DENVER (AP) — Jacob Wilson hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the 11th inning for his third RBI, and the Athletics beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 Friday in a snowy home opener at Coors Field.
Flurries fell throughout the game and the temperature at first pitch was 37 degrees, tying for the second-coldest home opener in Rockies history.
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Colorado Rockies' Mickey Moniak (22) reacts to a third called strike for an out during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' JJ Bleday (33) dives back to first base safely as Colorado Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia (4) takes the late pickoff throw in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics pitcher Justin Sterner (60) pitches against the Colorado Rockies during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' Lawrence Butler (4) beat the tag from Colorado Rockies second baseman Kyle Farmer (6) at second base for a stolen base during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Colorado Rockies' Kyle Farmer (6) is out at second base as Athletics second baseman Max Muncy (10) catches the ball from center field to double up Farmer during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' JJ Bleday (33) hits a foul ball in second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
F-16 fly over Coors Field as Stellar Brass from the U.S. Air Force Academy plays the national anthem before the Colorado Rockies home-opening baseball game against the Athletics Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Grace Brown, from left, Juan Miranda, Aaron Miranda and Josefa Miranda, sit in the stands at Coors Field as the snow begins to ball before the Colorado Rockies home-opening baseball game the Athletics, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
After getting swept by the Chicago Cubs in the first three games at their temporary home in West Sacramento, California, the A's improved to 3-2 on the road and stopped a four-game losing streak overall.
Colorado went 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 runners. The Rockies have scored a major league-low 14 runs through seven games.
Noah Murdock (1-0), who debuted last weekend, pitched two hitless innings with three strikeouts and two walks for his first major league win, and Mason Miller earned his second save of the season. Angel Chivilli (0-1) was the loser.
Ezequiel Tovar, who ended the game when he struck out on Miller's fastest pitch of the day at 101.2 mph, had three hits and scored a run after entering hitless in his previous 15 at-bats.
Wilson’s bloop single to right field with two outs in the 11th broke a 3-3 tie.
Wilson’s solo home run in the fourth inning gave the Athletics at least one homer in each of their first eight games, matching the team record set in 2002.
Colorado RHP Germán Márquez (0-0, 0.00) starts Saturday against Athletics LHP JP Sears (0-1, 2.70).
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Colorado Rockies' Mickey Moniak (22) reacts to a third called strike for an out during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' JJ Bleday (33) dives back to first base safely as Colorado Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia (4) takes the late pickoff throw in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics pitcher Justin Sterner (60) pitches against the Colorado Rockies during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' Lawrence Butler (4) beat the tag from Colorado Rockies second baseman Kyle Farmer (6) at second base for a stolen base during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Colorado Rockies' Kyle Farmer (6) is out at second base as Athletics second baseman Max Muncy (10) catches the ball from center field to double up Farmer during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Athletics' JJ Bleday (33) hits a foul ball in second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
F-16 fly over Coors Field as Stellar Brass from the U.S. Air Force Academy plays the national anthem before the Colorado Rockies home-opening baseball game against the Athletics Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Grace Brown, from left, Juan Miranda, Aaron Miranda and Josefa Miranda, sit in the stands at Coors Field as the snow begins to ball before the Colorado Rockies home-opening baseball game the Athletics, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Denver. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher, despite a stunning display showing how dearly Wall Street wants him to do the opposite.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% at the end of a day full of heart-racing reversals as battered financial markets try to figure out what Trump’s ultimate goal is for his trade war. If it’s to get other countries to agree to trade deals, he could lower his tariffs and avoid a possible recession. But if it’s to remake the economy and stick with tariffs for the long haul, stock prices may need to fall further.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 349 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by 0.1%.
All three indexes started the day sharply lower, and the Dow plunged as many as 1,700 points following even worse losses elsewhere in the world. But it suddenly surged to a gain of nearly 900 points in the late morning. The S&P 500, meanwhile, went from a loss of 4.7% to a leap of 3.4%, which would have been its biggest jump in years.
The sudden rise followed a false rumor that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his tariffs, one that a White House account on X quickly labeled as “fake news.” That a rumor could move trillions of dollars’ worth of investments shows how much investors are hoping to see signs that Trump may let up on tariffs.
