Jacob Wilson's 11th-inning single leads A's to 6-3 win over Rockies in snowy Coors Field opener

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.

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)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado comes to the White House on Thursday to discuss her country's future with President Donald Trump even after he publicly dismissed her credibility to take over after an audacious U.S. military raid captured then-President Nicolás Maduro.

Trump has raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in Venezuela. His administration has signaled its willingness to work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who was Maduro’s vice president and, along with others in the deposed leader’s inner circle, remains in charge of day-to-day governmental operations.

In endorsing Rodríguez so far, Trump has sidelined Machado, who has long been a face of resistance in Venezuela and sought to cultivate relationships with Trump and key administration voices like Secretary of State Marco Rubio among the American right wing in a gamble to ally herself with the U.S. government.

The White House says Machado sought the face-to-face meeting with Trump without setting expectations for what would occur. Her party is widely believed to have won 2024 elections rejected by Maduro. Machado previously offered to share with Trump the Nobel Peace Prize she won last year, an honor he has coveted.

Machado plans to have a meeting at the Senate following her lunch with Trump, who has called her “a nice woman” while indicating they might not touch on major issues in their talks Thursday.

Her Washington swing began after U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says had ties to Venezuela. It is part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil after U.S. forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges.

The White House says Venezuela has been fully cooperating with the Trump administration since Maduro’s ouster.

Rodríguez, the acting president, herself has adopted a less strident position toward Trump and his “America First” policies toward the Western Hemisphere, saying she plans to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro — a move thought to have been made at the behest of the Trump administration. Venezuela released several Americans this week.

Trump, a Republican, said Wednesday that he had a “great conversation” with Rodríguez, their first since Maduro was ousted.

“We had a call, a long call. We discussed a lot of things,” Trump said during an Oval Office bill signing. “And I think we’re getting along very well with Venezuela.”

Even before indicating the willingness to work with Venezuela's interim government, Trump was quick to snub Machado. Just hours after Maduro's capture, Trump said of Machado that “it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country.”

Machado has steered a careful course to avoid offending Trump, notably after winning last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump wanted to win himself. She has since thanked Trump. Her offer to share the peace prize with him was rejected by the Nobel Institute.

Machado’s whereabouts have been largely unknown since she went into hiding early last year after being briefly detained in Caracas. She briefly reappeared in Oslo, Norway, in December after her daughter received the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

The industrial engineer and daughter of a steel magnate began challenging the ruling party in 2004, when the nongovernmental organization she co-founded, Súmate, promoted a referendum to recall then-President Hugo Chávez. The initiative failed, and Machado and other Súmate executives were charged with conspiracy.

A year later, she drew the anger of Chávez and his allies again for traveling to Washington to meet President George W. Bush. A photo showing her shaking hands with Bush in the Oval Office lives in the collective memory. Chávez considered Bush an adversary.

Almost two decades later, she marshaled millions of Venezuelans to reject Chávez’s successor, Maduro, for another term in the 2024 election. But ruling party-loyal electoral authorities declared him the winner despite ample credible evidence to the contrary. Ensuing anti-government protests ended in a brutal crackdown by state security forces.

Garcia Cano reported from Caracas, Venezuela, and Janetsky from Mexico City. AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

FILE - U.S. President George Bush, right, meets with Maria Corina Machado, executive director of Sumate, a non-governmental organization that defends Venezuelan citizens' political rights, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, May 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures to supporters during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro the day before his inauguration for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, file)