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Matusz, Hughes Hoping to Pitch to Potential

“I think it’s because they’ve pitched a lot bet­ter,” Girardi said. “Two of the games we played there, we could’ve lost both of those. They were tight games. So I think they’re an improved team. They’re ath­letic. Nolan Reimold has played extremely well for them; that’s a player we thought a lot of when he first came up. [But] I think the big thing is they have pitched a lot bet­ter than they have in the past.”

The Yan­kees earned a 2–1 vic­tory in Monday’s series opener, and they’ll trail Bal­ti­more by a half-game when Tuesday’s game begins. The two teams will have some­thing in com­mon in the mid­dle act of this three-game set, as they’ll both start pitch­ers who are try­ing to rebound from adversity.

New York will go with Phil Hughes (MLB/Newsfeed) – who’s gone 1–3 with a 7.88 ERA this sea­son – and the Ori­oles will counter with Brian Matusz, the fourth over­all selec­tion in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Matusz threw six innings and allowed two runs in his last start, a no-decision, after tak­ing three losses to start the season.

“Each out­ing has got­ten a lit­tle bit bet­ter, so I hope that con­tin­ues tomor­row,” said Ori­oles man­ager Buck Showal­ter. “But a lot of things hap­pen between that last out­ing and going out there to pitch. So I’m look­ing for­ward to see­ing if Brian can con­tinue the upward move­ment he’s making.”

The Yan­kees are now 4–0 against the Ori­oles this sea­son, and they’re 43–15 against Bal­ti­more since the begin­ning of the 2009 cam­paign. New York has got­ten the best of the O’s in the sea­son series for 14 con­sec­u­tive sea­sons, and Girardi is pleased with his team after one month.

“We’ve found ways to win games, which we did a lot last year,” Girardi said. “We’ve pitched as well as we’re capa­ble of. I think our bullpen has been out­stand­ing. We’ve scored runs. … Look­ing for­ward, we have to improve in our start­ing pitch­ing. I believe the tal­ent is in the room; it just needs to get better.”

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