- Nick Kurtz 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.
hit his first home run this season, sending the Athletics to a 1-0 victory Sunday and a three-game sweep of the slumping 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.
Kurtz, who had 36 homers last season and was the AL Rookie of the Year, launched a 363-foot shot to right field off 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.
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.
earned his second save with a perfect ninth on four pitches, prompting a chorus of boos from the Citi Field crowd. Peralta took the loss despite going six innings for the first time this season. He permitted four hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
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