{"id":155651,"date":"2025-09-14T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/155651\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T07:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:03:08","slug":"kurtz-hits-493-foot-grand-slam-longest-mlb-homer-this-season-as-athletics-beat-reds-11-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/155651\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurtz hits 493-foot grand slam, longest MLB homer this season, as Athletics beat Reds 11-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ESPN<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 14, 2025 5:33AM<\/p>\n

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — – Nick Kurtz<\/a> launched a 493-foot grand slam – the longest home run in the majors this season – and the Athletics hammered Hunter Greene<\/a> early in an 11-5 victory Saturday night over the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brent Rooker<\/a> also went deep and rookie Carlos Cortes<\/a> hit a two-run shot for his third homer in two games as the Athletics handed Cincinnati another costly loss. Jacob Wilson<\/a> provided a pair of RBI doubles.<\/p>\n

Greene, an All-Star last year, was tagged for five runs, four hits and four walks over 2 1\/3 ineffective innings, raising his ERA from 2.59 to 3.01.<\/p>\n

With a chance to gain ground in a crowded wild-card race, the Reds (74-74) lost their second consecutive game to the Athletics (69-80) and remained 1 1\/2 games behind the skidding New York Mets<\/a> for the final National League playoff spot.<\/p>\n

San Francisco is a half-game back of the Mets.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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