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What It Means: It means the Red Sox couldn't lose them all, not even on a day when their starter, John Lackey, allowed six runs in five innings. But Yankees starter Phil Hughes was worse, getting lit up for six runs in just two innings and raising new questions about his lack of velocity and inability to put batters away. All spring long, we worried about A.J. and Freddy and Nova; maybe we were worried about the wrong guy.

What's Good: Brett Gardner, who had a triple, a double, two walks, a stolen base, two runs scored and an RBI. Also Alex Rodriguez, who hit a monster home run, literally, over the green bleachers in left in the fifth inning. And Bartolo Colon, who kept the Yankees in the game for nearly five innings before Boone Logan gave it up in the seventh.

What's Not So Good: Hughes, obviously. Last year's 18-game winner has now allowed 11 runs in six innings (16.50 ERA) in his first two starts this year. More ominously, he's struck out only one batter all year and rarely, if ever, tops 90 on the radar gun.

What's Coming From Us: Ian O'Connor is writing a column on Big Bart, loser in the "competition" for the fifth starter spot and the undeserving "loser" today, although he was the best pitcher in a Yankees uniform. I'll handle whatever the story turns out to be with Hughes, and Andrew Marchand will be prowling the clubhouse to pick up everything else.

What's Next: Ivan Nova (1-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (0-1, 5.68), at 1:10 p.m. Saturday on Fox.