Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz set another team record, tying pitcher Barry Zito with his second straight AL Player of Week win.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Seattle Mariners vs. Athletics MLB game to be played on July 28, 2025 on ESPN.

The Seattle Mariners head down to Sacramento to take on the Athletics tonight in game one of their three-game series.

Luis Castillo is coming off one of his more sloppy outings of the season. He struck out seven, hit a batter and allowed six runs (three earned) on 10 hits against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 23. He's fanned at least six batters in his last four starts.

Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz pulled off one of the rarest feats in baseball Friday night in Houston when he hit four home runs in a single game, becoming just the 20th player in MLB history to do so. He is the second player this season to accomplish such a feat,

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz had one of the greatest games in MLB history on Friday night, going 6-for-6 with four homers and eight RBI in a 15-3 win over the Houston Astros.

Last Thursday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Thomas was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame. A ‘pinch me’ moment as Thomas described. Thomas, originally from Brookfield, Wisconsin, played college football at UW-Madison and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 3rd-overall in 2007.

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