Earlier in May, I posted about Phil Hughes and his ability/lack thereof to finish off batters once getting ahead of them 0-2 or 1-2. In that game, he threw 23 pitches to 9 batters while up 0-2/1-2. Per batter, that’s 2.5556 pitches per batter. Let’s see how he did yesterday.
| Batter/Count | Inning | Sequence/Result |
| Jesus Montero/1-2 | 2 | B; B; FOUL; K (S) |
| Michael Saunders/0-2 | 3 | B; B; F-8 |
| John Jaso/0-2 | 4 | B; FOUL; B; B; F-8 |
| Jesus Montero/0-2 | 4 | B; B; FOUL B; FOUL; BB (questionable call) |
| Mike Carp/0-2 | 4 | B; B; K (L) |
| Justin Smoak/0-2 | 5 | B; B; K (S) |
| Dustin Ackley | 6 | 1B |
| John Jaso/0-2 | 6 | B; FOUL; 5-4-3 DP |
| Ichiro Suzuki/1-2 | 6 | 4-3 |
| Michael Saunders/1-2 | 8 | B; B; K (S) |
| John Jason/0-2 | 8 | B; 1B |
Yesterday, Hughes threw 34 pitches to 11 batters when up 0-2/1-2, an average of 3.09 per batter. In the last game, only 1 of 9 batters reached base after going down 0-2/1-2; yesterday, it was 3/11, though Montero’s walk was a close call that could’ve gone either way. Earlier, Hughes struck out just 2/9 when going up in the count; yesterday, he struck out 4/11, which is encouraging.
Hughes has had a successful last two starts. They haven’t been against offensive giants (KC/SEA), but it’s still a good sign. Please, Phil, keep it up.
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Id say kc is a decent enough lineup ane hughes has certainly loooed better. I maintain what i said after kc. Theyd be insane to pull him now. Three straight starts with improvement. Hes looking like a real 3 now which is the ceilling we were all praying for
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