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Another quality start, but who knows who things may have changed had Mauer not booted the ball early in the game which lead to the two run home run. Hughes' control was working as usual, though he did walk his first batter in 140 innings in the second. Many were surprised that it occurred against a team like the White Sox who walk so rarely (24th of 30 with a 6.9% BB%), but I figure it's a matter of Phil knowing the White Sox are aggressive, so he has to work the edges a bit more.

That aside, with 11 strike outs, and a stellar 17% Swinging strike rate, he really did deal today despite the 5 runs given up. It's not often a starter will give up 5 runs (2 were inherited runners with nobody out in the 8th) in a 5-1 loss and it gets called a tough luck loss, but this really does seem fitting here.

A quick note as well. I didn't do Logan Darnell's last start, because I just don't view him as a long term starter. I, again, am not doing his start this go around either. If there's enough demand for a breakdown of his outings, I can always go back and do one, but for the time being, it's just not worth the time.