Warren's Hot Streak Secures Yankees' AL Lead

0:00It's May 2nd. MLB News. Today starts now. AI-powered and game ready. I'm Cory with the story. Will Warren is making a strong case to lock down his spot in the Yankees rotation. Friday night at Yankee Stadium, the right-handed delivered his third straight-quality start and a 7-2 win over the Orioles. He went 6-1-3 innings, gave up just two runs, one earned on three hits, and fan nine batters. The Yankees pitching staff is on fire right now, posting a 2.21 ERA over their last 14 games. That's 85-1-3 innings with only 21-1-runs, and starters averaging 6-1-3 innings per outing. All this without Garicole and Carlos Rodón, both sideline with elbow issues on the 15-day injured list. Offense kicked in early against Orioles left-EK Povitch. Cody Belinger doubled in Aaron Judge for the first run in the opening inning. Then in the second, Ben Rice crushed a 3-run homer, his 11th of the year, while Jose Cabalero added a solo shot to left.

1:02Later, Judge scored his second run of the night on Amid Rosario's single in the 7th, marking his 900th career run and tying Jorge Posada. For 19th in Yankee's history, with this victory, New York sits at 21 wins and 11 losses, leading the American League standings and rolling strong into the weekend.