In the first full month of summer, Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was named the American League Player of the Month for July and Miami Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers of El Cajon, California was named the National League Player of the Month for July. The highlight of Kurtz’s month was one single game where he had four home runs (tied a Major League Baseball record for a single game), six hits, and 19 total bases (tied a MLB record for a single game) in a 15-3 Athletics win over the Houston Astros on July 25.
