A’s Nick Kurtz Drives Five Runs in 14-6 Win Over Angels

Nick Kurtz drove in five runs and the Oakland Athletics scored a decisive 14-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium. The Athletics, who lead the American League West, snapped a three-game losing streak with a 15-hit attack that included home runs from Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof.

Kurtz, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, was the offensive catalyst, finishing with three hits. He sparked a six-run third inning with an RBI single, added a two-run single in the sixth, and capped his night with a two-run double in a four-run eighth. Overall, the Athletics scored 12 of their 14 runs with two outs. Rooker and Gelof each homered and drove in three runs.

Angels starter Reid Detmers was charged with the loss after surrendering eight runs on eight hits over five and two-thirds innings. He had opened the game by retiring the first seven batters, five by strikeout, before the Athletics’ lineup erupted in the third. After singles by Jeff McNeil and Darrell Hernaiz, Kurtz’s single to center drove in the first run and extended his on-base streak to 42 games, the sixth-longest in Athletics franchise history. Colby Thomas followed with a two-run...