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Phil Hughes makes #4 Suprise Starting Pitchers of 2010

There have been many suprisingly good starts by pitchers in 2010 that haven’t had good seasons the past few years. Is it a fluke, or are these pitchers for real this season?

4. Phil Hughes: Everyone expected Hughes to be a very good pitcher, but after struggling the last two seasons with injuries and not performing well as a starter people were starting to think they were wrong about Hughes. Last season Hughes was converted to set-up man for Mariano Rivera and he was excellent. Without Hughes performing the way he did last year the Yankees may have not won the World Series. Hughes went back to the starting rotation this season and brought his relief pitching success with him. Hughes has arguably been the best pitcher on the Yankees this year posting a 6-1 record and a 2.70 ERA.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network


June 2, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Blogger, Eric Heyer, MLB, NY Yankees News, New York Yankees, Original Content | , , , | No Comments Yet

Javier Vazquez Finally Gets A Break

Last night Javier Vazquez took the mound for the Yankees pitching seven stellar innings only allowing a solo home run to Corey Patterson.
Brian Matusz pitched for the Orioles and matched Vazquez only allowing a solo home run to Curtis Granderson.
In the seventh inning Matusz was pulled from the game with a man on second and third,two outs and Alex Rodriguez coming up to bat. The Orioles brought in a righty, David Hernandez, to face the righty Rodriguez.
Hernandez got Rodriguez to hit a routine ground ball to third baseman Miguel Tejada. Inning over? No! Tejada wound up throwing the ball in the dirt to first baseman Ty Wigginton who could not scoop it. This error led to two runs for the Yankees and let Vazquez off the hook.
Joba Chamberlin came in to pitch a scoreless eighth inning to set up the save for Mariano Rivera and secure the victory for the Yankees.
Thanks to Tejada, Vazquez got the win and finally caught his first lucky break of the season after recieving many unlucky breaks previously.
Vazquez will look to build on his strong start on sunday against the Blue Jays in Toronto. (yankees.com)
by Eric Heyer at the Sports Fan Blog Network

June 2, 2010 Posted by homerunheyer | Javier Vazquez, MLB, NY Yankees News, NY Yankees Stuff, New York Yankees, Original Content | , , | No Comments Yet

   

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