That the Twins were in a position to possibly win Wednesday night’s game is a testament to Bailey Ober and the team’s bullpen, which bent but did not break over the first nine innings of the game.

Finally, 10 innings in, the fact that the Twins were unable to get a hit at the right moment caught up to them. Shea Langeliers hit a two-run home run off reliever Génesis Cabrera in the 10th inning on Wednesday night, helping lift the Athletics to a 4-2 win over the Twins at Target Field.

The Twins certainly had chances all night, all the way into the 10th inning when they were unable to score their automatic runner, Austin Martin, who ended the game on third.

They had a prime chance in the third when they got consecutive hits from James Outman and Ryan Fitzgerald to begin the frame, putting both in scoring position with no outs. Neither scored. Outman was thrown out at the plate on the contact play and, immediately after, Trevor Larnach bounced into an inning-ending double play.

An inning later, the Twins could not bring home Luke Keaschall, who stole third with just one out. In the fifth, the inning the Twins scored a pair of runs on RBI knocks from Larnach and Brooks Lee. Lee was easily thrown out trying to take third after a pitch got past Langeliers, the A’s catcher.

In the eighth, Lee and Luke Keaschall began the inning with back-to-back singles but did not advance and in the ninth, the Twins left Fitzgerald on third.

But their pitching held strong for most of the night, limiting the Athletics.

Ober left well before the game was decided, but turned in another strong outing, another step forward as he leaves a tough middle-of-the-summer behind. Though his velocity was down — he averaged 89.3 miles per hour on his four-seam fastball — Ober still got 18 swing and misses on the night and was reasonably effective in his 5 2/3-inning start.

Ober, for the most part, cruised through the Athletics lineup, the only point of pain being when Tyler Soderstrom stepped in the batter’s box. Soderstrom extended his hitting streak to 18 games in the second inning, doubling to lead off the inning. He came around to score on a sacrifice fly. He later tagged Ober for a solo homer in the fourth inning. Ober was removed in the sixth inning before getting a chance to face him again.

After him, Kody Funderburk, Cole Sands, Justin Topa and Brooks Kriske before the Athletics finally got to Cabrera in the 10th.

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A Duluth man allegedly claimed that he woke up and found his mother dead inside their home, only to later admit to the shooting while sitting alone in a police interview room.

Nathan Douglas Davin, 46, was charged Tuesday with the intentional second-degree murder of Mae Dean Davin, 74, at their East Hillside residence on Saturday night.

The victim was apparently asleep in a recliner when she was shot once in the face at close range inside the house she owned at 1511 N. Ninth Ave. E, according to court filings.

While an alleged motive has not been publicly identified, Nathan Davin was reportedly displaying erratic behavior, and investigators said they found the words “go to hell” spray-painted on a surface inside the house, along with “several other satanic symbols and phrases.”

According to court documents:

Nathan Davin knocked on a next-door neighbor’s door around 10:50 p.m., stating something about a fatality. A person who was housesitting at the time called 911, noting Davin appeared intoxicated and was only wearing boxer shorts.

Before officers arrived, he also made phone contact with the neighbor, telling him: “My mom’s dead. She blew her head off.”

Police met Davin at the front porch of his home and inquired about some apparent blood on his hands. He replied, “I found my mom f—ing dead,” indicating he had just woken up and discovered her in the living room.

Officers looked inside and found Mae Dean Davin in the chair with a “devastating gunshot wound.” A spent shell casing was found on the floor, and a bullet was located near the exit wound. No gun was located nearby.

During a search of the home, investigators found two pistols in Nathan Davin’s upstairs bedroom, as well as several other guns in an unlocked safe.

A Glock 9 mm was found on a nightstand with apparent blood on it, and nearby officers found a box of ammunition that matched the rounds in the pistol, as well as the spent shell casing and bullet from the main floor.

After Davin was placed in the back of a patrol car, he was heard making several spontaneous utterances, including “wake up to bulls—” and “there went my life.”

The suspect was taken to the Public Safety Building, where his bloodied boxers and other physical evidence were collected. He declined to speak with investigators and requested a lawyer, but a recording from the interview room captured him stating: “God damn it, I killed my mother.”

Assistant St. Louis County Attorney Kirstyn Oye told the court Mae Dean Davin “was positioned in her recliner in a way that indicated she was sleeping” when she was shot. St. Louis County District Judge Eric Hylden granted the prosecutor’s request to set unconditional bail at $750,000 and deny supervised release.

Nathan Davin was charged with fifth-degree domestic assault in 2005, but that count was dropped as he pleaded guilty to interference with a 911 call. His criminal history otherwise appears limited to several impaired driving cases and a handful of other nonviolent offenses.

