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- Kurtz hits a grand slam, Butler adds 2 HRs as Athletics dominate Braves 10-1</p>
<p>July 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM</p>
<p>1 / 4Braves Athletics BaseballAthletics' Lawrence Butler jogs around the bases after hitting a solo home during the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)</p>
<p>WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nick Kurtz hit a grand slam, Lawrence Butler homered twice and the Athletics beat the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>The Braves have lost five straight and seven of eight.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Springs (7-6) pitched six innings and gave up a run — a solo shot by Eli White in the fifth — on six hits.</p>
<p>Butler led off the first inning with an inside-the-park home run. Jacob Wilson was hit on the wrist by the next pitch and was replaced by pinch-runner Max Schuemann before Brent Rooker and Max Muncy each hit two-run homers to make it 5-0.</p>
<p>Butler hit a solo shot in the third to make it 10-0.</p>
<p>Didier Fuentes (0-3) — the youngest active player in the majors at 20 years and 21 days old — pitched one-plus innings and gave up eight runs on five hits, which included three homers.</p>
<p>Justin Sterner threw two hitless innings of relief before Elvis Alvarado pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Athletics.</p>
<p>All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (back tightness) did not play for the Braves.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Denzel Clarke hit a leadoff single in the second inning, Butler walked and Schuemann singled to load the bases and chase Fuentes. Jesse Chavez came on gave Kurtz hit his first career grand slam.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Butler became the first A's player to hit a leadoff inside-the-park homer since Elmer Valo on June 25, 1943.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Atlanta's Bryce Elder (2-6, 5.92 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Wednesday against Mitch Spence (2-4, 4.06) in the second of a three-game series.</p>
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