Hughes Starts the Climb Back

Phil Hughes made his first rehab appearance tonight for the Tampa Yankees. The Ace of the Future threw 2 scoreless innings, allowing 1 unearned. Hughes did not allow a hit while walking 2 and striking out 3.

Jose Tabata was 2-4 in the game and has gone 17-46 (.370) over his last 11 games.

Update 10:20 - From Rotoworld.com

Phil Hughes:
"I was a little tentative in the first inning, but that's to be expected," said Hughes, who threw 20 of 36 pitches for strikes and had his fastball reach 94 mph. "The second inning I felt a lot more comfortable. I was kind of letting it go and not really thinking about landing as much on my front foot or anything like that." Hughes will next pitch for Double-A Trenton on Tuesday.