Nick Kurtz becomes 1st MLB rookie with 4-homer game
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The Big Amish has taken over the baseball world. Heck, there’s already a Big Amish T-shirt that has been produced and was distributed to the lockers of several players inside the Athletics clubhouse at Sutter Health Park on Monday afternoon.
Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz made history on Friday night as the first rookie to ever hit four home runs in an MLB game.
Nick Kurtz is just 22 years old and has only played in 68 big league games. But one of those games just so happens to also be one of the best offensive performances in MLB history. On July 25 against the Houston Astros, the fourth-overall pick in the 2024 MLB Amateur Draft went 6-for-6 with four home runs, two doubles and eight RBI.
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The Athletics rookie sensation's girlfriend is his Wake Forest college sweetheart that he likes to keep private. She keeps a low profile too.
Still holding a sizable lead for American League Rookie of the Year coming out of the All-Star break in MLB.com’s most recent poll last week, Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson may have just officially been overtaken by a new favorite -- his teammate Nick Kurtz.