 Why do you think that's a struggle Just I thought just too many mistakes on the plate with with with all his pitches, you know, they They had they they were making hard contact on them most of the night You know with with the fastball and the secondary stuff I thought he pounded the zone for the most part But just it seemed like in what you know having not watched it back yet. It just seemed like You know a lot of pitches In the center with both his fastball and his secondary Overall you guys have had some struggles with the race this season Why do you think they've they've played you so tough or you guys have had that trouble against them overall in their pitching stuff? Yeah Well, I mean that that team got off to a really slow start I believe in the first month and since then they've been a tough team and you know, you know the way they have You know use their their pitching staff creatively they they've created a lot of matchups and made it tough on us and You know tonight was a a case of them just getting out ahead of us and really swinging the bats well and digging us a hole so You know, they're they're a good team and and You know, we have a chance to tomorrow go out and have a good series against them so that's that's how we look at it and and You know, but they've certainly played well against us these last couple series Wally Karen aside from Sess's first to big league starts back in 2016 his record as a star has been pretty undistinguished was The reason you used him tonight basically based on need. Did you have any other options? Well with CC going down and having to skip him Obviously we had to plug somebody in so, you know, we talk about a lot of guys You know a lot of times it comes down to you know where guys fall in their Rotation when you're when you're dipping into the system a little bit So, you know, a lot of guys continue to be in that mix continue to be in that conversation There's there's roster situations that you deal with so there's a lot that goes into it You know and Sess has shown Flashes up here of having success and he's certainly done that down there to earn earn these opportunities I'm not taking advantage of that basis loaded situation in the fourth inning. How much did I hurt you? Yeah, I mean, you know, I felt like there are a couple times there where we had some chances To really make a game of it and and who knows, you know, maybe that changes things a bit We just couldn't get that hit tonight to push us over You know, we did we created some traffic just you know, it makes it tough when you're kind of behind the eight ball and you know, not just down a run or two and But yeah, I mean one big hit certainly in that inning, you know, maybe things are a little bit different Dave Aaron Keschman said before the game that judges had a court his own shot on Monday to try to you know, ease the pain some For you guys going forward Are you guys just waiting to see how he shows up each day and how he feels before determining what he's gonna do? Or do you see a spot where he's gonna have a chance to pick up a bat? Or is that maybe too far off at this point? No, I think that's I think that's closed I know he did some swings underwater today, and I went well I would say there's been significant improvement over the last couple of days So I feel like we're getting close to that point where you know, hopefully as a bat in his hand again I think at that point it probably progresses pretty quickly But the thing they're waiting on is making sure they're you know The pains out of there when they get to that end point of rotate right now is range of motions very good When he gets to that end point he's still feeling a little bit significantly less than a few days ago certainly a week ago And I would say today was a big step forward for him and some of the things he was able to do so hopefully You know bat in hand is soon to follow and then and then we can progress pretty quickly from there. I would imagine Meredith The three-week time frame that you guys first announced seem pretty ambitious Do you is he not healing as fast as you originally thought is he further behind than you you originally thought it would be? well The three-week time it was a real timeline though. It's not I don't think it was necessarily us Intentionally being ambitious. In fact, I think we usually err on the side of of caution Yeah, so it's just been the bottom line is we got to wait for it to heal and get to a certain point So obviously tomorrow, I think is the three-week point. So we're getting there. So obviously, you know It's it's not Where we had hoped at this point that said it's moving in the right direction There's nothing alarming that's going on that's keeping him down. It's just taking a little bit more Than then that I think we had originally hoped Anyone else? Clap the right Aaron, are you are you satisfied or perhaps concerned either one of the team's confidence in itself over, you know The last couple weeks and going forward Well, I know what you with our confidence You know, I think I Think we are in the midst of a tough stretch for us Just, you know, how we are a little banged up obviously and and a lot of games and and not a lot of days So so it's it's not easy for us right now, you know, but I feel like I feel like the guys have a really good perspective on things and Are fighting their way through it and and you know with all that being said we've still been able to You know, when we left the Red Sox series, we still been racking up wins here At a pretty good clip, you know, when I feel like it's kind of difficult It is a difficult part of the season for us, but I feel like the guys frame of mind I think to a man in that room everyone understands How much we're capable of and certainly, you know, as we become more and more whole hopefully over the next couple of weeks Hopefully we put ourselves in a really position good position here to to finish strong these final six seven weeks of the regular season and Give ourselves a chance. Hopefully come October Okay, thank you