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Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz set another team record, tying pitcher Barry Zito with his second straight AL Player of Week win.
Just 13 months after the A's rookie finished his collegiate career, his mother and father saw him go 6-for-6 with four homers in Houston.
The A's rookie first baseman blasts four homers in a single game, prompting debate about Cleveland passing on him in favor of Travis Bazzana.
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Nick Kurtz of the Athletics has become the first rookie in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game.
Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz pulled off a four-home run and six-hit performance. Here's his historic night by the numbers.
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Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz made history on Friday evening by becoming the first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so en route to a 15-3 road win over the Houston Astros.
Kurtz is the first player in the long, storied history of the Athletics franchise to hit four homers in a game and the first rookie ever to accomplish the feat. The 2024 first-round draft pick now is the 20th player in MLB history to go deep four times in a game and the youngest by nearly three years.
Aaron Judge went on the IL with a right flexor strain. When might he return? Who are the top replacements off the waiver wire? Nick Kurtz just had one of the best games in MLB history, going 6-6 with four homers!