Hughes wins season debut

In the on-going debate on how Joba Chamberlain should be used, Phil Hughes' name is the one consistently brought up should the Yankees need a sixth starter. It so happened that Hughes made his season debut at Scranton on the same day Chamberlain made his first start of the year for the Yankees.

Their numbers were remarkably similar, each allowing three runs in six innings. Hughes (1-0) came out a winner though in the Yankees 14-5 pasting of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The victory completed a four game home sweep.

It was a big day too for the Kevins, Cash and Russo. Each drove in three runs with Cash hitting his first home run of the season. He also had three hits and three runs scored. Juan Miranda continued to rake, adding two more RBI to his team high total (11) and came up with three hits of his own.

	April 12, 2009
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 5 14 15 1 Lehigh Valley 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 2 W: P. Hughes (1-0, 4.50); L: R. Lopez (0-1, 5.40) HR: SWB: K. Cash (1). LHV: M. Cervenak (1), J. Velandia (1).

Click here to see post game notes from Chad Jennings