Hylden approved the defendant’s application for a public defender and scheduled his next court appearance for Sept. 15. The case has been assigned to Chief Judge Leslie Beiers.

The case is the third homicide reported in Duluth this year. In the past five years, more than half of the city’s homicides have involved domestic violence.

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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said that messages found on the telephone of embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro show that at one point he wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by the Associated Press.

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Bolsonaro is currently waiting for a Supreme Court ruling next month about an alleged coup attempt and he might face another case as police formally accused him and one of his sons of obstruction of justice in connection with his pending trial.

The AP had access to the police investigation and reviewed the documents, which were sent to Brazil’s Supreme Court. The Argentine government did not respond a request for comment from the AP.

Silas Malafaia, an evangelical pastor who is a staunch ally of Bolsonaro’s, was also targeted by police. He had his passport seized by investigators but was not formally accused of obstruction of justice.

Brazilian federal police investigators said in a 170-page report that Bolsonaro had a draft of a request for political asylum from Argentine President Javier Milei’s government dated Feb. 10, 2024. The former president saved the document two days after authorities searched his home and office as part of an investigation into an alleged coup plot.

In a 33-page letter addressed to Milei, Bolsonaro claimed he was being politically persecuted in Brazil.

“I, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, request political asylum from Your Excellency in the Republic of Argentina, under an urgent regime, as I find myself in a situation of political persecution in Brazil and fear for my life,” the Brazilian leader wrote.

On Feb. 12, Bolsonaro reportedly spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in Brasília, fueling speculation among critics that he may have been attempting to avoid arrest.

Brazilian federal police investigators also said in their report that Bolsonaro’s decision to ignore precautionary measures established for his house arrest and spread content to his allies “sought to directly hit Brazilian democratic institutions, notably the Supreme Court and even Brazil’s Congress.”

Sá Pessoa reported from Sao Paulo.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Twins still hadn’t announced who would be pitching for them a day later in their series finale against the Athletics of Sacramento, but they had made their pitching plans clear for Triple-A St. Paul, where Saints fans will be treated to a double dose of rehabbing major leaguers Thursday.

Pablo López will make his long-awaited first rehab start for the Saints on Thursday and will be followed to the mound by Simeon Woods Richardson, who will make his second rehab appearance.

The plan for López, who has been out since suffering a Grade 2 teres major strain on June 3, is to throw three innings or 45 pitches, whichever comes first, head athletic trainer Nick Paparesta said. Should that go well, he would likely progress to another rehab start in which he throws around four innings or 60 pitches.

“It’s just a matter of building him up, building the workload, get the work capacity … up and really just making sure his pitches are where they need to be and that he’s comfortable with them and that he’s happy with what it looks like,” Paparesta said.

After him, Woods Richardson, who has said he’s feeling much better after dealing with a parasite earlier this month, is scheduled to throw around four innings. Woods Richardson previously made a rehab start last Friday, throwing two scoreless innings while striking out four.

After that, “it’s more of a baseball decision than a health decision at that point in time, so we’ll kind of see where we are and if they want to send him back for some more or if they’re ready to activate him,” Paparesta said.

And in some more good news on the starting pitching front, David Festa is scheduled to throw live batting practice in St. Paul on Saturday. Festa has been out for nearly a month dealing with right shoulder inflammation.

Vázquez update

Christian Vázquez is currently at his home in Miami recuperating after having a surgical procedure to clear out an infection in his left shoulder earlier this month.

He is getting IV antibiotics and will continue to do so for three weeks, four total. In early September, he will fly back to Minnesota. He will have his PICC catheter line removed and start moving shortly after, Paparesta said.

The catcher is currently doing physical therapy for his shoulder and is working out. And while he might run out of time for a return, the Twins haven’t ruled that out.

“You always thinking long-term for these guys, and he is an (impending) free agent, so I’d love for him to get on the field and show everybody … that he’s able to play and he’s back and he’s good to go,” Paparesta said. “So when we get him back here, the plan is to get that thing out and start cranking him up and see how quickly we can get him back into playing again.”

Surgery for Roden

Alan Roden, out for the season, will have surgery on Friday to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb.

Roden first injured his finger making a catch in a game against the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 10. He further aggravated it with a headfirst slide at home plate last Thursday.

Acquired as part of the trade that sent Louie Varland and Ty France to Toronto, Roden played in just 12 games for the Twins and hit .158 before his season-ending injury.

Minnesota Twins’ Christian Vazquez (8) celebrates after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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