The New York Yankees will look to secure a Labor Day victory at home when they host the visiting Chicago White Sox Monday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. ET.
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New York (72-64) was swept at Chicago from Aug. 5-7 even though the lowly White Sox entered that series on a 10-game slide. Alex Rodriguez notably made his season debut in that set.
Hughes (4-13, 4.91 ERA) is 0-6 with a 5.84 ERA in his last nine starts, and failed to last five innings for the fourth time in six outings when he gave up five runs over 4 2/3 in last Monday's 5-2 loss at Toronto. That start came after there were positive signs in consecutive six-inning stints.
"I left a lot of sliders over the middle of the plate," Hughes said. "It didn't really seem like it had the bite that it did in the last couple (of starts)."
The right-hander was originally scheduled to start Sunday against Baltimore, but was pushed back by manager Joe Girardi.
That may pay dividends since Hughes owns a 1.38 ERA against the White Sox (56-79), and is 3-1 with a 1.32 ERA in six starts versus them.
He has fared well against Chicago regulars such as Gordon Beckham (1 for 13), Alexei Ramirez (1 for 11), Adam Dunn (1 for 9) and Paul Konerko (3 for 14).
The Yankees trail Tampa Bay by 3 1/2 games for the AL's second wild card after blowing a three-run lead in Sunday's 7-3 defeat. New York captured the first two games of the weekend set to move ahead of the Orioles, who promptly moved one-half game back in front of the Yankees.
"You talk about winning series, but when you win the first two and you're up 3-0, you get greedy," Girardi told the Yankees' official website. "And that's the hard part."
