Nick Kurtz becomes 1st MLB rookie with 4-homer game
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Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz pulled off one of the rarest feats in baseball Friday night in Houston when he hit four home runs in a single game, becoming just the 20th player in MLB history to do so. He is the second player this season to accomplish such a feat,
On the same weekend that legends Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Nick Kurtz is getting his own display in Cooperstown. The bat used by
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.
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.