3 Rookie Cards of Nick Kurtz
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Nick Kurtz became the first rookie in baseball history to homer four times in a game as the Athletics beat the Astros for the second straight night.
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The 6-foot-5 slugger became the first rookie to hit four home runs in a game and matched the MLB record for total bases with 19.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics became the first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, doing so in a 15-3 victory over the Astros. He also had six hits and 19 total bases.
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay speaks to reporters following the team’s 15-3 win against the Houston Astros on Friday night at Daikin Park.Nick Kurtz's four-homer performance best game Mark Kotsay has
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Nick Kurtz -- the Athletics rookie first baseman known as Big Amish -- has an absolutely monster game at the dish on Friday night against the Houston Astros.
Among first basemen, Kurtz is tied for fourth in home runs, funnily enough with Matt Olson and Tyler Soderstrom with 18 on the year. Topping the leaderboard is Pete Alonso of the Mets with 21, while Detroit's Spencer Torkelson is right there with him. One back of that duo is Michael Busch of the Chicago Cubs.
One night after becoming the first rookie to produce a four-homer game as part of a historic 6-for-6 performance, Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz finished 2-for-4 with a walk in a 5-1 win Saturday over the host Houston Astros.