Yankees Fly Past Phillies
Yesterday the Yankees beat the Phillies, 13 to 4. Phil Hughes, who started, looked great except for the home run he gave up to Pedro Feliz. Other than that he was fantastic, with six strikeouts and good command over the ball. He only allowed three hits as he improved his Grapefruit League record to 3-0. Girardi later said:
“I thought he was extremely sharp tonight, he had command of all his pitches. Everything was good.”
I’m telling you, Hughes is going to be great this season. I think most Yankee fans know that, but I know a lot of people (who aren’t Yankee fans), who don’t really know much about Hughes. I guess that’s because they haven’t been paying attention during the offseason. If he keeps playing the way he has, then they’ll definetely know him by the end of this season.
Ok, back to the game. After Hughes was taken out, a few relievers pitched an inning each. LaTroy Hawkins had a 1-2-3 eighth and Rivera struck out 3. Bruney struck out one and allowed no hits. The only reliever to allow hits was Traber, off whom the Phillies got 3.
On the offensive side of the ball the Yankees dominated with 19 hits. Derek Jeter and Shelley Duncan each had three hits and Melky and Giambi both homered. The game got canceled after the 8th, but looking at the offensive stats for the Yanks, no one would guess that.
Next game is against the Indians and is being played as I type this. The score is currently 4-4 in the sixth. Ian Kennedy started the game and had an ok day. I will post after the game goes final with more details and stats.
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