RF Danny Valencia was given Sunday's game off. Valencia also sat out Friday's game with a stiff neck.

RF Danny Valencia was back in the lineup Saturday after missing the previous game with a sore neck. Valencia went 0-for-4 in the 9-8 win over Seattle.

RF Danny Valencia (neck) was back in the lineup Saturday after sitting out Friday night's game as a late scratch.

RF Danny Valencia was a late scratch because of a sore neck. Rookie Matt Olson replaced Valencia in the lineup.

RF Danny Valencia ended RHP Jered Weaver's bid for a perfect game Monday night. With two out in the fifth inning, Valencia hit a sharp ground ball past diving 3B Yunel Escobar for a single. Valencia also stole his first base of the season and just the eighth of his major league career before finishing 1-for-3 with a strikeout in the A's 2-1 loss.

OF Danny Valencia went 1-for-3 with two walks to give him five hits in the series. Valencia is hitting .375 against Texas this season with 11 RBIs.

1B Danny Valencia continued to have success against Texas. His eighth-inning homer, a three-run shot, on Saturday was his second of the season against the Rangers. Valencia is hitting .388 against Texas with 11 RBIs. Thirteen of his 17 homers have also come on the road.

INF/OF Danny Valencia improved his season batting average against the Los Angeles Angels to .380 (19-for-50) with a single, double and home run in Monday's 10-7 loss. The home run was his 16th of the season and was one of two hit by the A's in the game. Oakland has hit 19 home runs in 13 games against the Angels this season.

INF/OF Danny Valencia made his first start since Saturday and picked up right where he left off with his seventh consecutive two-hit game Tuesday in Oakland's 9-1 win over Cleveland. Valencia contributed a single to a three-run first inning and a double to a two-run third, helping the Athletics build an early 5-0 lead. He also threw out Indians DH Mike Napoli trying to stretch a single into a double on a ball off the right field fence. In the past two days, word of his Friday clubhouse fight with DH Billy Butler leaked, leading the team to issuing fines to both players.

1B/3B Danny Valencia and DH Billy Butler were fined, but not suspended, by the A's for their fight in the clubhouse before a Friday win at Texas. The scuffle reportedly was over Valencia's endorsement deal with a shoe company. A's manager Bob Melvin said Valencia was being given Monday off to improve his mental state in the wake of his discipline, but that he would be back in the starting lineup Tuesday.Butler, who was injured in the fight, was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list Monday.

RF Danny Valencia made his first start as the No. 2 batter, and the spot seemed to agree with him as he went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs. He came into the game with just three RBIs in August, but had the first two Oakland RBIs on Tuesday night. "We're just trying to mix it up," manager Bob Melvin said. "Sometimes we'll get a little stagnant. It's just a little different dynamic where the lineup went."

INF/OF Danny Valencia made his second career start and sixth appearance in right field on Sunday against Tampa Bay. He was initially in the lineup at first base, but CF Coco Crisp (sore neck) was a late scratch, and RF Josh Reddick (sore back) was out of the starting lineup for the second straight game. Valencia went 1-for-1 with a run and played errorless defense. Reddick replaced him in the top of the eighth inning.

INF/OF Danny Valencia made his eighth career start at first base Sunday against the Blue Jays and first since April 9, 2015 with Toronto. Valencia, who lost his starting job at third base after the All-Star break to rookie Ryon Healy, is now a utility man for the A's. He has made started 446 games at third base, 49 at DH, 27 in left field, three at second base and one in right field, along with eight at first. Valencia played error-free defense and went 2-for-4 with a run.

3B Danny Valencia was replaced in the starting lineup Friday against Toronto by rookie Ryon Healy, who was called up from Triple-A Nashville and made his major league debut. A's manager Bob Melvin said he wants to give Healy a long look at third base and that Valencia will get most of his playing time at first base, DH and left field in a utility role. This move raises the probability that the A's will try to trade Valencia, a player they signed off waivers from the Blue Jays on Aug. 3 last year. Valencia is batting .304 with 12 home runs and 33 RBIs. "They're going to want to obviously get a look at (Healy)," Valencia told csnbayarea.com. "I didn't think I'd go from hitting fourth to not playing." Valencia came off the bench in the top of the fifth and replaced 1B Yonder Alonso, who was ejected in the bottom of the fourth for arguing balls and strikes. Valencia, who went 1-for-2 and hit the ball hard twice, will be in the lineup Saturday, Melvin said.

3B Danny Valencia singled and scored in the second inning and finished 1-for-4 on Thursday. He is batting .387 (29-for-75) in his career against Houston, which ranks second among active players with a minimum of 70 at-bats.

3B Danny Valencia went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in the eighth inning. It was Valencia's first homer since June 25 and 12th this season. He has at least one hit in all six games against the Twins, his former club, hitting .526 with two homers, six RBIs and four runs scored in those games.

3B Danny Valencia doubled to start the three-run seventh inning and came around to score. It snapped an 0-for-17 skid at the plate for the former Twin.

3B Danny Valencia hit his 11th home run of the season and drove in three runs Saturday night. Valencia propelled RHP Jhoulys Chacin's 91 mph fastball, the first pitch he saw, over the center-field fence for a two-run drive in the top of the first inning, then added an RBI single in the sixth during a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Valencia hit 11 homers for the A's last year after arriving in August from the Toronto Blue Jays, for whom he hit seven home runs.

3B Danny Valencia went 1-for-3 with a walk and drove in Oakland's only run Saturday in a 7-1 loss to the Angels. Since being reinstated from the disabled list on May 6, Valencia is batting .346 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs in 34 games.

3B Danny Valencia missed his second straight game as he continues his recovery from a stomach bug. Manager Bob Melvin said Valencia was feeling better and able to pinch-hit, if necessary.