Athletics get late homers from Langeliers, Wilson and Kurtz in 8-2 win over Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Shea Langeliers, Jacob Wilson and Nick Kurtz homered in the final two innings to help the Athletics pull away for an 8-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night.

Luis Severino (3-11) gave up three hits in five innings for the win — allowing only José Ramírez's two-run homer in the third. All three of Severino's wins have come on the road.

Jack Perkins struck out three in three scoreless innings and Justin Sterner pitched the ninth to close it out.

Nolan Jones had a two-out single off Severino in the third before scoring on Ramírez's 19th home run for a 2-0 lead. Ramírez is 6 for 14 with four homers against Severino in his career.

Brent Rooker, Kurtz and Langeliers hit three straight doubles to start the fourth against Logan Allen (6-8), tying the score. Miguel Andujar singled for a fourth consecutive A's hit and a 3-2 lead.

Allen allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Kurtz led off the eighth against Nic Enright with another double and Langeliers followed with his 14th homer for a 5-2 advantage.

Denzel Clarke tripled with one out in the ninth and finished a homer shy of the cycle. Wilson followed with his 10th homer and Kurtz capped the scoring with his 18th, which leads all rookies.

Enright gave up two runs on three hits and retired four batters. Kolby Allard allowed both homers in the ninth.

Langeliers hit a 0-2 pitch from Enright for an opposite-field homer to right to give the A's a three-run cushion.

Cleveland has won 20 of the last 25 matchups with the Athletics.

Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (8-6, 3.93 ERA) starts Sunday opposite Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (5-4, 3.70).

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Athletics center fielder Denzel Clarke, right, is congratulated by second basemen Max Schuemann (12) after their team defeated the Cleveland Guardians in a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Kolby Allard, right, reacts after two-run home run by Athletics' Jacob Wilson during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Athletics' Nick Kurtz runs the bases after hitting solo home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Kolby Allard during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Athletics' Jacob Wilson, right, is congratulated by Denzel Clarke, left, after hitting a two-run home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Kolby Allard during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Athletics' Shea Langeliers, right, is congratulated by Jacob Wilson after hitting a two run home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Nic Enright during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he’s cutting off the prospect of talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.”

Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president just days ago said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic, where the death toll from nationwide protests has spiked to more than 2,000, according to human rights monitors.

But Trump, with his latest message on social media, appeared to make an abrupt shift about his willingness to engage with the Iranian government.

"Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” Trump wrote in a morning post on Truth Social, which he later amplified during a speech at an auto factory in Michigan. “Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”

Trump, in an exchange with reporters during the factory visit, demurred when asked what kind of help he would provide.

“You’re going to have to figure that one out,” he said.

He also said he didn't have accurate numbers on the death toll in Iran but added: “I think it’s a lot. It’s too many, whatever it is.”

The U.S. president has repeatedly threatened Tehran with military action if his administration found the Islamic Republic was using deadly force against antigovernment protesters. Trump on Sunday told reporters he believed Iran is “starting to cross” that line and has left him and his national security team weighing “very strong options” even as he said the Iranians had made outreach efforts to the U.S.

And on Monday, the president’s team offered guarded hope that a diplomatic solution could be found.

“What you’re hearing publicly from the Iranian regime is quite different from the messages the administration is receiving privately, and I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. “However, with that said, the president has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.”

Also on Monday, Trump said he would slap 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Tehran “effective immediately,” but the White House has not provided details on that move. China, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Brazil and Russia are among economies that do business with Tehran.

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and key White House National Security Council officials began meeting Friday to develop options for Trump, ranging from a diplomatic approach to military strikes.

Iran, through the country’s parliamentary speaker, has warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if Washington uses force to protect demonstrators.

More than 600 protests have taken place across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday. The activist group said 1,850 of the dead were protesters and 135 were government-affiliated. It said more than 16,700 people had been detained.

Understanding the scale of the protests has been difficult. Iranian state media has provided little information about the demonstrations. Online videos offer only brief, shaky glimpses of people in the streets or the sound of gunfire.

Trump's push on the Iranian government to end the crackdown comes as he is dealing with a series of other foreign policy emergencies around the globe.

It’s been just over a week since the U.S. military launched a successful raid to arrest Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and remove him from power. The U.S. continues to mass an unusually large number of troops in the Caribbean Sea.

Trump is also focused on trying to get Israel and Hamas onto the second phase of a peace deal in Gaza and broker an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the nearly four-year war in Eastern Europe.

But advocates urging Trump to take strong action against Iran say this moment offers an opportunity to further diminish the theocratic government that’s ruled the country since the Islamic revolution in 1979.

The demonstrations are the biggest Iran has seen in years — protests spurred by the collapse of Iranian currency that have morphed into a larger test of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s repressive rule.

Associated Press reporter Michelle L. Price contributed to this report.

Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo)

Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo)

President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One from Florida, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)