Elephant Rumblings: Quiet offense continues A’s skid

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: A’s have the all-around blahs, drop fifth in a row...
• Gallegos: Bats go cold in Boston as A’s drop 5th straight...
• McWilliams: A rough April, another loss, another dropped series for the A’s, and here’s the message — May is another month... ($)
• Slusser: A’s Matt Olson heads out on rehab assignment...
• Slusser: A’s Jurickson Profar gets two starts off, works on defense...
• McWilliams: The yips have overtaken Jurickson Profar and the A’s are in a bind when it comes to potential solutions... ($)

Best of AN:

• Schmidt: Game #32 — The Skid Continues With a Near Shutout...

MLB News:

• Wittenmyer: Cubs to option Addison Russell to Triple-A when he returns from domestic violence suspension...
• AP: Nationals place Anthony Rendon (elbow) on injured list...
• Cassavell: Padres young shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. to IL with hamstring injury...
• Heyman: Reds could call up top prospect Nick Senzel on Friday...
• Rosenthal: Would the Tigers trade Matthew Boyd?; the latest on Kimbrel and Keuchel; more notes... ($)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Carig: ‘I just had the ass’ — An appreciation of ‘red ass,’ baseball’s most colorful turn of phrase... ($)
• Ring: T-Shirt Cannons and a New Legal Frontier...
• Petriello: 10 struggling aces — Who should we panic about?

Today in Baseball History:

• 1925 — The Philadelphia Athletics introduce another future Hall of Famer, 17-year-old catcher Jimmie Foxx, who pinch-hits a single in the 9 - 4 loss to the Washington Senators.
• 1991 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics surpasses Lou Brock as the major league career stolen base leader with his 939th steal in a 7 - 4 victory over the New York Yankees. Henderson breaks the record in the 4th inning, when he steals third base against catcher Matt Nokes.

Best of Twitter:

• Cody Bellinger has been unreal this season...

• Congratulations to Vallejo native C.C. Sabathia on his 3,000th career strikeout...

• Space Jam, anyone?