Orioles at Yankees
The New York Yankees go after their fifth straight victory over Baltimore this season when they host the Orioles in Tuesday’s middle contest of a three-game series. The Yankees swept a three-game set in Baltimore three weeks ago and recorded a 2-1 victory on Monday at Yankee Stadium behind Eric Chavez’s two-run homer and Hiroki Kuroda’s seven solid innings. The loss was only the second in the last eight games for Baltimore.
Chavez’s homer was New York’s 37th of the season and the Yankees have failed to hit a long ball only three times through 22 games. Derek Jeter finished April with a career-high 37 hits and is one of three Yankees who have fared extremely well against Tuesday starter Brian Matusz. Jeter is batting .500 in 22 career at-bats against Matusz, while Mark Teixeira is batting .412 and Robinson Cano is hitting .409. Matusz was the losing pitcher when the Yankees won 6-2 on April 9. He allowed four runs, six hits and four walks in four innings. Orioles manager Buck Showalter’s next victory will be No. 1,000 of his career.
TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MASN (Baltimore), YES (New York)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles LH Brian Matusz (0-3, 5.66 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Phil Hughes (1-3, 7.87)
Matusz is coming off his best outing of the season as he gave up two unearned runs and four hits in six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays. He allowed 13 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings over his first three outings. Matusz is 2-5 with a 5.10 ERA in eight career starts against New York.
Hughes hasn’t lasted more than 5 1/3 innings in any of his four starts. His last outing was the shortest when he was touched up for four runs and five hits in 2 2/3 innings while losing to the Texas Rangers. Hughes is 4-2 with a 5.24 ERA in 13 career appearances (10 starts) against Baltimore.
WALK-OFFS
1. Baltimore’s Mark Reynolds is homerless in 63 at-bats and didn’t go deep in April for the first time in his career.
2. Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher will likely miss the entire week because of the hamstring injury he suffered Sunday.
3. Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis is batting .345 in 29 career at-bats against Hughes.
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