Elephant Rumblings: A’s snap losing streak in rout of Orioles

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Jurickson Profar busts loose to help A’s end skid...
• Gallegos: Takeaways - Brett Anderson the A’s stopper, Orioles learn about Laureano’s cannon...
• Seidel: Profar breaks out, Laureano dazzles vs. O’s...
• Gallegos: A’s get a look at their former top prospects now getting a chance with Orioles...
• Slusser: Ramón Laureano delivers another great throw for A’s...
• Slusser: After slow start last year, A’s Stephen Piscotty feels for Jurickson Profar...

Best of AN:

• Schmidt: Game #15 - Dribblers and Dingers Put The A’s On Top...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Chris Archer banned 5 games, Yasiel Puig gets 2 for melee...
• Lewis: Cleveland righty Mike Clevinger shut down for 6-to-8 weeks with back strain...
• Boland: Yankees’ Luis Severino shut down six weeks with lat injury...
• Zuckerman: Nationals, Bud Norris working on minor league deal...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• DiGiovanna: Remembering Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, 10 years after his death...
• Fink: With Wes Johnson, Twins Pitching Appears to Be Embracing Change...
• Jaffe: Dodgers Bashing Their Way to the Head of the Pack...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1947 - In one of the most significant moments in baseball history, Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agrees a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose general manager, Branch Rickey, personally recruited Robinson from the Negro Leagues.

Best of Twitter:

• Chappy won’t have to worry about stealing anyone’s parking space next season...

• You don’t see this every day...

• Marcus Semien and Jurickson Profar were phenomenal on Tuesday...