Elephant Rumblings: A’s swept by Seattle as road struggles continue

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: A’s road woes continue; Brett Anderson gives up 3 homers...
• Kramer: A’s road woes continue to mount in Seattle...
• Kramer: A’s trade Morales to Yankees...
• Matier: Still value in Oakland Coliseum — Ring Central buys naming rights for $1 million a year...
• Slusser: A’s overworked bullpen remains on the thin side...

Best of AN:

• Schmidt: Game 44 — Mariner Homers Keep The A’s At Bay...

MLB News:

• Murray: Brewers promote top prospect Keston Hiura...
• Rosenthal: The lack of movement on Kimbrel and Keuchel; a Cubs revival; the Reds’ dangerous spot; more notes... ($)
• Shaikin: Dodgers lefty Julio Urias placed on administrative leave following domestic violence arrest...
• Martino: Mets infielder Jed Lowrie (hamstring) suffers setback, shut down...
• Bowman: Braves designate lefty Jerry Blevins...
• Sarris: MLB moving from Trackman to Hawk-Eye tracking system... ($)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Lindbergh: Watchers on the Wall — Welcome to the Golden Age of the Home Run Robbery...
• Fink: Hunter Pence Swings His Way Back to Relevance...
• Jaffe: Injury Has Interrupted the Rare Jose Altuve Slump...
• Longenhagen and McDaniel: Mock Draft 2.0...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1912 — Ty Cobb charges into the stands at Hilltop Park in New York and attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker. Other fans and Tigers mix it up before order is restored. Ban Johnson suspends Cobb indefinitely for the incident.
• 1999 — Rangers P Esteban Loaiza breaks his hand when a car door slams on it. He’s out indefinitely.

Best of Twitter:

• Oakland-born Damian Lillard is usually easy to root for, but maybe not this week...

• Baseball can be brutal sometimes, as Chris Sale and the Red Sox learned the hard way Tuesday night...

• This Vlad Jr. kid might just be something special...