 Aaron Joe Gallo said on the field that it's been a little bit of a rough week and kind of jokes It's about time in reference to the home run Just what could a night like this do for a newcomer to allow them to settle in a little bit Well big night for him, but the way I look at it is he's been having good at bats every night The defense has been there. You're seeing the athleticism. He's grinding at bats So for me it was kind of a matter of time where he really broke through and obviously hit one out of the park and a huge one that that But I Mean, I think he's I think he's looked very very good in the first week, frankly Little little nervous there I did feel like he he kind of topped it or kind of topspin hooked it But still, you know, I knew he you know He looked like he was looking for that pitch and put a pretty good swing on it I Thought that was going to be the result, but it definitely threw a scare into us Why do you think Arald has struggled so much with his fastball tonight? Not sure. We'll have to have to look at it Yeah, not sure, you know, you know, I think a slip out there He's out of that inning a little cleaner But a little bit of a struggle a little bit of a grind for him as they worked a lot along at bats He made some big pitches when he had to to get back in some counts So we'll have to look at it Did you consider it worked out obviously, but did you consider bringing in little wise together in that situation? I probably would have one more hitter if You know, if he had if he had gone past Tanager there, then that I probably would have gone to low And just looking at how that inning unfolded. How big was that scoop by Anthony Rizzo to start off the inning to get the First out of the yeah, it was really really good play, you know, rookie Got a got a pretty good throw off But was a little slow to get to the ball and and and Riz dug it out, you know, like like like he's been doing all week or For the last decade, I guess Tom Merriam, please unmute Aaron you're now six and one since the trading deadline. Do you feel that the deals help re-energize the team in addition to the new talents you received? I do you know, I feel like guys are playing really well We've obviously added really good players that have that have come in and been key contributors You know, and I think it's a continuation of Frankly how we've been playing now for the better part of a month where we've we've mixed in some really tough losses But but have managed to play pretty good baseball against a lot of good teams as well. So We got to keep it up though. That's a good team. We're playing over there. Nice to get the first one But we have another important one tomorrow Ryan done leave you in the next question Talked about Chapman tonight, but the last seven save opportunities he's seven for seven I think he's led one run in his last eight innings and Britain was clean tonight I mean with Britain on the aisle so much and Chapman's tough months You haven't had a lot of nights where you could just go to the blueprint of Britain eight Chapman nine Clothes at a late rally is you starting to feel confident in that again. Yeah. Yeah Chappy's been going well now for a month Brit Brits been getting a little bit of tough luck He almost again tonight, you know, they had a little squibber down the line against them for the double He gets a strike out and then they hit another number down the third baseline and all of a sudden He's in a first to third scenario, but again with Brit He's always that one pitch away and he puts the next guy on the ground and turns a nice double play So yeah, nice nice to have those two guys, you know in that eighth ninth close it out And you know, obviously, you know those guys are really important to what we do Greg Joyce you have the next question Aaron did you did you think that was gonna be a home or off the bat for Gallo or you have to wait a little bit? Just given how high it went I thought it had it. I definitely thought it had a chance. I knew it was right down the line, which is a good thing Obviously it was so high. You don't see very many that go that high and so I definitely thought I actually got Up out of the dugout because I felt like it was gonna go and it just kept kept going and and hit it obviously in the perfect spot Do you remember any hit that high here? Man, I'm I don't I don't know that was that was that was up there Go next to Eric Boland Aaron before Gallo's home red seawall that retired the first two of the inning How important were Aaron's and that John Carlos at bats preceding Gallo? I mean seawall. It's tough And really tough on right. He's there and you know I think judgy was o2 worked his way back into the count put a good swing on one to get it going John Carlo, you know works a deep count Fights went off and shoots it the other way to set the table in what were two really good at bats against a good reliever and You know that that set up Joey nice But yeah, those were those were two really good at bat really good two-strike at bats And then Meredith asked you about the scoop that that Rizzo mates just generally speaking it as infielders. How Significant is it to know that every throw to first doesn't have to necessarily be perfect? Yeah, I think it's I think it's comforting No, and you got you know Someone that's really elite at that, you know and and Riz has told them just Get it to me. I'll catch it. So Yeah, I think there's there's definitely some comfort that comes with that Thank you Christie Eckard, please unmute Erin do you have a starter for tomorrow night? I'm gonna we're gonna go talk about it right now and see what see how we can lay it out and So I have a little bit in my mind right now, but I haven't told him where I want you know, I want to talk to Maddie and Hark about it. We'll we'll Let you know here shortly