“It’s arguably the best game I’ve ever watched from a single player,” Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said afterward.

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics became the first rookie in major league history to hit four home runs in a game, going deep in the second, sixth, eighth and ninth innings at Houston on Friday night.

Kurtz is the first-ever A's player to have a four-homer game.

With a major-league-high nine position players on the injured list — some of whom are weeks away from a return — the Houston Astros are “prioritizing the bats” before next week’s trade deadline, gene...

Veteran Luis Severino (3-11, 5.10 ERA) gets the ball for the A's.