Hughes Impressive in Yanks' Victory over Indians

Phil Hughes pitches against the Cleveland Indians Tuesday night. 

The Yankees extended their winning streak to four consecutive games with their 6-4 win over the Indians Tuesday night. Phil Hughes was lights out tonight and the Yankee offense was able to get the job done. 

Phil Hughes pitched 8 innings of shutout ball. He allowed 6 hits and struck out 4. He walked 1 batter. Hughes threw 111 pitches, 74 of them were for strikes. 

Hughes had a rough start against the Braves his last time out. He allowed 5 runs on 6 hits. He also allowed 4 home runs.

This outing he didn't allow a run or a home run. He had good command of his fastball and his breaking ball was outstanding. Although he didn't have many strikeouts, he was getting ahead of batters which led to quick outs. 

The Yankee offense continued to get the job done tonight. They scored three in the third on a Chris Stewart RBI single and a Curtis Granderson 2-run single. 

Mark Teixeira would hit a sacrifice fly to center field in the fifth inning to drive in Curtis Granderson to make it 4-0. 

Alex Rodriguez would add to their lead with a solo shot to left field in the seventh inning. With that hit, he passed Ivan Rodriguez for 45th place on the all-time hits list. 

The Yankees would add one more run by a Chris Stewart sacrifice fly to left field to score Nick Swisher in the eighth inning. 

Cory Wade would come on in the ninth to relive Phil Hughes and he was unable to close the game out. Wade allowed 3 runs on 4 hits.

Rafael Soriano would replace Wade and he would notch his 16th save of the season. 

The Yankees will conclude their 3 game set with the Indians tomorrow.