We were communicating and talking and uh as it went, um, you know, we got to, got to a
spot where that ended up being possibility what ended up happening and I think that. You
know, for Carmen, for the team, um, you know, it was, it was the best outcome for today, and
I fully know that he is committed to helping us win. The guys have gone about it all year,
you know, we've talked about the, we're always going to deal with adversity. We're always
going to have the, the tough times. You're all , you're gonna have good times too, and it's how
do you stay somewhere in the middle during both of them, you know, and not let yourself
get too high when you're, when you're really playing well, and not get too low when things
are, are struggling because sometimes, You know, for everybody, it feels like the sky's
falling when you lose and we feel that every single day when, when it's going bad and then
when you're going good, just finding a way to stay in the middle and continue to compete and
grind and I think that the, you know, whether that's on a daily basis or over the course of.
A series or a week, I think our team has done a really good job of that this year. I mean for
Ash to go 6 and be as efficient as he was, 80 pitches is exactly what we were hoping um to
get max 85, uh, to be able to keep him short, and I think that that's a credit to Braxton for
being efficient and doing what he's been doing extremely well and to our offense for giving us
a, you know, a really nice cushion and jumping out to a big lead.