I Say No-No-No

Phil Hughes has decided to be quite greedy this spring. The right-hander dominated the Minnesota Twins Sunday afternoon, en route to a 6-4 Yankees victory. Hughes walked 2 batters, but did not allow a hit or run in 4 innings of work. Both walks came in his final frame. So far this spring, Dr. Phil Good has not allowed a hit in 6 innings pitched (5 "official" IP plus 1 in the USF game).

The Yankees offense gave Hughes support early with 3 runs in the second. Jose Molina delivered the big hit, a 2-run double. The Yankees tacked on single runs in each of the 4th through 6th innings. Jose Tabata, Morgan Ensberg, and Robinson Cano delivering RBI hits. Tabata drove in a pair of runs on the day.

The Yankees held the Twins without a hit until the 7th inning when Tommy Watkins singled off of Alan Horne. Kei Igawa threw 2 scoreless innings, but he didn't do it without his usual tightrope walk. Igawa walked the bases loaded in the 5th, issuing two free passes after their were 2 outs. But he managed to induce an inning ending ground out from Carlos Gomez.

The Twins battled back, scoring 4 runs (2 earned) off Jeff Marquez and Chase Wright, before Scott Patterson recorded the final out for the save.

The Yankees, who evened their record at 4-4, return home for a 7:15 start Monday night against the Reds. Joba Chamberlain gets the start for the Yankees, while the Reds send their top rookie, Homer Bailey to the mound. Mariano Rivera will also make his 2nd appearance of the spring.

After the game, Horne, Marquez, and Wright were each assigned to the minor league camp.

Hideki Matsui went 0-3 in his first appearance of the spring, but felt good afterwards.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		6	10	2
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		4	4	2

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Cabrera, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333
Jackson, A, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125
Cano, 2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	3	.474
Castro, B, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Matsui, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
a-Porter, PH-DH	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.444
Duncan, 1B	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	.500
Miranda, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Ensberg, 3B	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.429
1-Green, PR-3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000
Lane, LF	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	.313
2-Gardner, B, PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Molina, C	3	1	1	2	0	0	3	.133
Anson, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Woodward, SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	.529
Gonzalez, SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Tabata, J, RF	3	0	1	2	0	1	2	.143
Curtis, RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200
Totals	33	6	10	6	8	5	21
a-Walked for Matsui in the 7th. 1-Ran for Ensberg in the 5th. 2-Ran for Lane in the 5th.
BATTING 2B: Molina (1, Bonser), Ensberg (4, Keisler), Porter (2, Bass). TB: Cano; Porter 2; Duncan; Ensberg 2; Lane; Molina 2; Woodward 2; Gonzalez; Tabata, J. RBI: Molina 2 (3), Tabata, J 2 (2), Ensberg (2), Cano (5). 2-out RBI: Cano. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera; Green. GIDP: Matsui; Cano; Molina. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Curtis (1, throw), Gonzalez (2, fielding).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hughes (W, 2-0)	4.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.00
Igawa	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00
Horne	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Marquez	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	9.00
Wright	0.2	1	2	1	2	0	0	13.50
Patterson (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

WP: Horne.
Ground outs-fly outs: Hughes 7-4, Igawa 2-4, Horne 1-2, Marquez 1-2, Wright 2-0, Patterson 0-1
Batters faced: Hughes 14, Igawa 9, Horne 6, Marquez 6, Wright 6, Patterson 1
Inherited runners-scored: Patterson 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Fieldin Culbreth.
Weather: 61 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 12 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:49.
Att: 8,163.