Hughes stars in wild night in Boston

Take a look at these numbers:

Counting Phil Hughes' outstanding outing tonight, the Yankees’ top four starters — CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte and Hughes — have a 16-1 record, a 2.16 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.

Any questions on how, to this point, the Yankees have overcome the recent injury bug that's infected the club?

"That's how you win," Derek Jeter said. "You're not always going to hit. I don't care if you have everyone there or there's guys out but if you pitch you're always going to have a chance to win, and our starters have been as good as anyone's I would think." 

Tonight Hughes held Boston hitless for 31/3 innings and allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings in improving to 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA

“It’s up there,” Hughes said of his confidence. “I’m throwing the ball well, I’m just trying to keep it going. Obviously there’s a lot of season ahead of us, but right now I think our whole staff’s pitching extremely well.”

Of course, the evening's biggest story was the crazy six-run sixth inning in which Josh Beckett simply lost it. Not his temper but his control. He hit two batters and walked another with the bases loaded. After he hit Jeter some Yankees, including A-Rod, could be seen yelling from the dugout, though Joe Girardi absolved Beckett of any ill intent.

"He just seemed to lose command," Girardi said.

Said Beckett: "I just had no idea where the ball was going." 

Robinson Cano likely won't play today after getting hit in the left knee by Beckett and Nick Johnson, who left the game because of a sore right wrist, is probably headed to the DL, Girardi said. The Yankees will call up someone from Triple A Saturday morning, more than likely an infielder. Marcus Thames will take over at DH for the time being.

"Starting pitching's been outstanding and guys have been contributing from all over the lineup getting big hits," Girardi said of the team continuing to win. "That's how you do it. As I've said all along, you can't expect two or three guys to score all your runs all year long. Everyone needs to contribute and guys have been doing that."