{"id":674560,"date":"2026-04-13T05:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674560\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:45:16","slug":"kurtz-hits-his-first-homer-of-the-season-and-the-athletics-sweep-the-slumping-mets-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674560\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurtz hits his first homer of the season and the Athletics sweep the slumping Mets, 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — – Nick Kurtz<\/a> hit his first home run this season, sending the Athletics to a 1-0 victory Sunday and a three-game sweep of the slumping New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aaron Civale<\/a> (2-0) allowed four hits in 5 2\/3 innings as the Athletics won their fifth straight. They swept the Mets for the first time, immediately after winning a series against the Yankees in New York for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n

The Mets also were shut out in Friday night’s series opener.<\/a> With slugger Juan Soto<\/a> on the injured list,<\/a> they’ve scored nine runs during a five-game skid – all at home.<\/p>\n

Kurtz, who had 36 homers last season and was the AL Rookie of the Year, launched a 363-foot shot to right field off Freddy Peralta<\/a> (1-1) in the third inning.<\/p>\n

That ended a drought of 48 at-bats, the longest for Kurtz since he went 58 at-bats without a longball immediately following his four-homer game against Houston last July 25.<\/p>\n

Jeff McNeil<\/a> doubled in the fourth and finished the series 6 for 13 against his former team in his first trip to Citi Field since the Mets traded him to the Athletics in December.<\/p>\n

Elvis Alvarado<\/a> got Francisco Lindor<\/a> to ground out with a runner on first to end the eighth. Joel Kuhnel<\/a> earned his second save with a perfect ninth on four pitches, prompting a chorus of boos from the Citi Field crowd.<\/p>\n

Peralta took the loss despite going six innings for the first time this season. He permitted four hits and three walks with six strikeouts.<\/p>\n

The Mets and Yankees have both lost on five consecutive days for the first time, according to Sportradar.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Athletics return home Monday, when RHP Luis Severino<\/a> (0-1, 4.50 ERA) opposes Texas RHP Nathan Eovaldi<\/a> (1-2, 7.98) in the opener of a four-game series.<\/p>\n

The Mets begin a six-game trip Monday, when LHP David Peterson<\/a> (0-2, 6.14 ERA) faces LHP Justin Wrobleski<\/a> (1-0, 4.00) and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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