WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rookie Nick Kurtz hit one of the Athletics' four home runs, a go-ahead, two-run drive in the fifth inning that led the Athletics over Cincinnati 7-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep that dropped the Reds 2 1/2 games back for the last NL wild card.

Jacob Wilson, Colby Thomas and Brent Rooker also homered for the Athletics (70-80), who overcame a 3-0, fourth-inning deficit and surpassed their 2024 wins total with 12 games remaining.

Noelvi Marte homered in the first off rookie Luis Morales and Will Benson added a two-run drive in the second.

Wilson and Thomas homered in the fourth and Kurtz put the A's ahead 4-3 with two outs in the fifth with an opposite-field drive to left, his 32nd home run this season. Kurtz and the Yankees' Aaron Judge are tied for the big l

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