Just like the title says, Phil Hughes made his first rehab start for High-A Tampa and went two innings and gave up an unearned run while walking two and striking out 3. This is just the first step on the comeback tour so we'll see how quickly or slowly the organization moves his back to the majors. Unfortunately, the guy who took over for Phil, George Kontos, didn't have nearly as good of a night but hey, everyone has a bad night now and then, right? One bad start doesn't take too much away from what has been a very good season for Kontos so far.

Still, for me, the story of the night wasn't Phil, it was Austin Jackson continuing his hot hitting. A-Jax is just putting on a show at Tampa. He put up a solid line of .260/.336/.374/.710 in Low-A Charleston (it would have been a better line if not for his slump right before his promotion) but this is just ridiculous. .426/.474/.662/1.135 with 8 XBHs in 68 ABs and 6 walks compared to 12 Ks. He's thrown in 3 SBs to boot as well and best of all, he seems to have gotten Jose Tabata to turn it on as well. Tabata has got his line up to .317/.384/.401/.785 and is now knocking on AA Trenton's door. Not bad at all for a kid that doesn't turn 19 for a month, huh?