BALTIMORE (AP) — Adrian Del Castillo hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning and drove in five to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
Arizona went 6-3 on its nine-game trip to the New York Mets, Philadelphia and Baltimore, winning two of three from each.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles left fielder Weston Wilson is unable to catch a two-run triple hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, wearing No. 42 to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, swings in the on-deck circle before his at-bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Pete Alonso, right, yells at umpire John Tumpane (74) as Orioles manager Craig Albernaz, center, intervenes after Alonso was called out on an automatic strike due to a batter pitch time violation in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo hits a two-run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Jeremiah Jackson homered and drove in three for Baltimore, which has lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game sweep at Pittsburgh April 3-5.
After Geraldo Perdomo advanced automatic runner Corbin Carroll to third on a sacrifice to open the 10th, Del Castillo lashed a 2-0 fastball from Tyler Wells (0-1) into the bleachers in center for his first home run of the season. Nolan Arenado’s single later in the inning drove in an insurance run.
Ryan Thompson (1-0) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for Arizona. Juan Morillo earned his first save with a scoreless 10th.
With the game tied 4-4, Baltimore’s Grant Wolfram surrendered Ketel Marte’s bunt single and Carroll’s double to start the seventh. Two batters later, Del Castillo hit a chopper off Wolfram’s glove, leaving shortstop Gunnar Henderson with only a play at first and allowing Marte to score.
The Orioles retied it in the bottom of the inning on Leody Taveras’ RBI pinch single against Kevin Ginkel.
Del Castillo also hit a two-run triple in the third that glanced off left fielder Weston Wilson’s glove and was originally scored an error.
Marte, who was scratched Tuesday with back tightness, went 1 for 5 as Arizona’s designated hitter.
Arizona starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed four runs, including Jackson’s two-run shot in the fifth, over five innings. He struck out three.
Baltimore’s Kyle Bradish worked a season-high six innings. He gave up four runs and struck out four.
Arizona opens a six-game homestand Friday as RHP Michael Soroka (3-0, 2.87 ERA) faces Toronto.
Baltimore begins a seven-game road trip Thursday as RHP Shane Baz (0-1, 4.50) starts at Cleveland.
This story has been corrected to show that Bradish had four strikeouts, not three.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles left fielder Weston Wilson is unable to catch a two-run triple hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, wearing No. 42 to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, swings in the on-deck circle before his at-bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Pete Alonso, right, yells at umpire John Tumpane (74) as Orioles manager Craig Albernaz, center, intervenes after Alonso was called out on an automatic strike due to a batter pitch time violation in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian del Castillo hits a two-run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is ticking higher Tuesday as artificial-intelligence stocks regain more of their sudden and sharp losses from last week, while oil prices ease.
The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and pulled back within 2.5% of its all-time high set a week ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 195 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was close to flat.
Companies selling computer chips, memory and other building blocks of the AI boom again helped lift the market.
Micron Technology rose 0.7%, for example, a day after jumping 9.9% and two days after plunging 13.3%. The computer memory company’s stock has already tripled so far this year, raising criticism that it’s gone too far, too fast. Following last week’s industrywide sell-off, the question is whether AI stocks are heading for a long downturn or just needed a shake-out to get rid of excessive optimism.
The biggest gain in the S&P 500 came from J.M. Smucker, which jumped 11.5% after reporting a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company behind the Folgers, Hostess and other brands benefited from higher prices charged for coffee and sweet baked goods. It joined the long list of U.S. companies delivering stronger profit growth than analysts expected, which has helped drive the S&P 500 to record after record this year.
Nuvalent soared 38.8% after GSK agreed to buy the biotech company for $10.6 billion. The shares of U.K.-based GSK that trade in New York added 0.6%.
Wall Street, meanwhile, got some relief from falling oil prices. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil dropped 3.3% to $91.14 after briefly topping $98 the day before.
Prices have swung up and down as hopes fade and rise that the United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That would allow oil tankers to resume delivering crude from the Persian Gulf to customers.
The drop in oil prices helped stocks of airlines, which have been punished by soaring fuel costs. U.S. airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier, according to government data. United Airlines rose 3%, and Delta Air Lines climbed 2.8%.
To make up for their higher fuel bills, airlines have been raising their own airfares. It’s part of the broad, painful acceleration of inflation hitting U.S. shoppers because of the war with Iran. The high oil prices are also pushing up bond yields worldwide, raising the pressure on stock prices.
Treasury yields eased a bit Tuesday with the fade in oil prices. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dipped to 4.54% from 4.56% late Monday. But it’s still well above its 3.97% level from just before the war with Iran.
The latest monthly updates on U.S. inflation will arrive later in the week, with one on consumer prices coming Wednesday and one on wholesale prices coming Thursday.
Inflation is high enough, and the U.S. job market looks strong enough, that traders on Wall Street largely expect the Federal Reserve will have to raise its main interest rate at least once by the end of this year. Higher interest rates would keep a lid on inflation, but they would also threaten to slow economies and undercut prices for stocks and all kinds of other investments.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate has already recently climbed to its highest level in nine months, and high costs to borrow money could discourage the building of AI data centers that are fueling the U.S. economy's growth.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in much of Europe following bigger moves in Asia.
South Korea’s Kospi jumped 8.2% and nearly recovered Monday’s plunge of 8.3%. It’s been beholden to the performance of big tech stocks like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics.
AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.
Options trader Chris Daytona, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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People stand near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A dealer talks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A dealer stands near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
