All-Star Tatis leads the Padres to a 4-1 win against the Rangers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star Fernando Tatis Jr. scored the tying run in the third inning and doubled in the go-ahead run in the fourth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Sunday night to take two of three.

Tatis, named to the National League All-Star team for the third time, reached base four times.

With runners on first and second and two outs in the fourth, Tatis doubled into the left field corner to bring in Trenton Brooks for a 2-1 lead. Martín Maldonado came around from first, slid headfirst and originally was called safe on Marcus Semien's relay throw to catcher Jonah Heim, but the Rangers challenged and the call was overturned.

The Padres failed to capitalize on a bases-loaded situation with two outs in the bottom of the first against Jack Leiter (4-6). But they tied it two innings later when Tatis reached on a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Luis Arraez’s two-out single to center.

Maldonado and Jake Cronenworth singled in runs in the sixth and seventh, respectively.

Padres rookie opener David Morgan had a rough first inning but allowed the only run thanks to a play at the plate and a great diving catch by Cronenworth with the bases loaded.

Leiter allowed two runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings, with five strikeouts and two walks.

Kyle Hart (3-2) got the win and Robert Suarez pitched a perfect ninth for his 25th save to tie for the big league lead.

Tatis' RBI double came one pitch after he was brushed back and lost hold of his bat.

Manny Machado, who needs two hits to reach 2,000 for his career, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.

Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (9-2, 2.13 ERA), who was named to the American League All-Star team, is scheduled to start Monday night in the opener of a four-game series at the Los Angeles Angels. Padres RHP Yu Darvish, out with elbow inflammation since spring training, makes his season debut.

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Texas Rangers' Evan Carter falls to a knee after striking out to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager fields a ball hit by San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez before throwing to first base for the out during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

San Diego Padres' Martin Maldonado is tagged out attempting to score by Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim (28) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. is congratulated in the dugout after scoring a run on a single by Luis Arraez during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Sunday, July 6, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. hits an RBI double during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)