"Hughes took a familiar beating from the Red Sox on Saturday night, allowing five runs and seven hits in just 4¤ innings. The right-hander struck out seven, but that hardly mattered. Hughes continues to be plagued by an inability to finish off hitters with two strikes. Incredibly, the Sox fouled off 29 of his 100 pitches, which Joe Girardi acknowledged as a problem early Sunday evening.
The manager mentioned the 'eight-pitch at-bats, 'which have a corrosive effect on Hughes over the course of a game. When asked what can be done to correct that – if anything – Girardi said Hughes still hasn’t mastered 'expanding the strike zone' or 'mixing [his] pitches a little better' and 'not making mistakes.' "
We don't have all day.
Easier question: Which aspects of pitching has Phil Hughes mastered?
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