 James did you feel a lot better on the mound this afternoon? Yeah, I felt like I found some rhythm And was able to execute pitches better today Aaron spoke about your slider to right-handed batters in particular How much did that help in your effectiveness? Yeah, it was a good two-strike pitch for me today even before two strikes. I got some swings and misses on it It was feeling a lot better today about getting in rhythm. What allowed you to get in that rhythm? I was just working on some mechanical stuff this week and you know, I was able to go out there and execute that and kind of find my comfortable spot in the mound and Just got some after probably the third inning. I felt like I really found my rhythm out there. So it was good Boone did say he felt like you got stronger as the game went on. Did you feel as though that was the case? Yeah, I was kind of trying to find it early, you know, like I said with that rhythm But then once I found that I just got better and better with it as the game went on Even after your last couple of starts that weren't very good said he felt you were close Did you feel as close as he thought you were? Yeah, I mean, I knew I was gonna figure it out You know, there was a bit of a rust stretch for me today was definitely a step in the right direction As far as figuring some things out for me So I'll just look to keep that going in the next one When they put the big five spot up and give you a little room to work with there Yeah, it was awesome, you know offense did great today They were they did well last night, too It was really good to have two days in a row of scoring some runs