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26-07-2025
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Nick Kurtz becomes first MLB rookie with 4-homer game as Athletics beat Astros 15-3
HOUSTON (AP) — Nick Kurtz became the first major league rookie to hit four homers in a game, leading the Athletics to a 15-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Kurtz went 6-for-6 with eight RBIs and six runs scored. He's just the second player in Major League Baseball history to have four homers in a six-hit game, joining Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 2002 at Milwaukee. It was the first six-hit game for the Athletics since Joe DeMaestri on July 8, 1955 at Detroit. The 23-year-old also had a single and a double for 19 total bases. His double hit just below the yellow line over the visitor's bullpen in the fourth inning. Kurtz singled in the first and his two-run homer in the second put the Athletics ahead 5-0. His solo shot in the sixth made it 10-2. His third homer was his longest, a 414-foot drive into the second deck in the eighth. Kurtz's final homer came against outfielder Cooper Hummel, a three-run, opposite-field line drive to the Crawford boxes in left field that made it 15-2. Kurtz extended his hitting streak to 12 games and his 23 home runs are the most for an A's rookie since Yoenis Céspedes in 2012 and fourth most in franchise history. Tyler Soderstrom and Shea Langeliers also homered for the A's, who had a season high in runs. Jeffrey Springs (9-7) allowed two runs over six innings. Zack Short hit a two-run homer for Houston in the fifth. Ryan Gusto (6-4) allowed eight runs on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings. Key moment Hummel had allowed one run and retired two batters in the ninth when Kurtz hit a 77 mph, 2-0 pitch for his fourth homer. Key stat Kurtz is batting .553 (26 for 47) with nine homers and 20 RBIs during his 12-game hitting streak. Up next Houston RHP Hunter Brown (9-4 2.57 ERA) opposes LHP Jacob Lopez (3-6 4.60 ERA) when the series continues Saturday. ___ AP MLB:
New York Times
26-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
With 4 homers, A's rookie Nick Kurtz becomes first MLB player with at least 6 hits, 6 runs and 8 RBIs
HOUSTON — If he had not done it already, A's rookie Nick Kurtz put an entire league on notice Friday night at Daikin Park. Kurtz became the 20th man in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game and the first rookie to accomplish the feat. He finished 6-for-6 with 19 total bases and eight RBIs, spearheading a 15-3 shellacking of the Houston Astros. Advertisement Kurtz is the first player in baseball history to finish a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs. His 19 total bases matched a record set by Shawn Green on May 23, 2002. Selected fourth overall during last July's draft, Kurtz raised his season slash line to .305/.374/.686 across his first 271 major-league plate appearances. Since Kurtz made his debut on April 23, only New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has a higher OPS than his 1.060 mark. On Friday, in just his 65th major-league game, Kurtz played perhaps one of the best games in the sport's history. He collected three hits off Astros starter Ryan Gusto — a fellow rookie — including an opposite-field home run in the second inning. Kurtz homered in his final two at-bats. He ambushed a first-pitch, four-seam fastball from Houston reliever Kaleb Ort in the eighth inning. A frame later, facing position player Cooper Hummel, Kurtz poked a 77.6 mph offering into the Crawford Boxes in left field, sending his dugout into delirium and a half-empty ballpark into a state of shock. This story will be updated.