Stocks quickly turned back down, and shortly afterward, Trump dug in further and said he may raise tariffs more against China after the world’s second-largest economy retaliated last week with its own set of tariffs on U.S. products.
It’s a slap in the face to Wall Street because it suggests Trump may not care how much pain he inflicts on the market. Many professional investors had long thought that a president who used to crow about records reached under his watch would pull back on policies if they sent the Dow reeling.
On Sunday Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he wasn’t concerned about a sell-off and that “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.”
Trump has given several reasons for his stiff tariffs, including to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, which is a process that could take years. Trump on Sunday said he wanted to bring down the numbers for how much more the United States imports from other countries versus how much it sends to them.
Indexes nevertheless did keep swinging between losses and gains Monday after Trump’s latest tariff threat, in part because hope still remains in markets that negotiations may still come.
“We’re not calling the all-clear at all, but when you have this type of volatility in the market, of course you’re going to have back and forth” in markets not just day to day but also hour to hour, said Nate Thooft, a senior portfolio manager at Manulife Investment Management.
“We’re all waiting for the next bit of information,” he said. “Literally a Truth Social tweet or an announcement of some sort about real negotiations could dramatically move this market. This is the world we live in right now.”
All that seemed certain Monday was the financial pain hammering investments around the world for a third day after Trump announced tariffs in his “Liberation Day.”
Stocks in Hong Kong plunged 13.2% for their worst day since 1997. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude oil dipped below $60 during the morning for the first time since 2021, hurt by worries that a global economy weakened by trade barriers will burn less fuel. Bitcoin sank below $79,000, down from its record above $100,000 set in January, after holding steadier than other markets last week.
Trump’s tariffs are an attack on the globalization that’s remade the world’s economy, which helped bring down prices for products on the shelves of U.S. stores but also caused production jobs to leave for other countries.
It also adds pressure on the Federal Reserve. Investors have become nearly conditioned to expect the central bank to swoop in as a hero by slashing interest rates to protect the economy during every downturn. But the Fed may have less freedom to act this time around because inflation remains higher than the Fed would like. And while lower interest rates can goose the economy, they can also put upward pressure on inflation.
“The recent tariffs will likely increase inflation and are causing many to consider a greater probability of a recession,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, one of the most influential executives on Wall Street, wrote in his annual letter to shareholders Monday. “Whether or not the menu of tariffs causes a recession remains in question, but it will slow down growth.”
In the bond market, Treasury yields rallied to recover some of their sharp drops from earlier weeks. Some of the big move may have been because of reduced expectations for cuts to interest rates by the Fed. Some analysts also said it could be due to investors outside of the United States wanting to pare their U.S. investments.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped to 4.20% from 4.01% late Friday.
Earlier in the day, the S&P 500 briefly fell more than 20% below its record set less than two months ago. If it finishes a day below that bar, it would be a big enough drop that Wall Street has a name for it. A “bear market” signifies a downturn that’s moved beyond a run-of-the-mill 10% drop, which happens every year or so, and has graduated into something more vicious.
The S&P 500, which sits at the heart of many investors’ 401(k) accounts, is coming off its worst week since COVID began crashing the global economy in March 2020.
All told, the index fell 11.83 points Monday to 5,062.25. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 349.26 to 37,965.60, and the Nasdaq composite added 15.48 to 15,603.26.
Kurtenbach reported from Bangkok. McHugh reported from Frankfurt, Germany. Associated Press writers Ayaka McGill, Paul Harloff, Matt Ott and Jiang Junzhe also contributed.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
President Donald Trump is seen on the television as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
President Donald Trump is seen on the television as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Bobby Charmak, left, and others work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
An electronic display shows financial information on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Federico DeMarco works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Chris Lagana works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Traders work on the options floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
While a stock exchange trader sits in front of his monitors on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany, the display board with the Dax curve shows a value of less than 20,000 points. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
While a stock exchange trader sits in front of his monitors on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany, the display board with the Dax curve shows a value of less than 20,000 points. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
An electronic stock board shows that Nikkei stock average dropped over 2,900 Japanese yen in Tokyo Monday, April 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A person walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo Monday, April 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
US President Donald Trump appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A screen displays financial news as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
