A's Rookie Nick Kurtz Makes Plenty of History By Blasting Another Walk-Off Home Run

Nick Kurtz made history when he opened the Athletics' series against the Houston Astros with a walk-off home run on Monday, only for blowout losses in games two and three to spoil the team's momentum.

So with the game on the line Thursday night, it was only fitting that Kurtz played the hero again.

Kurtz was 0-for-3 when he stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the 10th, facing off against All-Star closer Josh Hader with the score tied 4-4. On a 2-1 count, the 22-year-old first baseman got a hold of a slider and sent it 416 feet to straightaway center for a walk-off, two-run home run.

The A's salvaged the split, all while Kurtz made even more history.

According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, Kurtz became the youngest player ever to hit multiple walk-off homers in a single series. The only other players to achieve the feat before turning 23 years old are Eddie Murray, Tommy Davis, Frank Robinson and Jake Beckley, who did so in 1978, 1961, 1958 and 1889, respectively.

Kurtz is the first Athletic ever to hit multiple walk-off home runs in the same series, regardless of age.