Phil Hughes?

[Inukchuk]

Nice article. There may be hope for Phil yet...

[gatorgreenwell]

Phil Hughes' Tuesday Aug. 12 start:

"PITCHING: Phil Hughes got the start and pitched very well against a good hitting Pawtucket team. His fastball was topping out at 94. Hughes line: 5.1 IP, 2 runs, 3 hits, 4 K's-1 walk. He threw 84 pitches---50 strikes. Hughes got 4 groundouts-8 flyouts.

1st inning: Hughes threw a perfect 1st. Popout to Hughes, line-out to rightfield, strikeout. 12 pitches-8 strikes.

2nd inning: Scoreless. Groundout to short, line-drive single to center, pop out to shallow left, and a strikeout on a changeup. Thru 2 innings 31 pitches--21 strikes.

3rd inning: Gil Velazquez hit a ground-rule double down the leftfield line to lead off the 3rd, but was stranded. Groundout to 2nd, strikeout, lineout -1st base. Thru 3 inings: 43 pitches---28 strikes.

4th inning: Hughes threw a perfect 4th inning getting a groundout to short, foul pop to 3rd, and strikeout on a called 3rd strike. Thru 4 innings: 57 pitches---35 strikes.

5th inning: A perfect 9 pitch 5th inning. Popout to short, flyout leftfield, groundout-3rd base. Thru 5 innings: 66 pitches--41 strikes

6th inning: Hughes got the first batter on a line-out to leftfield. Jeff Bailey doubled to left, Hughes walked the next batter and was relieved when he hit his pitch limit."
http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/

[gatorgreenwell]

Thursday Aug. 14

"If Giese is unable to go Tuesday, the Yankees could bring up Phil Hughes, who is scheduled to make his fifth and possibly final start in the minors on Sunday. Hughes allowed two runs in 5-2/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton on Tuesday, throwing consistently in the 93 mph range."
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... ter-2.html