Martín Gallegos
@MartinJGallegos
A’s beat reporter for http://MLB.com. Covered every sport you can think of. 🌯 Connoisseur. Walk-up song enthusiast. Previous: SJ Mercury News. 🇲🇽🇺🇸
For Lawrence Butler extension Day, some of my favorite Law stories: ‘Get to know’ Q&A mlb.com/news/q-a-with-… First home run and Zone 4 meaning mlb.com/news/lawrence-… Friendship with Michael Harris mlb.com/news/lawrence-… Reflecting on his two 3-HR games mlb.com/news/lawrence-…
Shea Langeliers launches his 15th homer of the year, a two-run blast to left, 9-0 A's.
Nick Kurtz has singled, homered and doubled in the first four innings, 7-0 A's.
Tyler Soderstrom smacks his 19th homer of the year, a solo shot to right, 6-0 A's.
Nick Kurtz has 16 XBH, including 6 HR, over a current 12-game hitting streak 👀
Nick Kurtz. Unreal. He crushes a two-run opposite-field homer to left, his 20th of the year, 5-0 A's. Third A's rookie in the past decade to hit 20 homers in a season (Seth Brown in 2021, Matt Olson in 2017)
Lawrence Butler and Nick Kurtz had some fun with Astros mascot Orbit.
After a day off, Jacob Wilson returns and smokes an RBI single up the middle, 3-0 A's.
Nick Kurtz wastes no time extending his hitting streak to 12 games with an opposite-field single in the first inning.
José Leclerc will undergo shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season.
Logan Davidson has been claimed off waivers by the Astros. His father, Mark, played three seasons with Houston from 1989-91.
“There’s not much more that’s going to ‘wow’ me in terms of what he does. He’s a special player. He shows that in the way he prepares and carries himself.” ‘Big Amish’ Nick Kurtz continues churning butter at historic levels as an A’s rookie sensation. mlb.com/news/nick-kurt…
Carlos Cortes, first A's player since Ramón Laureano to record his first Major League hit, RBI and assist in the same game, had a ton of family here, including parents, wife and baby daughter: "This is what I told my Dad I wanted when I was 8. ... A lot of emotions. It's crazy."
Luis Severino is through six shutout innings against the Astros with eight strikeouts.