Elephant Rumblings: A’s slump continues; Buchter recalled

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Miscue by A’s Jurickson Profar kicks off Boston’s winning rally...
• Gallegos: Offense shows up early, but errors prove costly...
• Slusser: A’s call up lefty Ryan Buchter for Boston series...
• McWilliams: A breakdown of what’s led to the A’s inconsistent start after another series sweep to the Blue Jays... ($)

Best of AN:

• Raun-Linde: Game #31 — A’s Fall to Sox, 4-9...
• Hall: Oakland A’s place Mark Canha on injured list, recall Ryan Buchter...
• Moriarty: A’s Farm Report — Early Season’s Hottest Relievers...

MLB News:

• Snyder: Casey Mize, Tigers’ No. 1 overall pick in 2018 MLB Draft, throws no-hitter in Double-A debut...
• Rosenthal: Rays promote top prospect Nate Lowe...
• Van Schouwen: Righty Ervin Santana, DFA’d by White Sox, declares free agency...
• Weaver: TA30 — Staff-wide MLB power rankings are back, with surprises, stumbles and those lovable underdog Yankees... ($)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Lindbergh: Tortuga Power — Everybody Loves Willians Astudillo...
• Murray: ‘That pisses me off’ — How talk of regression fueled Christian Yelich’s explosive start... ($)
• Szymborski: Guessing the Fate of April’s Underachieving Hitters...
• Fink: The Atlantic League Utilizes the No-Shift Rule for the First Time...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1952 - Ted Williams plays his final game before leaving for military duty in Korea. In his last at-bat on “Ted Williams Day” at Fenway Park, he blasts a game-winning, two-run home run against Dizzy Trout of the Detroit Tigers. The home run gives the Red Sox a 5 - 3 victory.
• 1999 - About 3,000 fans wearing T-shirts that said, “$hare the wealth” protest baseball economics at the Yankees-Royals game at Kauffman Stadium. The protesters turn their backs when the Yankees bat, then walk out during the 4th inning. The Yankees began the season with baseball’s top payroll at $85.05 million, and the Royals were 25th at $23.8 million.

Best of Twitter:

• Oakland’s offense has just gone dry for more than two weeks now...

• The Orioles’ pitching staff is very, very bad...

• Sacrifice bunts usually don’t end up near the center field warning track...