obviously it's magnified and you don't get a couple hits, you know, that's part of it too. But, you know, the strikeouts for us are gonna happen. It's a matter of us taking good at bats. Mark, on your right. Aaron, kind of following on what Tyler just asked, that first inning, you have Greenke on the ropes, Gary strikes out there and Greenke settles in. Do you look back on that and think, I mean, that's not- Aaron gets a hit there, there's a chance Greenke's out of the game. Yeah, that's an opportunity, it's no question. That's an opportunity. But, you know, that's also taking a two-out hit. Chances are you're not gonna get a two-out hit. So, but, you know, if we're gonna break through and have success, you know, we've had our chances here these last few days, we've gotta come up with a big hit and a big spot. And also, in the fifth inning, Gleiber's check swing. What was your view on that? Did you think you went? I mean, I'm gonna look at the replay. I thought he did, from the side. Take a few more, we got one down in the middle, in the front. Aaron, you go to Adam Aduvino there. He gives off the double to Bregman. What are you seeing from him? And do you foresee maybe his role changing? The series- Well, I think it kind of, in a way, changed a little bit. You know, he's been hurt in different cases. You know, he walked the lead off hitter the other day. You know, obviously gave up the first pitch homer to Springer over in Houston. And then today, with two strikes there to Bregman, where I thought he's having a good at bat with him, just makes a two-strike mistake, you know, that a slider that looked like it just caught too much of the plate. Then he was able to get the ground ball that we're not able to turn over. So, you know, obviously frustrating for him right now. But, you know, it's about execution. So, you know, that's just, that's been the bugaboo in some different situations for him. Ken. Aaron, two quick ones. First of all, do you envision a roster move with CC? And do you know who would be to replace him? We'll talk through that. I do think there's a chance of it. We'll kind of go through that process. And, you know, I'll get with C and see where he's at. And we'll talk about who that would be. And second of all, now Paxton, his biggest start as a Yankee, what do you hope and expect from him tomorrow night? Yeah, he's got to go out and pitch well and set the tone for us, you know, because we want to get on that plane to Houston now and that starts with Paxton. Take one more, Jesse. Caren, what did you see from Ryan Presley in that fifth inning? And how was he able to neutralize you guys? I think we got a couple of guys on them and, again, put ourselves in position. I thought he made some good pitches, mixed in both his, you know, his curveball slider and through some good fastballs and situations too. So I think he did a good job of kind of settling in and buckling down because we've had a little bit of success against him in this series and then he made some pitches there to get out of an inning.