{"id":135238,"date":"2026-05-21T01:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/nick-kurtz-drives-in-5-in-big-win-for-as-offense\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:46:52","slug":"nick-kurtz-drives-in-5-in-big-win-for-as-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/nick-kurtz-drives-in-5-in-big-win-for-as-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kurtz drives in 5 in big win for A&#8217;s offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>ANAHEIM \u2013 The assessment of his ballclub provided by Athletics manager Mark Kotsay ahead of Tuesday\u2019s game was two-fold as the A&#8217;s entered play with a record under .500 for the first time since April 10, yet they remained in sole possession of first place in the American League West for the 23rd consecutive day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>On one hand, the A\u2019s have not taken advantage of what, so far, has been a weak division. On the other hand, they\u2019ve remained atop the standings despite their offense performing well below its high expectations heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>\u201cI just think, as a team, we still have a lot of room for improvement, which is encouraging,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cEspecially on the offensive side, with a lineup that we know we have some guys in there that are battling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>\u201cOur weighted on-base doesn\u2019t match where we are with runs scored. We\u2019re like 10th in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/glossary\/advanced-stats\/weighted-on-base-average\" target=\"_blank\">weighted on-base average<\/a>, and 20th in runs scored. That, to me, tells a sign that there\u2019s some bad luck. There\u2019s some balls that we haven\u2019t taken advantage of with guys on base and getting that hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>The A\u2019s found that big hit early, and often, on Tuesday night, racking up a season-high run total against the Angels in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/athletics-vs-angels\/2026\/05\/19\/824033\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\">14-6 victory<\/a> at Angel Stadium that showed exactly what this offense is able to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>Five A\u2019s hitters record at least two hits in the 15-hit onslaught that was just one shy of the club\u2019s season-high. As opposed to Monday night\u2019s frustrations with runners in scoring position in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/athletics\/news\/j-t-ginn-takes-no-hitter-into-ninth-inning-vs-angels\">a heartbreaking loss<\/a>, the A\u2019s knocked in 12 of their runs with two outs on Tuesday, including all six runs of a third inning in which they batted around the order against Halos starter Reid Detmers, marking the most two-out runs scored in a game by any team in MLB this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>\u201cThe offense was the story, really,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cOffensively, we haven\u2019t been putting at-bats together. To do what we did in the third inning with two outs and just continue to take good at-bats, hit after hit, that\u2019s what the offense is capable of doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>Offensive consistency is the key for the A\u2019s. They\u2019ve had sporadic double-digit outputs like this throughout the season, but those have been coupled with collective lulls at the plate. Before Tuesday, the A\u2019s had lost 10 of their last 16 games, averaging just 3.0 runs per game in those losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>They\u2019re not going to score 14 runs every single night, but days like this \u2013 highlighted by the trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/667670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Brent Rooker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/680869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Zack Gelof<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/701762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Nick Kurtz<\/a> combining to go 8-for-14 with two homers, a double and 11 RBIs \u2013 are what the A\u2019s believe can occur more frequently, which in turn could help increase their lead in the American League West, which remains slim at one game. Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 42 games, the longest active streak in the Majors and tied for the A&#8217;s fourth-longest single-season mark (Mark McGwire owns the record at 48 games in 1996).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in first place, and we haven\u2019t even come close to playing our best baseball yet,\u201d Rooker said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting for us knowing what we\u2019re capable of and knowing we haven\u2019t really reached that ceiling yet, but what we\u2019ve been doing so far has been good enough to be in first for a good little bit now. We\u2019re excited to kind of hit our peak and start doing what we can do and seeing what happens from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>The A\u2019s offense broke it open in the third, watched the lead shrink to 6-4 after the Angels scored three runs and knocked starter Jacob Lopez out of the game in the fourth, then made it a comfortable lead with eight runs over the final four innings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>In between all that scoring, though, was perhaps the biggest performance of the night courtesy of Justin Sterner. Entering in relief of Lopez with two outs and two on in the fourth, Sterner stranded runners at the corners with a flyout of Jorge Soler to prevent further damage and keep the lead at two runs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>From there, a bullpen that was rested, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/athletics\/news\/j-t-ginn-takes-no-hitter-into-ninth-inning-vs-angels\" target=\"_blank\">J.T. Ginn\u2019s gem in a losing effort the night before<\/a>, did its thing, with Jack Perkins, Scott Barlow, Hogan Harris and Joel Kuhnel combining to limit the Angels to two runs on three hits and no walks over five innings the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">\n<p>\u201c[Lopez] kind of pitched himself into that jam there,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cHis pitch count was high, so we made the decision to go to the bullpen. Sterner did a nice job in shutting that inning down. For us, that really was kind of the turning point in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/nick-kurtz-drives-in-5-in-big-win-for-a-s-offense\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM \u2013 The assessment of his ballclub provided by Athletics manager Mark Kotsay ahead of Tuesday\u2019s game was two-fold as the A&#8217;s entered play with a record under .500 for the first time since April 10, yet they remained in sole possession of first place in the American League West for the 23rd consecutive day. 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