Have a Day, Cody Bellinger: 4-for-4, 2 HR’s, 4 RBI. NY 9 Baltimore 4

May 2, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Cody Bellinger's 2nd HR of the day makes it a 6-1 game in the 5th.

Cody Bellinger went 4-for-4 with 2 Homers, 4 RBI’s, and 3 runs scored to lead the Yanks to a 9-4 win over the Orioles on a partly cloudy, 60-degree Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Ryan Weathers pitched 5 pretty good innings, and the Yankee bullpen of Jake Bird, Camilo Doval, Tim Hill, and Paul Blackburn kept Baltimore in check for the victory.

NY had a 6-1 lead through 5 innings, but Baltimore pulled within 6-4 with runs in the 6th and 7th. NY countered with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th off RBI singles by Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. to put the game away.

“Cody was nice,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards. “Getting us started right away with the HR, another one left-on-left, rifling balls in the corner, you see his speed — his speed was big on the bases today too; makes a play down the line that looked simple but… that’s Cody Bellinger — just all around; you see the speed, the power, the athleticism, the 2-strike hit dumping one out into centerfield to extend the lead — just a great day by a great player.”

NY improves to 22-11, the best record in the American League and 2nd best in the Majors behind Philly. NY leads Tampa by 1.5 in the AL East. Baltimore falls to 15-18.

1. Bellinger’s 1st HR Puts NY up 1-0 in 2nd

Kyle Bradish, the 29-year-old, 6’3 righthander, started for the Orioles. He pitched a shutout 1st — helped by a double play that erased a walk to Trent Grisham.

But Cody Bellinger led off the 2nd with a 363-foot HR to right center for a 1-0 Yankee lead.

2. Bellinger RBI Double Makes It 3-0 NY in 3rd

The Yanks went after Bradish again in the bottom of the 3rd when Jose Caballero walked with 1 out and Trent Grisham doubled him to 3rd.

Bradish struck out Ben Rice, but a passed ball by Adley Rutschman while Bradish pitched to Aaron Judge allowed Caballero to score and make it 2-0 NY.

Judge walked, and Cody Bellinger doubled in Grisham for a 3-0 Yankee lead.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked to load the bases, but Jasson Dominguez grounded out to end the threat.

3. Grisham HR Makes It 5-1 in 4th

But the Yanks went after Bradish again in the 4th — a 1-out double by Ryan McMahon, and 2-out, 2-run Bomb to right by Trent Grisham for a 5-1 Yankee lead.

4. Bellinger’s 2nd HR Makes It 6-1 in 5th

The Orioles yanked Bradish after 4 and brought in lefty Keegan Akin — and lefty Cody Bellinger led off with a 354-foot HR to right for a 6-1 NY lead.

5. Weathers Good

Ryan Weathers pitched well, again.

  • He walked the leadoff batter in the 1st, but then struck out the next 3 batters.
  • He walked the leadoff batter in the 2nd, but then got 3 consecutive groundouts.
  • Weathers then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, but allowed a 1-out HR to Pete Alonso in the 4th to make it 3-1 at the time.
  • Weather followed with a 1-2-3 inning in the 5th, but in the 6th allowed consecutive singles by Taylor Ward and Gunnar Henderson to leadoff the inning, got Adley Rutschman to ground out and was relieved.

“I thought Weathers was good,” said Boone about Weathers. “Walks the leadoff man the first 2 innings, and then pitches around it. Goes into his Max Fried and goes into the stretch the next inning. But then got back to the windup eventually. Thought he threw the ball really well. Scattered a little but but other than those two walks, did a really good job. Again had a lot of different ways to get you out. Sweeper, changeup, fastball were all playing well.” Maybe ran out of a little steam there but to get us into the 6th inning with another strong performance, really nice by him.”

6. Bird and Doval Allow Runs Narrowing Lead to 6-4

Jake Bird relieved Weathers with runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out, and got Alonso to hit into a double play — the runner Taylor Ward scoring to make it 6-2 Yanks.

Bird then allowed an RBI single to Samuel Basallo to make it 6-3 — the run scored to Weathers — before getting a final groundout to end the inning.

Camilo Doval pitched the 7th — and walked Dylan Beavers to leadoff. Beavers then stole 2nd and 3rd on Doval while he was striking out Blaze Alexander. Beavers scored on a Taylor Ward groundout and it was a 6-4 game.

Tim Hill came in to pitch to Gunnar Henderson — and got him to ground out on 1 pitch.

7. Bellinger & Jazz RBI Singles Make It 9-4 in 7th

But NY immediately pushed back.

Anthony Nunez walked Ben Rice and Aaron Judge to lead off the bottom of the 7th, and Cody Bellinger reached on an infield single to shortstop as Rice scored from 2nd. NY 7 Baltimore 4.

Bellinger then stole 2nd to put runners on 2nd and 3rd — and Jazz Chisholm Jr. plated both with a single to right for a 9-4 Yankee lead.

8. Blackburn Closes with 2 Shutout Innings

Paul Blackburn pitched 2 shutout innings — allowing but a walk in the 8th and throwing a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th — ground out, lineout, strike out — for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815172

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