Phil Hughes is supposed to be the future of the Yankees. There is no doubt he will develop into a good major league pitcher. But tonight, he looked god awful for the second straight start as the Red Sox pounded him in route to an 8-5 victory.
I know that he is young and he needs time to learn, but Hughes has been just awful his last two times out. Tonight, he only lasted two innings and is pitch count was awful, as he would have only lasted three innings tops.
In his 11 innings pitched this season, Hughes has given up 11 earned runs. A great average.
I know it is unfair to compared him to Santana, but right now, Hughes is making the Yankees look more and more wrong for not trading him for Johan. Although Johan is 1-2, atleast he pitches six plus innings and only has an era of 3.42.
But throughout Hughes performance, the Yankee still had a chance to win. Jason Giambi flew out as the tying run in the fifth. The Yanks had two on in the sixth, again could do nothing.
The real chance was the eight. The Yanks were trailing 7-5 and had two runners on and no outs. Johnny Damon up. The obvious thing to do here is to bunt and give Abreu and Cano chances to drive in the game tiers.
Instead, Johnny Damon grounded into a double play that included awful baserunning by Melky Cabrera for the second straight time, where he ran into a double play instead of causing a run-down.
Girardi made an awful decision and the Yankees paid for it.
The Yankees hitting though again was awful. Alex Rodriguez went 0-5 today and 0-9 over the past few days. Robinson Cano went 0-5 and again could not get a big hit when he needed. Overall, the team left nine guys on base and they still cannot get a hit with runners in scoring position.
The Yankees are lucky they are only 6-7. They just don't look good right now. They could have swept this series but instead went 1-2. They need to get it together.
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