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Elephant Rumblings: Red-hot Mark Canha named AL Player of the Week for A’s

Athletics Nation | August 27, 2019

Related Topics: Cy Young, Matt Carpenter, Elias Sports Bureau, Detroit, Lou Brock, Kansas City Royals, Matt Chapman, Marcus Semien, Rickey Henderson

Marcus Semien is the first @Athletics leadoff hitter with seven RBIs in a game (since 1920, when RBIs first became an official statistic). The last leadoff batter in @MLB with that many RBIs in a game was Matt Carpenter (7 on July 20 last season, Cardinals at Cubs).

— Elias Sports Bureau (@EliasSports) August 27, 2019

Matt Chapman becomes the third A's third baseman to reach 30 home runs in a season after taking Alex Gordon deep for a solo shot. He joins Sal Bando (1969) and Eric Chavez (2001-02).

— Martín Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) August 27, 2019
  • An interesting young righty is finishing the season strong in Triple-A Las Vegas.
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