After consecutive losses to the Athletics, Houston turns to Hunter Brown to get the win on Saturday at Daikin Park.

Nick Kurtz became the first major league rookie to hit four homers in a game, leading the Athletics to a 15-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Kurtz went 6-for-6 with eight RBIs and six runs scored.

Fresh off a victory in game one of the series, the Athletics took on the homestanding Houston Astros in game two of the four-game set at Daikin Park in Houston. Taking the mound for the A’s was Jeffrey Springs. He matched up against Ryan Gusto for Houston. This pairing was not a fair fight.

After coming off a brutal loss to the Athletics, the Houston Astros have seen their edge in the American League West start to get narrower. It has been a fanta

Kurtz is the first player in the long, storied history of the Athletics franchise to hit four homers in a game and the first rookie ever to accomplish the feat. The 2024 first-round draft pick now is the 20th player in MLB history to go deep four times in a game and the youngest by nearly three years.

The Houston Astros started a seven-game homestand against the Athletics and Nationals with a 5-2 loss to the A's. Ryan Gusto (6-3, 4.46) gets the start for Houston on Friday against Jeffrey Springs (8-7, 4.18) of the Athletics. When: 7:10 p.m. Friday, Daikin Park TV: Space City Home Network Radio: 790 AM, 93.3 FM

Christian Walker singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. Zack Short and Taylor Trammell started the ninth with bunt singles against Kevin Ginkel (1-4).

McCullers’ injury serves as yet another blow to the Astros pitching staff. He now joins a long list of injured pitchers that includes Spencer Arrighetti, Ronel Blanco, J.P. France, Luis Garcia, Cristian Javier, and Hayden Wesneski.