Obviously we don't know what would've happened but I doubt he would've been left out there for 125 pitches. During the Mets game the other day they were discussing how pitchers are treated with such kid gloves nowadays and commented on Hughes, saying that he had never thrown more then 85 pitches in his professional career. Even with the no hitter I have to believe they would've pulled him around 100 pitches.
Torre said that if he still had it going they were going to leave him in. They had loosened his pitch count restrictions. He said that in his last game they were going to allow him to go to about 100, but he got tired around 85.
May 7: Bryan Hoch, of NewYork.Yankees.MLB.com, reports New York Yankees SP Philip Hughes (hamstring) threw on flat ground Sunday, May 6. The team also learned that Hughes' injury might not be as serious as the MRI taken Saturday, May 5, suggested. That's great news.
