From the looks of things, Phil Hughes is not long for this game. He's struggling, and there's already activity in the Yankees bullpen, as David Robertson began warming up in the bottom of the third. The best thing you can say about him is that he's limited the Rangers to one run through three despite being nowhere near the top of his game.
The third inning saw Hughes get ahead of ninth-place hitter Mitch Moreland 0-2 before issuing a walk. That brought up Elvis Andrus, who grounded back to the mound with Moreland running on the play.
With one out and a man on second, Michael Young stepped in and ripped a line drive to right. The ball was hit directly to Nick Swisher, though, for the second out.
Up came Josh Hamilton, and the Yankees elected to intentionally walk him to face Vladimir Guerrero. That didn't stop Hughes from making one mistake, as one of his intentional balls sailed wide of Jorge Posada for a wild pitch, allowing Andrus to advance to third.
With men on the corners and two out, Hughes got a lucky break on his second pitch of the at bat against Guerrero:
Behind 0-2, Guerrero popped out on the next pitch, ending the frame. Hughes has survived so far.