DENVER (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a walk-off grand slam after committing an error in the ninth inning that allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to score the go-ahead run, and the Colorado Rockies rallied for a 10-7 victory in their home opener Friday.
McMahon sent the first pitch he saw from reliever Jason Adam over the fence in right-center to set off a roar from the sellout crowd at Coors Field.
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Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead follows the flight of his sacrifice fly off Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber in the third inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Zack Littell works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber works against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz grounds out against Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber in the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche gets a new ball after giving up a two-run home run to Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar in the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar circles the bases after hitting a two-run home run of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche in the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon gestures to the dugout as he heads up the first base line after hitting a walkoff grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam in the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar gestures while running the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon looks to the dugout as he heads up the first base line after hitting a walkoff grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam in the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon watches his grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
After leading 6-2 in the ninth, the Rockies let the Rays take a 7-6 lead as Ben Rortvedt scored the tiebreaking run when McMahon made a throw in the dirt from third base that converted first baseman Kris Bryant couldn't scoop.
McMahon made up for that in a big way with his first homer of the season, propelling the Rockies to their second win in front of 48,399 fans on a sun-splashed afternoon. Colorado improved to 17-13 in home openers at Coors Field since the hitter-friendly park opened in 1995.
Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks (0-1) walked the first three hitters to start the ninth before giving way to Adam, who promptly struck out Bryant. That set the stage for McMahon.
Jalen Beeks (1-0) earned the win by finishing off the top of the ninth.
Ezequiel Tovar hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning and Bryant added some insurance by lining his first homer of the season in the eighth.
But the four-run cushion didn't hold up as the Rays rallied with four straight hits off reliever Justin Lawrence. Rortvedt tied the game with a two-run single, then raced home on McMahon's errant throw.
Zack Littell was solid for Tampa Bay in a no-decision, allowing one run over five innings. He struck out five.
Colorado starter Austin Gomber threw 41 pitches in the first inning and was taken out after the fourth. He struck out seven and gave up two runs.
The temperature was 75 degrees at first pitch, making it the warmest April home opener in Rockies history.
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Rays: INF Brandon Lowe left Wednesday's game due to tightness in his left side and wasn't in the starting lineup Friday following a day off. He entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth, grounding out, and stayed in the game at second base.
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The Rockies will send right-hander Ryan Feltner (0-1, 5.40 ERA) to the mound Saturday. Tampa Bay is slated to go with lefty Tyler Alexander (0-0, 9.00).
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Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead follows the flight of his sacrifice fly off Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber in the third inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Zack Littell works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber works against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz grounds out against Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber in the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche gets a new ball after giving up a two-run home run to Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar in the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar circles the bases after hitting a two-run home run of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche in the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon gestures to the dugout as he heads up the first base line after hitting a walkoff grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam in the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar gestures while running the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Poche during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon looks to the dugout as he heads up the first base line after hitting a walkoff grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam in the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon watches his grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Adam during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The European Union’s executive commission said Thursday it will put its retaliatory measures against new U.S. tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump ’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Wednesday that the pause was not a result of the brutal sell-offs in the financial markets but rather because other countries are seeking negotiations. Trump later told reporters that he pulled back on many tariffs because people were getting “yippy” and “afraid.”
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“This will give us the opportunity to negotiate the reduction of tariffs so that the playing field is leveled,” said Lesotho Minister of Trade and Industry Mokhethi Shelile.
Lesotho, which relies on making and exporting clothes to the U.S. for brands like Levi’s, had feared almost half its clothing sector could be put out of business.
In Madagascar, which provides 80% of the world’s vanilla, exporters said there was now more time for government and industry officials to meet and plot a way forward.
And South Africa Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau said on Radio 702 that while his country received confirmation that proposed export tariffs by the U.S. were paused, the 10% baseline tariff meant “it is not completely off.”
South Africa is one of more than 30 countries eligible for tariff-free access to the American market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act agreement that has been in place for 25 years. Many of them fear that Trump’s tariff tactics will mean the agreement will not be renewed.
Trump’s top economic advisers will gather a day after the president announced he was suspending for 90 days import taxes on dozens of countries while escalating his trade war with China to discuss the president’s options moving forward.
“The chief of staff’s office has called all the principals who have, you know, skin in the game and discuss their views about how this should go,” Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters on Thursday.
Hassett added that 15 countries have already presented offers to the administration aimed at getting Trump to drop his reciprocal tariffs. He did not detail which countries have presented offers.
This morning, at 10 a.m. ET, Trump will receive his intelligence briefing in the Oval Office.
At 11 a.m., he will participate in a cabinet meeting.
At 12:30 p.m., he will attend the swearing-in ceremony for the solicitor general.
Later, at 4 p.m., he will participate in a bill signing in the Oval Office, according to the White House.
World markets soared on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark jumping more than 9% as investors welcomed Trump’s decision to put his latest tariff hikes on hold for 90 days.
In early trading, Germany’s DAX initially gained more than 8%. By midmorning, they were up 5.3% at 20,720.86, while France’s CAC 40 in Paris gained 5% to 7,204.23. Britain’s FTSE 100 surged 4.0% to 7,983.37.
Chinese shares saw more moderate gains, given yet another jump in the tariffs each side is imposing on each other’s exports.
The future for the S&P 500 was down 2.1%, while the contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.6%.
Analysts had expected the global comeback, given that U.S. stocks had one of their best days in history on Wednesday as investors registered their relief over Trump’s decision.
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China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on more tariffs in what appears to be an attempt to form a united front to compel Washington to retreat. Days into the effort, it’s meeting only partial success with many countries unwilling to ally with the main target of Trump’s trade war.
China has thus far focused on Europe, with a phone call between Premier Li Qiang and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “sending a positive message to the outside world.”
That was followed by a video conference between Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Šefčović on Tuesday to discuss the U.S. “reciprocal tariffs.”
Wang has also spoken with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, while Li, the premier, has met with business leaders. China has “already made a full evaluation and is prepared to deal with all kinds of uncertainties, and will introduce incremental policies according to the needs of the situation,” Xinhua News Agency quoted Li as saying.
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Trump delivered another jarring reversal in American trade policy Wednesday, suspending for 90 days import taxes he’d imposed barely 13 hours earlier on dozens of countries while escalating his trade war with China. The moves triggered a powerful stock market rally on Wall Street but left businesses, investors and America’s trading partners bewildered about what the president is attempting to achieve.
The U-turn came after the sweeping global tariffs Trump announced last week set off a four-day rout in global financial markets, paralyzed businesses and raised fears the U.S. and world economies would tumble into recession.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to characterize the sudden change in policy as part of a grand negotiating strategy. But to those outside the Trump administration, it looked like a cave-in to market pressure and to growing fears that the president’s impetuous use of import taxes — tariffs — would cause massive collateral economic damage.
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The European Union’s executive commission said Thursday it will put its retaliatory measures against new U.S. tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission, which handles trade for the 27 member countries, “took note of the announcement by President Trump.”
New tariffs on 20.9 billion euros ($23 billion) of US goods will be put on hold for 90 days because “we want to give negotiations a chance,” she said in a statement.
But she warned: “If negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in.”
Trump imposed a 20% levy on goods from the EU as part of his onslaught of tariffs against global trading partners but has said he will pause them for 90 days to give countries a chance to negotiate solutions to U.S. trade concerns.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
People walk in Leadenhall Market at lunch time, in the financial district, known as The City in London, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick leaves after doing a television interview outside the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
