Elephant Rumblings: A’s to recall J.B. Wendelken to bolster bullpen

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Even down 5 in 7th, A’s ‘never feel out of it’...
• Slusser: A’s score seven in the seventh for comeback win over Angels... ($)
• Lockard: Patience, power and just a little bit of luck give the A’s another comeback win as they push for the postseason... ($$$)
• Slusser: A’s Yusmeiro Petit likely to miss entire Detroit series... ($)
• Strauss: The 10 most entertaining A’s - Ranking Matt Chapman’s all-around brilliance, Sean Murphy’s potential and more... ($$$)
• Slusser: Sean Manaea to start Sunday in A’s six-man rotation... ($)
• Kroner: Strangeness could prevail when A’s, Tigers resume game Friday... ($)

Best of AN:

• Raun-Linde: Game #140 - Athletics Down but NOT Out!
• Nico: “Quarter Header” Shaping Up To Pose Interesting Dilemmas...

MLB News:

• Rogers: Cubs place closer Craig Kimbrel on IL with elbow soreness...
• McTaggart: Astros star outfielder George Springer day-to-day with “mild concussion”...
• Berman: Aaron Sanchez done for season with shoulder injury...
• Speier: Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis unlikely to return this season after setback (right oblique strain)...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• McCullough: The Last Stand of Dick Mountain... ($$$)
• Longenhagen: Analyzing the American League September Call-Ups...
• Jaffe: Adjusting the Twins’ New Home Run Record...
• Sarris: Why doubt and uncertainty are crucial to modern player development... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 2002 — The Oakland Athletics’ 20-game winning streak is snapped as Brad Radke pitches the Minnesota Twins to a 6 - 0 victory at home. The Athletics fall short of matching the second-longest winning streak in history. The Chicago National League teams of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight.
• 2013 — Yusmeiro Petit of the Giants comes within one strike of a perfect game against the Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. Eric Chavez hits a single with two outs in the 9th to deprive Petit of his place in history, but he retires the next batter, A.J. Pollock, to end up with a 3 - 0 one-hitter.

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