Hughes struggles continue
April 14, 2011
Yanks 6 Orioles 5
Phile Hughes struggled again and was continues to have velocity problems. The fastball did reach 92 but the average was the same at about 89. He did look better than his other starts in the first two innings but the trouble started in the third inning and that was it. So is iy yime to yank him from the rotation and get him back to triple A? Whatever the skipper decides it is time to get him off the starting rotation and do some thing. He is just not right.
Can you blame Joe for all his inning he pitched last year for Hughes problems on the mound. If I am not mistaken he threw some 170 plus innings last year where as in the previous combined two years he threw just 100 innings or so.
So Colon came in and saved the day and kept the game close. With a CY Yound winner in the relief position it really helps.
That home plate block by Joba was pretty sweet. Martin got a perfect bounce, it really was the play that saved the day and set up the comeback.
What can you say about Jorge coming up huge in the ninth with a nice homerun. Posada is definitely feeling good at the plate in his new DH role.
I wonder when Posada will take a game behind the plate and catch. I would imagine at least a couple times this year he will.
Swisher came up huge with the sacfrice fly to get the pie in face from AJ
A great comeback today despite Hughes early struggles.
Game ball Swisher