#MLBVideos: Did Nick Kurtz’s HUGE July rocket him to lead the AL Rookie of the Year race? (4 HR game, .395 AVG!)

Did Nick Kurtz’s HUGE July rocket him to lead the AL Rookie of the Year race? (4 HR game, .395 AVG!)

Nick Curts hammers one out to right field. Nick Curts with another home run. Number 13 on the season. The two-run shot makes it nine to nothing A’s. Well, how about the big bopper dumping one into the bullpin. Give him all the love. Lucky number 13 for the rookie. Feels like it’s already old hat for the big fella. Here’s the 3-2. Speaking of power, enter the chat. Nick Curts bangs one to the burm and we got a grand slam added to a game full of homers. Take a bow. Curtsy right on time. Nick Curts was seeing the ball well out of the hand of Chavez and it was just a matter of time on whether or not he was going to get the mistake that he eventually got. Nine to nothing. A’s Nick Curts puts a swing on one high in the air to left field and long gone. Nick Curts with a rooftop shot. It’s all tied at four. Well, as he told us, this is what he does. I mean, he just continues to step up and deliver in big spots. Nick Kurts with the blast. Now Nick Kurts are going to look at the future Hall of Famer here for the third time and he has seen him well again. That knock back in the first. Nick Curts to center field and Nick Kurt has got the future Hall of Famer with a big blast. Two-run homer for Curtsy. That’s 16 on the season and the A’s are on the board. It’s seven to2. That was absolutely pelted. My goodness. He told you he was seeing it. Here’s Nick Curts. The pitch swung on in the air traveling back left center field and Nick Curts adds a homer. Number 17 for the big lefty and it’s six to one. Well, the big Amish here with a little churn and burn. Pelted out the other way. 1-1. That’s cracked to right field and that is down for a base hit and going to roll for a while. Rooker comes in to score. Curts to second base. He’ll get there standing up and the Athletics are on the board here in the top of the fourth inning. It’s two to one. And the Big Amish turnurning it up 113 miles an hour. 10 Martinez hard shot. Nice snag by Kurts. Flips to Perkins. What a play by Curts to end the eighth inning. Has prided himself on his defense and makes a tremendous stab and flip over to the covering Jack Perkins. Wow. 3-1 pitch. Fly ball deep left. Jones going back. He looks up and Kurts has gone the other way for a solo home run. Oh wow. His third extra base hit tonight. His 18th home run of the year. And as Mark K has said, this guy can hit it to all fields. And somehow he got a pitch and drove it out to deep left. All fields, all parks. Yoseimothy Jelly Stone. There ain’t a park that can hold this kid. And he will and he’ll poke it down. Curts charging bare-handed. Flip to the plate and he got him. Oh my goodness. An acrobatic effort by Nick Curts. And he stops Cleveland from scoring their third run for the moment. What a shovel pass to Langeliers. Nick Curts does a phenomenal job of giving himself a lane to get to so that he can barehand this and just get it right to Langelers as quickly as possible. Curts hammers it down the right field line and fair into the corner. Clark will score. Curts to second base. It’s six-2 and the big Amish just continues to rake. 48th RBI for Curts. 01 high in the air to left. This is drawing Langford back. He’s still going at the track and at the wall. It creeps over the wall and Nick Curts to the opposite field. A solo home run to left. His 19th of the year. Nikki Nukes just keeps lacing baseballs. He knew he hit it well off the bat. He posed it up and gave it a look. 0 and one to Kurts is at 288 on the season and it is steadily climbing. 01 driven the other way and down for a hit. Hmel moves over to get it and it’ll be a long single for Curts. That extends his hitting streak to 12 games in the American League. He has certainly made an impact on the baseball. 38 extra base hits since April 23rd. That’s the day he made his major league debut. Now he goes inside out deep to left. Four. Forget about that baseball. Come on. It’s It’s ridiculous. his 20th of the year. Make that 39 extra base hits for Curts on the year. And that is a screamer to left. One, two, high in the air deep left center field. Traveling back is Hmel and it is off the wall. Cortez coming around to score and Curts has a double to the deepest part of the ballpark. Churn it up. Big Amish. A swing as smooth as butter, baby. 01 in the air to deep left. Houston, you do have a problem. His name is the big Amish. This kid is incredible. 10-2, his second home run of the night, his 21st of the year. And the Astro Faithful are fed up with Curts. And if you’ve got a seat to this ball game in the cropping boxes, just hold tight. Nick Curts will get you a souvenir sooner or later. First pitch. Oh my. Oh my goodness. It’s unbelievable. This kid is on another planet. He has done it. A three homer game for Nick Curts. Oh my goodness. It’s 112 Athletics. A single double and three homers for Nick Curts. There is not a better player right now on the planet. This is unbelievable. Swing and a drive deep to left. He’s done it four times. [Applause] What a magical night for the big Amish. Smooth as butter, baby. Shut it up. Incredible. Simply incredible. Oh my god. Oh my god. Is right. Astros fans here at the ballpark behind the dugout are on their feet tipping their cap. First player in athletics history with a four homer game.

.395 AVG, 1.433 OPS, a 4-homer game and a terrific July for Nick Kurtz. Is he the AL Rookie of the Year frontrunner?

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