Cordova

The Minnesota Twins switched starting pitchers right before game time last night, and the Orioles had a terribly hard time switching gears, flailing away against Johan Santana until Marty Cordova found a way to foil his former team. Cordova, who struck out his first two at-bats, hit a two-run homer, and recently acquired utility man Luis Lopez broke things open with his second career grand slam, as the Orioles rolled to a 9-2 victory before 33,858 at Camden Yards. Sidney Ponson improved to 3-1 since the All-Star break, as the Orioles broke a two-game losing streak, beating a Minnesota team that has lost just four times in the past 19 games.

Jorge Luis Cordova Diaz, 87, who represented Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress and served as a commonwealth Supreme Court justice, died Sunday in San Juan. He was a lifelong supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico.

9 Games played by Marty Cordova, who'll have elbow surgery this week. $103,333 Money earned by Cordova for each at-bat this season. 12 Consecutive games bullpen allowed runs before three shutout innings Thursday. 2 Homers for Tony Ba tista in nine career at-bats vs. Rays' Jesus Colome. 8 Consecutive losses before Wednesday's victory over the Devil Rays.

The father of an 11-year-old boy who died in an April car accident with traces of drugs and alcohol in his blood has been arrested and charged with letting teen-agers drink and smoke marijuana in his home, Anne Arundel County police said.Edward Earl Cordova, 47, was arrested about 10: 15 p.m. Wednesday at his home at the 7900 block of McNeilin Way in Severn after county narcotics detectives searched the one-story ranch house for more than an hour on a search-and-seizure warrant. They found two teen-agers smoking marijuana and recovered a bag of the drug, Sgt. Jeff Price said.

Authorities have dismissed charges against a Severn man who was accused of letting teen-agers drink and smoke marijuana in his home.Edward Earl Cordova, 47, whose 11-year-old son, Edward Eric, had traces of alcohol and drugs in his system when he was killed in a car accident in April, was charged two months after the fatal accident with possession of marijuana, contributing to the condition of a child and maintaining a common nuisance, but prosecutors dismissed...

An Anne Arundel County grand jury has handed up a second indictment in connection with a car crash in April that left an 11-year-old boy dead.Gregory Bostic, 19, of the 2500 block of Davidsonville Road in Gambrills was arrested this week and charged with automobile manslaughter and four related counts in the death April 26 of Edward E. Cordova, a passenger in his car.Last summer, Edward's father, Edward E. Cordova Sr., was indicted on charges of providing drugs...

Four months after his 11-year-old son died, possibly drunk and stoned in a car driven by a teen-ager with alcohol in his blood, an Anne Arundel County father has been indicted on charges of supplying alcohol and drugs to his children's friends and acquaintances.Edward Earl Cordova Sr., 47, of the 7900 block of McNeilin Way in Severn threw "large parties reminiscent of a Cheech and Chong movie in which everyone would sit around in a circle" and get high, Assistant State's Attorney M. Virginia Miles said after the 29-count indictment was unsealed yesterday.

Nine months after his 11-year-old son died drunk in a car driven by a teen-ager who had just left his house, a father admitted in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court yesterday that he turned his home into a haven for drug and alcohol parties for youths.Edward E. Cordova Sr., 47, entered an Alford plea, denying the charges but agreeing that prosecutors have the evidence to convict him on two counts of maintaining a drug house and one of recklessly endangering another person. In exchange, prosecutors dropped 26 related counts.

Pirates: Rookie reliever Francisco Cordova made his major-league debut with a scoreless seventh inning. . . . Pittsburgh has 12,000 unsold tickets for Monday's home opener against the Phillies, but it anticipates a preseason advance sale of 800,000 -- nearly 150,000 above last year's pre-sale of 659,000.Pub Date: 4/03/96