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MESA, Ariz. \u2014 The Oakland Athletics delivered a spectacular display of power hitting during their spring training clash with San Diego on Friday, as three batters launched consecutive home runs off Padres pitcher Michael King.<\/p>

The remarkable sequence began in the fourth inning when Henry Bolte connected on a 0-1 offering from King, sending a three-run blast 401 feet into right field. Breyson Guedez stepped up next and crushed King’s first pitch even deeper, launching a mammoth 450-foot shot to right. King’s very next delivery found Nick Kurtz, who managed to clear the left-field fence to complete the unprecedented trio of consecutive long balls.<\/p>

Despite the fireworks from Oakland’s offense, San Diego managed to secure a 13-9 victory in the exhibition contest.<\/p>

Kurtz enters spring training looking to continue his exceptional momentum from 2025, when he captured American League Rookie of the Year recognition. His impressive debut campaign featured a .290 batting average, .383 on-base percentage, 36 home runs and 86 RBIs across 117 games.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three Oakland Athletics batters connected for back-to-back-to-back home runs off San Diego pitcher Michael King during Friday’s Cactus League contest in Arizona. Despite the impressive offensive display, the Padres ultimately prevailed 13-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773448588523.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9vj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36762,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/as-rising-star-tommy-white-blasts-way-to-seven-rbis-in-spring-training-victory\/","url_meta":{"origin":36537,"position":0},"title":"A’s Rising Star Tommy White Blasts Way to Seven RBIs in Spring Training Victory","author":"Admin","date":"March 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Oakland Athletics prospect Tommy White delivered another explosive performance, collecting seven RBIs in a dominant 13-4 victory over Milwaukee. 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