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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
August 15th, 2013
Los Angeles Angels vs New York Yankees
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Angels 8 Yankees 4
The New York Yankees were unable to
complete the four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday
afternoon, as poor hitting with runners in scoring position hurt the
Yankees in this one. The loss moves the Yankees to (62-58), and they
slide back to six games behind the two Wild Card spots.
Phil Hughes was on the mound for the
Yankees in this game, which usually means a loss, and even though he
pitched better than he has most of the season it wasn’t good enough
to keep him from getting his 12th loss of the season. It
looked like things were going to be ugly for Hughes in this one, as
in the first inning Josh Hamilton had a RBI single that scored J.B.
Shuck. Hughes would however settle down until the fourth inning when
the Angels would get two more runs on a sac-fly by Hank Conger, which
was followed up by a solo-home run from Chris Nelson. Hughes ended up
going six innings allowing three runs on six hits, one walk, while
striking out five, but it was a much better version of Hughes on
Thursday afternoon.
