TONIGHT — 7:05
RHP Phil Hughes
(0-2, 10.29) vs.
LHP Patrick Corbin
(2-0, 1.50)
Game on YES,
WCBS (880 AM)
Three-game series at Toronto starts tomorrow night.
INSIDE MATCHUPS
YANKEES: Hughes hasn’t made it out of the fifth inning in either of his two starts, giving up three runs and eight hits in four-plus innings at Detroit April 6 and five runs and nine hits in three-plus innings his last outing Saturday vs. the Orioles. He never has faced the Diamondbacks, but is 4-2 in 11 career interleague appearances (six starts).
D’BACKS: Corbin, the second-year starter, has been solid in his first two outings this season — a combined two earned runs and 11 hits in 12 innings. He never has faced an AL team.
STAT SO?
YANKEES: Hughes is 4-11 with a 7.31 ERA in 20 career starts in the first month of the season, easily his worst month. The only other month in which he has a losing record is July (6-7, 3.95 in 25 appearances, 14 starts).
D’BACKS: Corbin was 6-8 with a 4.54 ERA in 22 appearances (17 starts) as a rookie last year, though he lost four of his final five decisions, over a span of eight starts.