This was becoming clear even before the four homer game. His OPS was .982, for crying out loud. He had homered seven times in his previous 16 games. The gasps and whispers had already started.

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz set another team record, tying pitcher Barry Zito with his second straight AL Player of Week win.

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?

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.

The A's rookie first baseman blasts four homers in a single game, prompting debate about Cleveland passing on him in favor of Travis Bazzana.

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,

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz made history on Friday night as the first rookie to ever hit four home runs in an MLB game.

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.

A’s slugging first baseman tied an MLB record with 19 total bases while going 6-for-6 with four homers, six runs scored and eight RBIs in what may be the greatest single-game performance

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!