Tonight's game and upcoming roster moves (updated)

NEW YORK - Chris Tillman is hoping to break a pattern tonight.

Tillman has made five starts this season and allowed one, seven, one, seven and two earned runs for a 6.23 ERA. Both of his quality starts have come against the Rays, including his most recent outing on May 1, when he allowed two runs and three hits over seven innings.

Tillman will try to begin a new quality start streak after Ubaldo Jimenez lasted only four innings last night. Jimenez would have returned for the fifth with his pitch count at 85 if the Orioles were in an American League ballpark.

Whether he would have made it through the sixth with three runs allowed is another matter.

Tillman is 5-5 with a 4.96 ERA in 14 starts against the Yankees and 3-3 with a 7.47 ERA in seven starts in the Bronx.

Alex Rodriguez is 5-for-10 with three home runs and seven RBIs against Tillman. Mark Teixeira is 7-for-21, Stephen Drew is 5-for-15 with double, triple and home run, and Brian McCann is 3-for-9.

I may be the only person who finds this interesting, but Tillman has a 4.10 ERA in 88 career starts at night and a 4.02 ERA in 35 starts during the day.

Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi is 2-0 with a 3.81 ERA in five starts this season. Left-handers are batting .404 against him, compared to the .266 average from right-handers.

Eovaldi faced the Orioles on April 15 in his only career start against them. He allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings, with three walks and nine strikeouts.

Manny Machado homered off Eovaldi and Caleb Joseph went 2-for-3. Everth Cabrera is 2-for-11 against him.

Cabrera had a forgettable night in the series finale against the Mets, making two baserunning mistakes in the fifth inning after failing to stop Dilson Herrera's ground ball up the middle in the second that went for an RBI single.

It wasn't an easy play. Cabrera had to dive for it. But the ball scooted under his glove.

Two roster moves are pending and Cabrera could be involved in one of them. J.J. Hardy figures to come off the disabled list today, which most likely impacts Rey Navarro. Cabrera could remain on the roster as the backup shortstop tonight if he isn't starting at second base.

However, Ryan Flaherty comes off the disabled list on Friday and that leaves Cabrera as a prime candidate to be optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.

The Orioles signed Cabrera in February because they knew that he had an option and could be sent down if he didn't make the club out of spring training or became expendable during the season. Otherwise, they probably would have passed on him.

It's not my intention to pile on Cabrera, whose speed is an asset on the club, but he's batting .205/.227/.229 with two doubles, four RBIs, two walks and 18 strikeouts in 23 games. He's in an 0-for-17 slump. He's stolen only two bases, so that element hasn't worked its way into the club's fabric. And Showalter expressed his displeasure last night with the middle infield defense.

Update: As expected, Hardy and Flaherty aren't in Bowie's lineup this morning. They must be headed to New York.