10/24 Winter Ball Report

In the AFL Rising Stars game the National League beat the American League 8-7: Box Score - Recap - Game Story

Phil Hughes started for the NL and did not pitch well for his second straight outing. In 3 innings Hughes allowed 4 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits, walked 2 and struck out 3. He threw 50 pitches, 27 of them for strikes. He allowed two 2-run homers, both in the 2nd inning. He's had control issues all Winter, and it's something he's obviously going to need to work on.

Here's an inning-by-inning breakdown of Hughes' start from BigGuy:

1st Inning: Hughes tossed a scoreless 1st. He got the first 2 batters on outfield fly outs. Then he allowed a 4-pitch walk, but the runner was caught stealing to end the inning.

2nd Inning: Hughes had a rough 2nd inning. The leadoff batter reached on an error by the 3rd baseman. He struck out the next batter, but that was followed by a 2-run homer by Chad Huffman to give the Americans a 2-0 lead. The next batter doubled, and that was followed by another 2-run homer by Josh Reddick to make the score 4-0. Hughes then gave up a walk with the runner stealing 2nd base. He struck out the next batter to end the inning. 4 runs, 1 earned, 2 homers, double, walk and 2 strikeouts in the inning Through 2 innings 38 pitches 19 strikes--19 balls.

3rd Inning: Hughes threw a scoreless 3rd inning with a hit batter and strikeout. Through 3 innings 50 pitches 27 strikes--23 balls. His final line was 3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

Overall at the AFL: 15.2 IP, 9 ER, 15 H (3 HR), 14 K, 10 BB, 3 HBP

Austin Jackson started for the NL in center field and went 0-for-1 with a walk and stolen base.

In HWB the Waikiki BeachBoys beat the North Shore Honu 10-3: Box Score - Recap - Game Story

Jeremy Bleich made the start for the BeachBoys and picked up his second win of the Winter. He pitched 7 innings and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, walked 1 and struck out 8. He threw 86 pitches, 58 of them for strikes.

Other Yankees players are playing in the Venezuelan, Mexican and Dominican winter leagues. Here's a run down of the players in each league:

Venezuelan League: Edwar Gonzalez, Francisco Cervelli and Carlos Mendoza are playing for Cardenales de Lara. Reegie Corona and Victor Zambrano are on Navegantes del Magallanes. And Edgar Soto is on Aguilas de Zulia.

Dominican League: Bernie Castro, Matt Carson and Wilkins Arias are playing for Aguilas Cibaenas. And Jhonny Nunez, Amaury Sanit and Oneli Perez are playing for Tigres del Licey.

Mexican League: Justin Christian is playing for Caneros de los Mochis. And Walter Ibarra is on Naranjeros de Hermosillo.

You can check out all of their Winter Ball stats here.