SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Interstat) — Jose Cordoba went 4-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs to lead the Springfield Cardinals to an 18-3 rout of the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Friday, June 12, 2026, at Hammons Field before 5,077 fans in 3 hours, 13 minutes.

Cordoba’s second homer, a three-run shot in the eighth, capped a five-run inning. Jon Jon Gazdar homered and drove in three runs, Zach Levenson added a two-run homer and Miguel Ugueto doubled in three runs. Ryan Murphy (3-0) earned the win with 2 1/3 innings of relief, allowing two earned runs on three hits and striking out two. Braden Davis tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts.

Amarillo scored single runs in the third, sixth and seventh, but managed only five hits. Adonys Perez (0-2) took the loss.

Springfield, which improved to 27-33, broke open the game with five runs in the sixth, then added three in the seventh and five in the eighth. Amarillo fell to 29-31. The Cardinals’ Dakota Harris homered in the second to open the scoring.