Elephant Rumblings: A’s stuck at .500 after late loss to Mariners

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Another rough outing for Lou Trivino, A’s lose to Mariners...
• Gallegos: Trivino facing role change after latest blowup?
• Hall: Athletics bullpen falters again in 6-3 loss to Mariners
• Poindexter: A’s week in review — Back to .500 with a bullpen issue, but pitching help is on the way... ($)
• Ravani: Oakland council backs state legislation to streamline approvals for A’s waterfront ballpark...
• Slusser: A’s Sean Manaea getting close to rehab assignment...
• Gallegos: Piscotty expected to start in Orioles series...
• Lockard: A’s scouting director Eric Kubota on the team’s 2019 draft class and his department’s summer schedule... ($)
• Athletics Farm: A’s, first-rounder Logan Davidson agree to terms...
• Rubin: ‘Frankie did his thing’ — On the quiet dominance of A’s ace Frankie Montas... ($)
• Mailhot: Ramón Laureano’s Rocket Arm Doesn’t Make Him a Good Fielder...
• Gallegos: Olson’s father gladly went the extra mile...

Best of AN:

• Baker-Gillman: Game #73 — Yet Another Bullpen Failure...
• Nico: Happy Anniversary! ... Hopefully
• Hall: Prospect watch — Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk brilliant again in second outings
• Fatrolf’s Sunday Sketches: Frankie Montas is Cool, So Is Tanner Anderson Edition...
• Hall: Stephen Piscotty has surgery to remove melanoma from ear...
• DeClercq: Quick Look — Liam Hendriks, Set-Up Man...
• Hall: 6 Best things about Oakland A’s series win over Rays...

MLB News:

• Passan: Yankees acquire slugger Edwin Encarnación from Mariners...
• Rosenthal: What would need to happen for the Nationals to trade Max Scherzer... ($)
• Sullivan: Rangers DH Hunter Pence (right groin) to have MRI...
• Slater: White Sox to promote top catching prospect Zack Collins...
• Fletcher: Angels will activate outfielder Justin Upton on Monday...
• Harvey: Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton to rejoin Yankees this Tuesday...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Kosmider: Fathers and daughters, mothers and sons and the baseball stitches that bind us all... ($)
• Murphy: Take it from an old, old-school guy from the 1980s — celebration and emotion are good for baseball... ($)
• Clemens: The Most Predictable Man in Baseball...
• Fink: Consider Ketel Marte Broken Out...
• Stark: The Useless Info Dept., gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone-gone edition... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1916 — The Chicago White Sox pound Babe Ruth with 12 hits in eight innings, including three by Shoeless Joe Jackson, to beat the visiting Boston Red Sox, 5 - 0. The loss drops Boston into sixth place.
• 2009 — Ivan Rodriguez catches the 2,227th game of his career, breaking Carlton Fisk’s record, in Houston’s 5 - 4, 10-inning loss to his former team, the Texas Rangers. For Texas, Omar Vizquel, the all-time leader for games played at shortstop, picks up his 2,677th hit, tying Luis Aparicio for most hits by a Venezuelan player.

Best of Twitter:

• More fantastic news for Oakland’s rehabbing lefties...

• The Rockies and Padres just wrapped up an insane series in Denver...

• Blooper and Orbit might be related...