Hughes Wild in Yanks 3-0 Loss To Phils

(REUTERS/Steve Nesius)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	7	0
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	2

WP: J. Moyer (1-0)

LP: P. Hughes (0-3)

SV: R. Madson (1)

In his first start since being named the team's fifth starter, Phil Hughes pitched well, but didn't have his best command. In just three-plus innings he allowed a run on two hits and struck out five, but also walked four and threw two wild pitches. He threw 71 pitches, far too many for just three-plus innings, but Hughes didn't seem too bothered by his outing:

"I didn't really feel like I was wild," said Hughes..."It was just adjustments I needed to make. Overall, I felt pretty good." (source: Bryan Hoch)

After Hughes, the rest of the Yankees staff pitched pretty well, with the only blemish being two unearned runs being charged to Royce Ring. Mariano Rivera, Damaso Marte and Amaury Sanit each threw a scoreless frame. Zach Segovia pitched in with two scoreless.

The Yankees offense was shutout for the second straight day, something that would bother me during the regular season, but means little this time of year. Four hits was all they came up with against Jamie Moyer and the Philadelphia staff. Moyer was excellent, allowing just one hit and walk, while striking out six in 6.2 innings. Marcus Thames got one of those hits to raise his average above .100 on the spring. Nick Swsher, Robinson Cano, and Jon Weber picked up the other hits for the Yankees, which were all singles.

If you're starting to get bored with spring training, welcome to the club.

AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Russo, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Thames, DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .114 a-Winn, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Teixeira, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Weber, J, 1B-RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .565 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303 Mesa, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cano, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .350 1-Nunez, E, PR-2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Swisher, RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .297 Vazquez, Jo, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Granderson, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Pena, R, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .257 Gardner, CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Winfree, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Cervelli, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 8 7 a-Flied out for Thames in the 9th. 1-Ran for Cano in the 7th. BATTING TB: Thames; Weber, J; Cano; Swisher. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING PO: Nunez, E (1st base by Durbin, C). FIELDING E: Cervelli (1, throw), Weber, J (1, fielding). Outfield assists: Swisher (Polanco at home). DP: (Cano-Jeter).

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hughes, P (L, 0-3) 3.0 2 1 1 4 5 0 3.94 Segovia 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Rivera, Ma 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Marte, D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13.50 Ring 1.0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0.00 Sanit 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Tomorrow's Game

The Yankees head to Lakeland tomorrow afternoon to take on the Tigers. A.J. Burnett will start with Joba Chamberlain scheduled to pitch in relief. Nate Robertson will start for the Tigers. First pitch is set for 1:05 p.m. and the game can be seen on YES.