 Aaron Boone said maybe your staff was a tick down from your start against the Dodgers But still managed to get through five innings allowing just two runs. How were you able to do so? It's just keeping my aggressive approach, you know, I kind of lost the handle there walked a few more than I wanted to They just battled, you know, I thought Gary did a nice job behind the plate mixing it up And I think as we're making the plays in the field behind me Mentioned lost the aggressiveness a little bit. Why do you think that was? I mean I was trying to be aggressive. I was just having a hard time finding the zone there a little bit You know and Was trying to get in the zone But then I was able to correct it in the fifth inning and get those out So we needed to prove something to you that even though you don't have your best staff You can still give them a pretty good start. Yeah, absolutely. You know, it was good to see You know feeling that way and being able to Go out there and give that kind of effort kind of just shows myself what I can accomplish You know with like you said lesser stuff. Um, so that was uh, that was great Does it help when you have guys like Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge, Mike Ford on the other side putting some runs on the board? Absolutely, you know, those guys have been fantastic the last few days putting a lot of runs on the board Fun to watch watch those guys hit. It's been it's been really great Talked to you the other day about pitching here for the first time since being traded Were there any added emotions on the mound? It was definitely weird For sure, um, you know a new experience facing the team that I was with for such a long time Was just trying not to think about it and just going out and doing what I do What have you learned about winning with the Yankees? Your next win will match your career high or things like that Well, these guys make it easier on me when they're scoring these many runs, you know, it's uh, That's awesome when they're they're putting runs on the board like that, but uh, Me personally, it's just uh, the approach of being aggressive and taking a one pitch at a time Not focusing on the the end result and uh going out there and battling It was five innings. It wasn't as electric or dynamic as his last start He didn't have that nasty knuckle curve that he displayed against the Dodgers But there will be some starts where you don't have your a plus stuff and you have to figure out a way to get through I think that's what paxton did today He only ended up allowing one hit in the game And I think it was a smart move by boon with the Yankees leading and a day off tomorrow Go to the bullpen after five innings and even though this start was not a la the Dodgers You've been pointing it out along when he got on that first good run to start august This is the guy they dream on even if it's not the great stuff and it's five walks You want the guy that can grind out wins. Yeah for some reason today. He didn't have his command He was scattering his pitches a lot Sanchez actually saved them not only with his bat the two are at home But by throwing out two base runners at second base But major league pitchers talk about this all the time and david cohen talked about it during the broadcast You're not going to have your best stuff every time out there So figure out a way and that's what james paxton did he got the win and his last six starts He's now six and oh and he definitely is a more versatile pitcher in terms of using all of his stuff And not just being a guy who's only going fastball cutter hard slider. It's working in that curve ball too