 early on it was uh you know there's a lot of pitches um but a lot of foul balls really and then I was able to make uh you know better pitches as we went got some quicker outs and uh you know this might have been over amped in the first where things were kind of coming up back middle and they were fouled balls off and I was able to make pitches as we went. Why do you think you're over amped just a matter of first actual start for a new team? Yeah I mean and uh I mean when it comes to the first inning that's kind of my thing too I got to get settled in and get going I was able to do that and then we were able to keep adding runs and playing good defense and you know I'm just uh you know happy to be here to contribute. Erin Boone talked about you being a guy that uses your fastball a lot and said elevating it in the zone tonight seemed to work well for you did you see that as a key? Yeah I mean that's something that helps me no matter what night it is especially if I got a good one so you know I just try to move it in and out um you know get them uncomfortable makes sense in breaking balls and you know let the team work and we got a good offense here so if you shut them down they're going to go get you some runs in and you're gonna be all right at the end. This team badly needed a win tonight after Boston did you put any kind of pressure on yourself as a veteran guy that you need to come up with a big outing? Uh you know I would say no but uh when you're playing for the Yankees it's a little different um you know you came into this I came into this start uh knowing that I needed to do my job and I needed to do it at a high level and uh I came out and uh had a good start and you know the offense gave me some runs defense did a great job and you know we're here and we won and hopefully I can keep doing that and we can make a run at it. So are you the kind of pitcher that thrives in those situations like when your team really needs you after such a terrible series in Boston? Um you know I want to say yes uh when I was with St. Louis I had a good run of success at that um so hopefully I can I can have the same thing here uh whenever they need me and whenever it's my time to go pitch I go get outs and help the team that's all I'm about um when it's all said and done if you're on a winning team and you do what you have to do to help team win at the end of the day then you're doing your job and that's that's who I am. And if the team got into hotels like five uh what time did you get to sleep? I was fast asleep. Did you watch it? Yeah I did I did so I went to bed knowing that uh I need to show up today.