Elephant Rumblings: A’s sluggers Davis (flu), Canha (groin) day-to-day

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Chapman’s 9th-inning HR keeps A’s atop AL WC...
• Slusser: Matt Chapman’s late homer gives A’s 3-2 win at Anaheim... ($)
• Gallegos: Canha sustains left groin strain vs. Angels...
• Gallegos: Khrush comes down with flu at inopportune time...
• Ostler: The Oakland A’s will win the World Series - Here’s why... ($)
• Gammons: Despite everything, the Oakland A’s remain a quiet powerhouse... ($$$)
• Slusser: A’s Matt Chapman - ‘This will be my worst season’... ($)
• Slusser: A’s let Beau Taylor go again; he’s helped mentor Sean Murphy... ($)

Best of AN:

• CatfishBunter: Game #158 - Chapman’s dramatic blast in Anaheim prevents three game skid...
• Hall: Oakland A’s injuries - Lou Trivino out for season...
• Fatrolf’s Mid-Week Sketches: Mark Canha and the Called Shirt Edition...
• Hall: Oakland A’s activate Frankie Montas from PED suspension...

MLB News:

• Bowman: Ronald Acuña (hip) day to day after exiting Braves’ loss; could be out until playoffs...
• Rosenthal: The Angels are among the teams that could be interested in Joe Maddon... ($$$)
• Nesbitt: Clint Hurdle isn’t done yet. The Pirates aren’t done with him either... ($$$)
• Rogers: Theo Epstein dispels Boston rumors, ‘focused on’ Cubs...
• Park: Twins righty Sam Dyson out up to 12 months after shoulder surgery...
• Salisbury: Phillies star catcher J.T. Realmuto to undergo knee surgery...
• Flanagan: Royals infielder Adalberto Mondesi will have shoulder surgery; 5-6 month recovery...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Edwards: Cody Bellinger or Christian Yelich for NL MVP?
• Posnanski’s Baseball Things: Mike Trout and the MVP race, contemplating the Cubs’ future and more... ($$$)
• Jackson: The Little Ballpark That Could...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1996 — Oakland C Terry Steinbach hits a 6th-inning home run in a 7 - 5 victory over Seattle, giving the Athletics their 241st home run of the season. They become the second team this season to surpass the mark formerly held by the 1961 Yankees.
• 2016 — The Marlins honor Jose Fernandez, killed in a boat crash a day earlier, before their game with the Mets and announce that his uniform number, 16, is being retired, then go on to beat the Mets, 7 - 3. Dee Gordon, known as scrap hitter, leads off the game with a home run to the upper deck, his first and only one of the year, while 1B Justin Bour legs out the first triple of his career in an emotional contest full of unusual happenings.

Best of Twitter:

• Pop the champagne...

• Chappy with the biggest hit of the A’s season last night...

• What a gamer...