Miracle blank Yanks

Daily News staff

After the Fort Myers Miracle and Tampa Yankees combined for 25 runs and 29 hits Monday night, three Miracle pitchers combined to blank the Yankees 1-0 at Hammond Stadium on Tuesday night.

The No. 1 prospect in the New York Yankees organization, Philip Hughes, allowed just two hits, retiring the final 17 batters he faced in a losing effort.

Alexi Casilla led off the Miracle bottom of the first with a single to center. He stole second and later scored on Garrett Guzman’s single. The Miracle would not get another base runner until Jeremy Pickrel’s single with one out in the eighth.

Fort Myers and Tampa meet tonight in the finale of a three-game series.