Nick Kurtz becomes 1st MLB rookie with 4-homer game
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NBC Sports Bay Area on MSNAthletics' Nick Kurtz earns second consecutive AL Player of the Week honorAthletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz won his second consecutive AL Player of the Week award, MLB announced Monday, to no one’s surprise.
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.
Both slugging first basemen began their careers with the Athletics, and are off to eerily similar starts to their big-league careers. Who holds the edge?
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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.
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!