A’s beat Padres as Cortes homers, Kurtz reaches base for 47th straight game

SAN DIEGO — Carlos Cortes deed a leadoff location tally and Nick Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 47 games arsenic the AL West-leading Athletics bushed the San Diego Padres 5-2 Sunday to debar a three-game sweep.

The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.

Kurtz, the 2025 AL Rookie of the Year, singled to close with 1 retired successful the 3rd to necktie Jimmie Foxx (1932) for the second-longest streak successful Athletics history. He’s 1 shy of matching Mark McGwire’s club-record streak of 48 games to unfastened the 1996 season. Kurtz’s streak is the longest successful the majors this year.

Kurtz came up with the bases loaded and 2 outs successful the 4th and struck retired against Ron Marinaccio, who had relieved starter Michael King (4-3). King had loaded the bases connected Jonah Heim’s leadoff treble and 2 walks, with Heim scoring connected a chaotic transportation to marque it 4-0. King walked Cortes with 2 outs to load the bases again earlier getting the hook.

Kurtz laid down a propulsion bunt for a azygous successful the ninth erstwhile 3rd baseman Manny Machado was shaded toward shortstop.

Bulk pitcher Jacob Lopez (4-2) got the triumph and Scott Barlow came connected with 2 connected to get the last 2 outs for his archetypal save.

Cortes deed King’s sixth transportation onto the enactment platform atop the close tract wall, his fifth.

The bottommost of the Athletics’ bid came done successful the second, erstwhile No. 8 hitter Henry Bolte deed a two-out, RBI treble to the spread successful left-center and Alika Williams, who went to San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo High, singled him in.

San Diego’s Ty France homered successful the seventh, his fifth.

Fernando Tatis Jr. had his 3rd three-hit crippled of the play and flied retired to close to extremity it. He’s yet to deed a homer this year.