3B Danny Valencia was unavailable Tuesday because of a stomach bug, manager Bob Melvin said. Valencia first started experiencing symptoms when the A's landed in Milwaukee Monday. He reported to the stadium late, was checked out by team doctors, then returned to the team hotel. He will be re-examined Wednesday.

3B Danny Valencia slugged a leadoff home run off Astros RHP Collin McHugh in the sixth inning. It was his ninth homer on the season. Valencia is batting .560 (14-for-25) over his last seven games and .371 (33-for-89) with nine homers, 20 runs scored and 20 RBIs in the 24 games since he was reinstated from the disabled list. He is batting .397 (27-for-68) with seven homers and 14 RBIs in 20 career games against Houston.

3B Danny Valencia stayed red-hot, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and raising his batting average to .346 on Wednesday in a 5-1 victory against Minnesota. The three-hit game was Valencia's fifth of the season -- all in day games. He's batting .462 in day games.

3B Danny Valencia went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double Tuesday in Oakland's 7-4 victory against Minnesota. Valencia drove in three runs and scored twice. In 21 games since coming off the disabled list on May 6, Valencia is batting .359 with 19 RBIs, 18 runs and all eight of his home runs this season. "It's nice to be back, nice to help the team win, be relatively healthy," said Valencia, who was slowed by a hamstring injury. "But most importantly, winning games is the goal here, and we've been fortunate enough recently to be doing it."

3B Danny Valencia had a two-run double during Monday's eighth inning. He now has 15 RBIs in 14 games since coming off the disabled list.

3B Danny Valencia did not hit a home run Thursday, but he did have a single and threw out a Yankees baserunner on a relay throw during Oakland's 4-1 loss. Despite going just 1-for-4, his average since returning from the disabled list on May 6 remained at .432 (16-for-37). He has hit six home runs over that 10-game stretch.

3B Danny Valencia hit his sixth home run of the season Tuesday night in Oakland's 8-5 victory against Texas. All six homers have come in the past five games for Valencia, who had three home runs Sunday against Tampa Bay. Valencia launched LHP Cole Hamels' 3-0 fastball into the left field seats for a solo home run in the second inning. He has gone 12-for-29 (.414) with seven runs, six homers and 10 RBIs in eight games since coming off the disabled list after recovering from a strained left hamstring.

3B Danny Valencia hit three home runs Friday, giving him five in the three-game series, this after hitting none in the first 17 games he had played before this series.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Before Friday's game, Danny Valencia's season had been marked by injuries, like the hamstring problem that had kept him out since Monday, part of the reason he hadn't hit a home run all season.Three games later, Valencia has five home runs, including three Sunday, the biggest a two-run go-ahead blast with two outs in the ninth inning of a 7-6 win over the Tampa Rays that might jump-start Oakland as it returns home from a nine-game road trip."It's one of those days and experiences that I've never done before," Valencia said. "It felt great and felt great to be on the winning side of it."Valencia hit two home runs in Friday's win, the first set up by a Billy Burns at-bat in which he fouled off 11 pitches before getting Oakland's first hit of the game. On Sunday, it was Burns, down to his last strike, who got a two-out double to set up Valencia's home run. Valencia tied the club record with three home runs - it has happened 27 times in franchise history, and his five home runs tied the team record for most in a three- or four-game series. The only other A's player to hit five in a three-game series were Mark McGwire (three times) and Gus Zernial in 1951.Valencia has a 10-game hitting streak and is hitting .405 in that stretch. If he gets a hit in next game he'll match his career long of 11 games, set in 2011.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Danny Valencia hit three home runs -- the last one coming with two outs in the ninth to provide the tying and go-ahead runs -- as the Oakland A's rallied to take a 7-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday at Tropicana Field.Oakland had been 0-20 this season when trailing after eight innings. Valencia had no home runs entering the weekend series but had five in the two A's wins on Friday and Sunday.Brandon Guyer drove in five runs, including a pair of home runs, for the Rays.The Rays led 6-5 entering the ninth and got the first two out in the top of the ninth. Billy Burns hit a two-out double to put the tying run in scoring position in the ninth. Valencia's final homer came on the first pitch from Steven Geltz (0-2), Tampa Bay's fifth pitcher. Yankees 7, White Sox 5NEW YORK -- Pinch hitter Chase Headley had a long tiebreaking double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning as New York blew three one-run leads before pulling out a victory over Chicago.Headley's... [More]

3B Danny Valencia, one day after hitting two home runs, had a throwing error and played another well-hit ground ball into a double as part of a two-run inning Saturday. He also had one of Oakland's two hits, but was promptly doubled off with a line drive to second.

