BALTIMORE — In a surprising development, the Yankees will start CC Sabathia tonight against the Orioles at Camden Yards.

A Yankees spokesman explained that due to a miscommunication between pitching coach Larry Rothschild and the team’s PR staff, the team had incorrectly listed David Phelps as the starter for the opener of the three-game series, with Sabathia pitching on Saturday and Hiroki Kuroda on Sunday.

Instead, Sabathia will go tonight against Orioles lefty T.J. McFarland. Sabathia is 8-5 with a 4.09 ERA.

The Yankees enter play 4½ games behind the Red Sox in the AL East and are one game behind the Orioles for the final AL wild-card spot.