On the Yankees beat

Phil Hughes had a great outing tonight. He pitched six shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He struck out seven.

Here are some comments on/from Hughes, courtesy of Chad Jennings of the Scranton Times-Tribune:

Hughes: "I was struggling early on to really command the fastball. I was throwing enough for strikes, but they weren't good strikes. I was missing up and missing out over the plate a little bit. The biggest thing was, tonight was really a night when I had enough time to see where I needed to make adjustments and was able to adjust later on in the game."

Hughes on getting out of bases loaded, no outs in fifth inning when it was a 2-0 game (Scranton up): "One big hit and we're either tied or behind. From a selfish standpoint it was good to get out of that inning, make some good pitches and feel good about yourself. On the other hand, we got out of a tough inning where it could have been a different ballgame."

S/W-B pitching coach Dave Eiland:
"He was good. He got better and stronger as the game went on. I thought his sixth inning was his best inning. He struggled a little bit early on to find his arm slot on his fastball, but once he found it, he maintained it and made some good pitches."