Cordero beats back Orioles with HR
Cordero, 28, spent spring training at Camp Orioles and turned around as a fit guy. 411/.426/. slash and 94 Seven additional base hits in plate appearance. However, that wasn’t enough to crack their Opening Day roster, leading the Yankees to poach him in a split trade a day before the season started.
Baltimore leads New York starter Clark Schmidt 4-0, Getting seven runners on the field through the first three innings pushed to increase his pitching. Looking for the spark, the Yankees got it from Cordero when he fired off the feet of 47 projected on Statcast A two-run Jack hit his first pinstripe homer in the top half of the fourth inning to right field.
Although the Yankees took a 5-4 lead in the sixth inning, But the Orioles responded by scoring one point each for their top three reserves going into the game, taking the lead in a showdown between the two teams in the American League for the Eastern foes.