3B Danny Valencia, who aggravated his left hamstring injury in the opener in Boston, missed his second straight game on Wednesday. "Better today," said Melvin. With the off day tomorrow, it makes some sense to get him through the off day. Again he's not pushing it so he can get to the point where he's not worrying about it."

3B Danny Valencia (left hamstring) was not in the lineup Tuesday after leaving Monday's game in the second inning with some tightness in his hamstring. Valencia was on the disabled list from April 21 through May 5 with a strained left hamstring, missing 14 games. On the bright side, Valencia seems to be closer to playing than fellow A's INF Jed Lowrie. "I would say Valencia is a little farther along in his potential to play than Jed is at this point," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Valencia is batting .311 (19-for-61) with three RBIs through 17 games.

INF Danny Valencia left in Monday's second inning with left hamstring tightness -- just three days after coming off the disabled list with a left hamstring injury. Before leaving, Valencia extended his hitting streak to seven games (9-for-25) -- and he was re-injured running to first base on that hit.

3B Danny Valencia left Monday night's game against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning after suffering left hamstring tightness.Valencia, who came off the disabled list Friday night in Baltimore, reached on a single and eventually scored the first run. However, he was replaced at third base by Chris Coghlan when the Red Sox came to bat in the bottom of the inning.

3B Danny Valencia left Monday night's game against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning after apparently re-injuring his left hamstring running to first base.Valencia, who came off the disabled list Friday night in Baltimore, reached on a single off the glove of second baseman Dustin Pedroia and stayed in the game after manager Bob Melvin and the athletic trainer checked him out at first base.Valencia moved to third on a double and scored Oakland's third run. However, he was replaced at third base by Chris Coghlan when the Red Sox came to bat in the bottom of the inning.The hit extended Valencia's hitting streak to seven games (9-for-25), a streak interrupted by a stay on the disabled list.

BOSTON -- Oakland Athletics third baseman Danny Valencia left Monday night's game against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning after suffering left hamstring tightness.Valencia, who came off the disabled list Friday night in Baltimore, reached on a single off the glove of second baseman Dustin Pedroia and stayed in the game after manager Bob Melvin and the athletic trainer checked him out at first base.Valencia moved to third on a double and scored Oakland's third run. However, he was replaced at third base by Chris Coghlan when the Red Sox came to bat in the bottom of the inning.The hit extended Valencia's hitting streak to seven games (9-for-25), a streak interrupted by a stay on the disabled list.

3B Danny Valencia was activated Friday following his 15-day stint on the DL with a minor hamstring strain. Valencia got the start against the Orioles in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, batting sixth. "Since he's been here, he's been a force for us," manager Bob Melvin said. "We'll ease him back in." Valencia went 1 for 5 against the Orioles, his former team. In a corresponding move, the A's optioned INF Tyler Ladendorf to Triple-A Nashville.

3B Danny Valencia (hamstring) went 1-for-4 with a home run Wednesday night during his second rehab game for Class A Stockton. Barring a setback, he will travel with the A's to Baltimore on Thursday and be activated from the disabled list Friday when Oakland opens a three-game series with the Orioles, manager Bob Melvin said. Valencia, who is batting .297, went on the 15-day disabled list on April 21. Friday is the first day he will be eligible to be activated.

3B Danny Valencia (strained left hamstring) went 0-for-3 Monday night for Class A Stockton in his first game of a rehab assignment. He took batting practice with the A's on Tuesday and will play another rehab game with Stockton on Wednesday. He appears to be on track to be reinstated Friday at Baltimore, the first day he is eligible to come off the disabled list. Valencia is batting .294 with one double, one triple and two RBIs.