Cease allows career-high 9 earned runs, A's top Padres 10-4 for first win at Sutter Health Park

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dylan Cease gave up a career-worst nine earned runs, and JJ Bleday and Gio Urshela had three RBIs each as the Athletics rode a six-run first inning to beat the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Tuesday night for their first win in five games at their temporary Sutter Health Park home.

Cease (1-1) wasted a 3-0 lead, gave up six runs with two outs in the first and allowed nine runs, nine hits and three walks in four innings as his ERA rose to 7.98. He had allowed eight earned runs for the Chicago White Sox against Oakland on Aug. 25, 2023.

San Diego put center fielder Jackson Merrill on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain before the game, then saw Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth leave after appearing to get hurt on swings. Cronenworth came out of the game in the third inning and Tatis in the fifth.

Tatis had left shoulder discomfort stemming from a slide and Cronenworth had cramps from an earlier rib injury, manager Mike Shildt told reporters.

The A’s are playing the first of at least three seasons in the home of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats and intend to move to a new ballpark in Las Vegas they hope will open in 2028. They had been the last winless team at home this season and they ended an eight-game losing streak against the Padres.

Manny Machado hit his first home run of the season in the first off Jeffrey Springs (1-1) as San Diego built a lead. Yuli Gurriel hit an RBI double after starting 0 for 13 against left-handers.

Bleday had a two-run double in the bottom half and scored on Miguel Andujar’s single. Urshela hit a two-run double and scored on Max Muncy’s single.

Left fielder Oscar Gonzalez allowed Jacob Wilson’s single to roll past him for a two-run error in the fourth, and Wilson scored on Urshela’s double. Bledey homered in the seventh off Yuki Matsui.

Wilson had three hits and is batting .400. His 12-game hitting streak at the season’s start is the A’s longest since Billy Butler in 2015.

A's Nos. 5-9 batters combined to go 11 for 19 with eight RBIs and eight runs.

Cease gave up his most earned runs in 159 career starts.

Randy Vásquez (0-1, 1.69 ERA) will start Wednesday's third and final game of the series for the Padres. Osvaldo Bido (1-0, 2.70) takes the mound for the Athletics.

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San Diego Padres' Jake Cronenworth watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, April 7, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., center, celebrates with shortstop Xander Bogaerts (2) and first baseman Jake Cronenworth after the team's victory over the Athletics in a baseball game Monday, April 7, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., left, celebrates with catcher Elias Díaz after the team's victory over the Athletics in a baseball game Monday, April 7, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Athletics' JJ Bleday, center, celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Diego Padres right fielder Jason Heyward (22) watches a solo home run hit by Athletics' JJ Bleday during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Athletics' JJ Bleday (33) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Athletics' Gio Urshela (13) reacts after hitting an RBI double during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Athletics' Gio Urshela watches his single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. catches a fly ball hit by Athletics' Miguel Andujar during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, April 7, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease wipes his face during the third inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Wall Street pointed higher early Tuesday, a day after skepticism about the strength and safety of U.S. investments due to President Donald Trump’s trade war, and his attacks on the Fed Chair Jerome Powell, sent markets sharply lower.

Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.8% before the bell, far from recovering the loss of 2.4% Monday. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose 0.8% and Nasdaq futures gained 0.9%. Both slumped more than 2% the day before as Trump stepped up his public criticism of Powell.

Trump has been demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy. Trump called Powell “a major loser” and said that energy and grocery prices are “substantially lower" and that the central bank no longer needs to keep interest rates elevated to suppress inflation.

The Fed has resisted lowering rates quickly, which could reignite inflation after it soared to more than 9% during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago.

Any attempt to unseat Powell would likely set off a crisis in global financial markets. While Wall Street loves lower rates, largely because they boost stock prices, the bigger worry would be that a less independent Fed could struggle to keep inflation under control. Such a move could further weaken, if not kill, the United States’ reputation as the world’s safest place to keep cash.

Longer-term yields have been on the rise lately with doubts about the United States’ standing in the global economy. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.43% overnight before settling at 4.39% in the morning. That's still up from 4.34% at the end of last week about 4% earlier this month, a substantial move for the bond market.

The U.S. dollar edged down to 140.24 Japanese yen from 140.80 yen. The dollar has been weakening against the yen and other currencies, and traded momentarily as low as 139 yen on Monday, a 52-week low.

In equities trading early Tuesday, First Solar jumped 7.2% after the Department of Commerce finalized harsher-than-expected solar tariffs on some southeast Asian communities.

Northrop Grumman tumbled 10.6% after it reported that its first-quarter sales fell from a year ago. The military contractor also saw its profit nearly halved as it charged a big loss related to higher manufacturing costs for its B-21 bomber program.

Technology companies, which have taken some of the biggest beatings during the recent market volatility, inched up in premarket Tuesday. Nvidia and Meta Platforms rose less than 1% before the bell.

Meta shares have declined for seven consecutive days, the longest losing streak for the company since April 2023.

One day after plummeting another 6%, Tesla shares inched up less than 1% in premarket ahead of its quarterly earnings report after the bell Tuesday.

Elon Musk's electric car company has already reported that its first-quarter car sales dropped by 13% from the same time last year. That decline occurred against a backdrop of vandalism, widespread protests and calls for a consumer boycott amid a backlash to Musk’s high-profile role in the White House overseeing a cost-cutting purge of U.S. government agencies.

Tesla shares are down about 40% since the beginning of 2025.

In Europe at midday, France's CAC 40 and German's DAX each declined 0.7%, while Britain's FTSE 100 was mostly unchanged.

Trading was cautious in Asia, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.2% to finish at 34,220.60. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was virtually unchanged, inching down less than 0.1% to 7,816.70. South Korea's Kospi lost nearly 0.1% to 2,486.64. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added nearly 0.8% to 21,562.32, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.3% to 3,299.76.

Trump's tariffs and the retaliatory measures from China hang as a shadow over the region.

"Across Asia, there is undoubtedly a sense of urgency to get to the negotiation table even as striking a deal at an appropriate cost can be tough," said Tan Boon Heng, at Mizuho Bank's Asia & Oceania Treasury Department.

“China’s warning to countries not to resolve U.S. tariffs by striking deals at the expense of Beijing’s interests reveals the geo-economic polarization.”

In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude gained 93 cents to $63.34 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 88 cents to $67.14 a barrel.

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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, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)