Red Sox Reach Accord on Cordero

The Boston Red Sox and the players’ association reached an agreement Tuesday night that would force the team to play or trade Wilfredo Cordero once counselors clear him to return.

Cordero, charged with beating and threatening to kill his current wife, has been on an informal “administrative leave” since Thursday, when the Red Sox learned a previous wife also accused him of physical abuse. But the players’ association was angered that Boston refused to play him.

The settlement reached by the union and management’s Player Relations Committee, which was still being put in writing Tuesday night, calls for Cordero to meet with doctors selected by both sides in New York today, a management lawyer said.

If those sessions produce a consensus that Cordero is fit to play, the Red Sox would have reinstate the outfielder or trade him, sources said.

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New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte, hit in the leg by a hard grounder on Monday night, said that he does not expect to miss a start.

Pettitte sustained a bruised left calf when he was struck by Javy Lopez’s one-hopper in the fifth inning. He finished the inning, but walked off the mound gingerly after throwing four warmup pitches before the sixth.

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Cleveland pitcher Jaret Wright, son of former Angel pitcher Clyde Wright, suffered a bruised left index finger while bunting in the fifth inning against Houston. He had allowed only one hit in four innings but had to leave the game. . . . Baltimore pitcher Jimmy Key tested his strained left hamstring and declared himself ready to take his scheduled start Thursday in Detroit. The left-hander hurt his leg Saturday against Toronto and left after the fourth inning. . . . The Seattle Mariners optioned right-hander Bob Wolcott to Tacoma and recalled reliever Josias Manzanillo from a rehabilitation assignment with their triple-A farm club. It was the second time Wolcott was optioned to Tacoma this season.