| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |  | R | H | E | |
NY Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |
Philadelphia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
In the early game, Chamberlain allowed two runs on five hits, walked one and struck out one in five innings pitched. He also had a pretty good ball-to-strike ratio, throwing 48 of his 74 pitches for strikes. Girardi told Bryan Hoch that Chamberlain was hitting 93-94 MPH on the gun, which is also a good sign.
"It keeps getting better," Chamberlain said. "This was probably the best my changeup has ever been. I threw some great pitches today. There's times I got a little bit tired, but those are times you've got to bear in and not take a pitch off, because it can hurt you." (source: Bryan Hoch)
"It felt really good," Chamberlain said. "Threw a lot of good changeups, continued to get my legs under me. The ball felt good coming out of my hand." (source: Marc Carig)
“I felt really good with all my pitches,” he said. “It just seemed like every fly ball that was hit out there was either going to hit off the wall or leave the yard. I threw probably the best changeups I’ve ever thrown. Probably the first strikeout I’ve ever gotten with a changeup. It’s hard to swallow the three home runs and say I was happy with the way I threw, but I really was.”
“I’ve done all I can do,” Hughes said. “We’ll just have to see where they want to go from here… I feel like I’ve worked hard to get myself to this point where I can be a successful starter.” (source: Chad Jennings)
Hughes isn't exaggerating when he says he had his best changeup he's ever thrown today, and his curveball was dancing too. Girardi has a tough decision coming up.
Here are the highlights from the rest of the day's action:
- Mark Teixeira went 4-for-4 with a homer (3rd of the spring), a double, a 2 RBI.
- Curtis Granderson went 2-for-3, with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.
- Ramiro Pena picked up two hits in four at-bats, scored a run and stole a base.
- A.J. Burnett, who started the game against the Phillies, did not have his best day. Here's his line: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB 4 K. “I threw some good changeups,”Burnett said. “They got hit, but you keep throwing them. It’s different. In the season, you might start off bringing the curveball out a little earlier, but we wanted to establish that fastball early and they swung early.”
- Andy Pettitte started the intrasquad game, and allowed 3 runs on 12 hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out 6 in 4 innings. 54 0f his 80 pitches were strikes.
- Mariano Rivera had another easy inning in the intrasquad game: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches, 16 strikes.
- Chan Ho Park had another impressive outing. In 2.1 innings he allowed just one hit and struck out five. He threw 29 pitches, 20 for strikes.
- Royce Ring retired the only batter he faced, the left-handed Raul Ibanez.
- Damaso Marte allowed a two hits, walked one, and struck out one in 1.1 innings.
- David Robertson struck out three and walked one in 1.1 innings pitched.
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