Imanaga and Happ lead the Cubs past the Padres 3-1 in Wrigley Field opener

CHICAGO (AP) — Shota Imanaga pitched one-run ball into the eighth inning in Chicago's home opener at Wrigley Field, and the Cubs handed San Diego its first loss with a 3-1 victory over the Padres on Friday.

Imanaga (2-0) allowed four hits in 7 1/3 innings in his second straight win. Picking up right where he left off in his impressive rookie season, the Japanese left-hander has permitted two runs and seven hits in 18 1/3 innings over his first three starts this year.

Ian Happ had two hits and scored two runs as Chicago improved to 6-2 since it dropped its first two games in Tokyo against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

San Diego had opened the season with seven consecutive victories for the best start in franchise history.

Martín Maldonado homered for the Padres in the third, tying it at 1. But the Cubs scored two runs in the fifth after Randy Vásquez (0-1) retired the first two batters.

With the bases loaded after a pair of walks, pinch-hitter Justin Turner greeted Yuki Matsui with a hard grounder to Xander Bogaerts. The shortstop threw from his knees as he tried for the forceout at second, but Seiya Suzuki was safe and Happ scampered home with the tiebreaking run — delighting the crowd of 40,244 on an overcast afternoon.

Kyle Tucker scored when Manny Machado committed an error on Dansby Swanson's grounder to third.

Porter Hodge got two outs for Chicago before Ryan Pressly worked a shaky ninth for his third save. It was Pressly's first home game since he was acquired in a January trade with Houston.

San Diego put runners on second and third in the ninth, but Jake Cronenworth looked at a called third strike for the final out.

The Cubs have won four consecutive home openers for the first time since 1950-53.

Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta (1-0, 0.00) and Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd (0-0, 0.00 ERA) start on Saturday.

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Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ (8) hits a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga (18) sits in the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vásquez (98) throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga (18) stands in the dugout before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) catches a fly out hit by San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts (2) during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, left, takes a Polaroid of Martín Maldonado after Maldonado hit a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vásquez (98) throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ (8) is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run in the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga (18) throws against the San Diego Padres during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission said Thursday it will put retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs on global trading partners and leave room for a negotiated solution.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission, which handles trade for the bloc's 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 of 10% and upward against global trading partners but said Wednesday he will pause them for 90 days to give countries a chance to negotiate solutions to U.S. trade concerns.

Countries subject to the pause will face Trump's 10% baseline tariff.

Before Trump’s announcement, EU member countries voted to approve a set of retaliatory tariffs on $23 billion in goods in response to his 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum that took effect in March. The EU, the largest trading partner of the U.S., described them as “unjustified and damaging.”

The EU tariffs were set to go into effect in stages, some on April 15 and others on May 15 and Dec. 1. The EU commission didn’t immediately provide a list of the goods.

Members of the EU — the world’s largest trading bloc — have said they prefer a negotiated deal to resolve a trade war that damages the economies on both sides. The bloc’s top trade official has shuttled between Brussels and Washington for weeks trying to head off a conflict.

The targeted goods are a tiny fraction of the 1.6 trillion euros ($1.8 trillion) in U.S.-EU annual trade. Some 4.4 billion euros in goods and services crosses the Atlantic each day in what the European Commission calls “the most important commercial relationship in the world.”

The EU has targeted smaller lists of goods in hopes of exerting political pressure and avoiding economic damage from a wider escalation of tit-for-tat tariffs.

The EU is also working on a further set of countermeasures in response to Trump’s blanket 20% tariff on all European goods, now suspended. That could include measures aimed at U.S. tech companies and the services sector as well as trade in goods.

Still, von der Leyen said that Europe intends to diversify its trade partnerships.

She said that the EU will continue “engaging with countries that account for 87% of global trade and share our commitment to a free and open exchange of goods, services, and ideas,” and to lift barriers to commerce inside its own single market.

“Together, Europeans will emerge stronger from this crisis,” von der Leyen said.

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McHugh reported from Frankfurt, Germany

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses journalists during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stands prior to a meeting with Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

The NYK Meteor container ship is moored at the Port of Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)