Athletics first. Lawrence Butler homers to right field. Jacob Wilson strikes out swinging. Nick Kurtz strikes out swinging. Brent Rooker grounds out to shortstop, Corey Seager to Rowdy Tellez.

Mark DeRosa breaks down Nick Kurtz's quick ascension from a highly touted prosect to a Major League star with the Athletics ...

Brett Baty hit a two-run homer to trigger a comeback and scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning Monday night for the host New York Mets, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 in the opener of a ...

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Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz hits a home run in the sixth inning against the Texas Rangers on Monday at Globe Life Field.Nick Kurtz blasts solo home run to cut Rangers' lead over Athletics origi ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Athletics. Texas has a 29-20 record at home and a ...

Josh Jung homered and scored three times in his return to the majors, Cody Freeman and Michael Helman had big-league firsts ...

Josh Jung homered and scored three times in his return to the majors, Cody Freeman and Michael Helman had big-league firsts ...

Among first basemen, Kurtz is tied for fourth in home runs, funnily enough with Matt Olson and Tyler Soderstrom with 18 on ...

The phenomenon that has become The Denzel Clarke Show whenever he has been manning center field for the Athletics this season ...

The Athletics are exploring trades for Luis Severino, JP Sears, and Jeffrey Springs despite their inflated ERAs. Here’s why ...

Athletics star first baseman Nick Kurtz was awarded his first career AL Player of the Week award on Monday after hitting .583 ...