With 4 homers, A’s rookie Nick Kurtz becomes first MLB player with 6 hits, 6 runs and 8 RBIs

HOUSTON — If he had not done it already, A’s rookie Nick Kurtz put an entire league on notice Friday night at Daikin Park.

Kurtz became the 20th man in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game and the first rookie to accomplish the feat. He finished 6-for-6 with 19 total bases and eight RBIs, spearheading a 15-3 shellacking of the Houston Astros.

Kurtz is the first player in baseball history to finish a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs. His 19 total bases matched a record set by Shawn Green on May 23, 2002.

Selected fourth overall during last July’s draft, Kurtz raised his season slash line to .305/.374/.686 across his first 271 major-league plate appearances. Since Kurtz made his debut on April 23, only New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has a higher OPS than his 1.060 mark.

Nick Kurtz.