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Hughes (3 hits, 8 innings) stops hard-hitting Texas, 11-1

Maybe Phil Hughes' departure from the Yankees' rotation isn't such a sure thing after all.

Shutting down one of the majors' top offenses and aided by a 5-for-5, four-RBI performance by Alex Rodriguez, the 22-year-old Hughes turned in one of the best outings of his young career Mondayas the Yankees bludgeoned the Rangers, 11-1, on a sweltering afternoon.

The Yankees amassed 19 hits...

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