WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Walker had a solo homer and drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Athletics on Thursday.
Trailing 4-3, Iván Herrera tied the game with a single to left field that scored Thomas Saggese before Walker's double put the Cardinals ahead.
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Athletics' Shea Langeliers gestures towards his dugout after hitting a two RBI single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals manger Oliver Marmol walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryne Stanek throws to a Athletics batter during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Nick Kurtz opened the scoring in the first with a solo home run for the Athletics.
Victor Scott II homered in the fifth to tie the game tied at 1.
Walker added his 12th home run of the year in the sixth inning to put St. Louis ahead 2-1, and Nolan Gorman followed with a single to right field for a 3-1 lead.
Matt Svanson (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, giving up one hit and striking out two. Michael McGreevy got the start and threw six innings, giving up one run on five hits while striking out three.
Zack Gelof homered for the second consecutive day in the seventh, and Shea Langeliers hit a two-run single to put the Athletics up 4-3 in the seventh.
Jack Perkins (2-2) had his second blown save of the season in 2/3 innings.
Riley O’Brien picked up his 13th save, striking out two and allowing no hits.
Athletics: RHP Aaron Civale (4-1, 2.59 ERA) gets the start at home against the Giants on Friday.
St. Louis: RHP Dustin May (3-4, 4.85 ERA) starts against the Kansas City Royals at home on Friday.
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Athletics' Shea Langeliers gestures towards his dugout after hitting a two RBI single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals manger Oliver Marmol walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryne Stanek throws to a Athletics batter during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market fell from its records and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Friday from its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.5% from its own record. Technology stocks led the market lower, particularly AI winners. They had shot so high that some critics said they had gone too far. Yields jumped in the bond market on worries about how much rising oil prices will worsen inflation. The 30-year Treasury yield is back to where it was in 2007.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market fell from its records Friday and joined a worldwide drop for stocks, as higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. Stocks that had been caught up in the euphoria around artificial-intelligence technology led the way lower.
The S&P 500 fell 0.9% from its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 465 points, or 0.9%, with an hour remaining in trading, and the Nasdaq composite was down 1% from its own record.
Technology stocks tumbled in a sharp turnaround from their meteoric rises for much of the year, which had carried markets worldwide to records but also raised criticism that they had gone too far.
Nvidia, the stock that quickly became the face of the AI revolution, dropped 3% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. It had come into the day with a gain of more than 26% for the year so far.
Micron Technology was another one of the heaviest weights on the market after falling 4.9%. It's still up nearly 159% for the year so far.
“To us, it looks like markets have pushed into overbought territory,” according to Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management. He said the strong corporate profits and durable U.S. economy that launched U.S. stocks to records remain intact, but “the path is unlikely to be smooth. Periods like this call for discipline more than hope.”
In the meantime, rising oil prices are raising the pressure after already worsening inflation by more than economists had feared. The war with Iran is continuing, and the Strait of Hormuz remains shut to oil tankers, which is preventing them from delivering crude to customers worldwide and driving up oil’s price.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 3.3% to settle at $109.26 and is well above its level of roughly $70 from before the war.
Many big U.S. companies have been saying their customers have been able to keep spending on their products and services despite having to pay higher prices for gasoline. But U.S. households have also been telling surveys they’re feeling discouraged about the economy and the pressures building on them because of the war and tariffs.
The worries were most clear Friday in the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.59% from 4.47% late Thursday. That’s a notable move for the bond market, and it’s well above its 3.97% level from before the war.
The yield on the 30-year Treasury rose as high as 5.13% and is back to where it was in 2007, before the financial crisis sent yields crashing close to zero in the ensuing year.
Higher yields can make mortgages and other kinds of loans going to U.S. households and businesses more expensive, which slows the economy. They also tend to push downward on prices for stocks and all kinds of other investments.
Stocks of smaller companies had some of Friday’s sharpest drops. Many of them need to borrow cash to grow, which means higher borrowing costs can hurt them more than their big rivals. The Russell 2000 index of the smallest U.S. stocks fell 2,1%, more than double the S&P 500’s loss.
Yields have been climbing since the war on worries about higher inflation and how it may tie the Federal Reserve’s hands when it comes to short-term interest rates. Not only have traders abandoned virtually all expectations that the Fed will resume its cuts to interest rates this year, they’ve been building some bets that it may even hike rates in 2026, according to data from CME Group.
A couple of reports on the U.S. economy that came in better than expected also helped to lift yields. One said U.S. industrial production improved by more last month than economists expected, while another said manufacturing in New York state is expanding at a faster rate.
In stock markets abroad, indexes fell sharply across Europe and Asia.
South Korea’s Kospi dropped 6.1% for one of the biggest moves. It's set records this year because of the influence of AI beneficiaries like SK Hynix. But it quickly reversed momentum Friday after briefly topping the 8,000 level for the first time.
Some on Wall Street have been warning about a possible break in momentum for tech stocks in general and AI winners in particular.
“If nothing else this should be a ‘shot across the bow’ for how volatility works both ways,” according to Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG.
AP Business Writer Chan Ho-him contributed.
Trader Patrick Casey works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
President Donald Trump, left, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
A dealer stands near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), and the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Employees of Hana Bank celebrate in a photo-op to mark the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) of over 8,000 points at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
