 Josh, what do you think has made Houston pitching so tough on this offense? Um, I mean, I think they get some good arms. I think they throw strikes for the most part Um, when they do they make quality pitches. Um So yeah, I mean, I think that they have a good staff I mean, I think they're I don't know where they're at as far as The league is concerned, but I mean I gotta think that they're pretty pretty high up there Garcia today, what would allow him to keep you guys off balance? I mean, he's just mixed pitches all day made made quality pitches. Um, he's got he's got good stuff and I felt like when he did make some mistakes Um, you know, it's probably foul balls for the most part And, you know, I think he's got like I said, he's got good stuff Overall, how are you feeling at the plate right now? I mean, it's a mixed bag. There's days where I feel pretty good and uh, today I felt pretty bad Obviously, they did a good job of pitching and You know, it's just, you know, continue to take it day by day Who said he thought that you're not that far off? offensively How would you characterize? Yeah, I mean, I felt like, um Took some swings today that were a little uncharacteristic for me But my second I bet I feel like I took a good swing just barely missed two pitches and Sears before I feel like I've been Um, taken some pretty good passes Um, I'm starting to get the ball in the air a little bit more and You know, I'm missing missing some pitches, but I'm still hitting it somewhat hard Um, so I gotta think that whenever it does start to click, it'll be pretty good Josh, obviously, you know with your first experience at Yankee's uniform playing against the astros You know with this budding rivalry that's been going on for a few years Do you guys get geared up more for these series? Like are they're more intense? I mean, I definitely I mean, you could definitely feel it in You know when we were playing in New York from the fan base and from here in the fan base I definitely I mean, I don't think that We gave more geared up. I think just the environment gets you a little probably a little bit more excited about playing Do you start looking at it? You know a lot of people are How you guys have been dominating your divisions as this is a collision course Do you guys meeting in the playoffs and maybe you're getting a taste of what that pitching can do? I mean, we're still a long ways away From that, but like I said, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case But I mean, that's not really We we can't think about that at this moment When like I said, this is a day by day thing and to be able to go out there and continue to do what we've been doing Playing very well Obviously we lost today, but you know looked about bounce back tomorrow and Cleveland Things aren't going well for you at the plate What usually gets you out of it is a series that may be a couple of good advanced Is a bleeder maybe falls in there. It could be a four pitch walk It could be a combination I think I think like for me the indicators when I'm starting to hit more balls in the air And I feel like for the You know better part of this year I've kind of been on top of some on some balls and not maybe out in front in between And you know hitting way too many ground balls on the left side and that's not my ammo And that's not what I want want to do at all So like I said, the last couple of series being able to get some balls up in the air drive some balls You know swinging good pitches unlike what I did today for the most part Is a good indicator of that