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07/08 23:53 CDT Kurtz hits a grand slam, Butler adds 2 HRs as Athletics
dominate Braves 10-1
Kurtz hits a grand slam, Butler adds 2 HRs as Athletics dominate Braves 10-1
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --- Nick Kurtz hit a grand slam, Lawrence Butler
homered twice and the Athletics beat the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Tuesday night.
The Braves have lost five straight and seven of eight.
Jeffrey Springs (7-6) pitched six innings and gave up a run --- a solo shot by
Eli White in the fifth --- on six hits.
Butler led off the first inning with an inside-the-park home run. Jacob Wilson
was hit on the wrist by the next pitch and was replaced by pinch-runner Max
Schuemann before Brent Rooker and Max Muncy each hit two-run homers to make it
5-0.
Butler hit a solo shot in the third to make it 10-0.
Didier Fuentes (0-3) --- the youngest active player in the majors at 20 years
and 21 days old --- pitched one-plus innings and gave up eight runs on five
hits, which included three homers.
Justin Sterner threw two hitless innings of relief before Elvis Alvarado
pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Athletics.
All-Star outfielder Ronald Acua Jr. (back tightness) did not play for the
Braves.
Key moment Denzel Clarke hit a leadoff single in the second inning, Butler walked and Schuemann singled to load the bases and chase Fuentes. Jesse Chavez came on gave Kurtz hit his first career grand slam. Key stat Butler became the first A's player to hit a leadoff inside-the-park homer since Elmer Valo on June 25, 1943. Up next Atlanta's Bryce Elder (2-6, 5.92 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Wednesday against Mitch Spence (2-4, 4.06) in the second of a three-game series. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
