Milwaukee Brewers, Athletics played one of the wildest games in MLB this season. In the end, the Brewers prevailed.
Monday night's game in Las Vegas between the Milwaukee Brewers and Athletics was absolute drama. One doesn't need a photo of movie director Martin Scorsese with his hands up to let people know this.
The Brewers and Athletics put on a slugfest in Las Vegas. If sports fans remember Marvin Hagler and Thomas "Hitman" Hearns going at it, well, this wasn't a boxing match but it was a wild one.
After a 12-inning battle, the Brewers got a 15-14 win. It was one of the craziest MLB games anyone will see this season. It's a bummer that the Athletics lost on their return to Las Vegas, where they'll play all the time starting in the 2028 MLB season.
Kyle Harrison was not on his "A" game at all. By the time the game ended late Monday night, he probably was thinking about getting to his hotel room ASAP.
So, how did this wild-and-crazy contest start? Let's take a look.
Bauers Gets Brewers Going
Jake Bauers' RBI single in the top of the first gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first, Shea Langeliers took the first pitch from Brewers starter Kyle Harrison and sent it deep into the Las Vegas night, tying the game at 1-1. In the bottom of the second, Alika Williams' double scored Zack Gelof and the Athletics went up 2-1.
Brice Turang hit his 10th homer this season in the top of the third, driving home Jackson Chourio ahead of him. Milwaukee went back up 3-2. Andrew Vaughn hit his second home run this season and the Brewers went up 4-2.
In the bottom of the third, Max Muncy smoked a two-run double and this game was tied 4-4 at that point.
But wait, folks, there's so much more. Tyler Soderstrom smashed a three-run homer as Brent Rooker and Muncy scored ahead of him. This put the Athletics up 7-4 as Harrison was taking a beating.
Athletics Built Up Lead
Gelof then slammed a solo homer, giving the Athletics an 8-4 lead. That pushed Harrison out of the game. Reliever Grant Anderson came in to relieve Freeland and got the final two outs. Harrison pitched 2.1 innings, giving up eight hits, eight earned runs, walked two, struck out four, and gave up three home runs.
In the Brewers' half of the fifth inning, Vaughn hit an RBI double and Milwaukee pushed within 8-5. Then, in the Athletics' half of the sixth, Nick Kurtz hit a bomb and his team went ahead 9-5.
That should be enough to win a baseball game, right? You'd be wrong on Monday night.
Bauers slammed a two-run home run in the top half of the seventh inning, moving the Brewers even closer at 9-7. Soderstrom mashed a solo home run in the home half of the seventh, giving the Athletics a 10-7 advantage.
Heading into the eighth, Athletics reliever Mark Leiter Jr. threw a wild pitch and Rengifo scored to make it 10-8.
Now, here's where things got even weirder. Vaughn doubled, and Contreras and Perkins scoring. That tied the game at 10-10. The Athletics couldn't get a game-winning run across the plate in the bottom of the ninth, and those fans in Las Vegas got extra innings.
Extra Innings Were Insane
David Hamilton scored on Chourio's sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning, pushing Milwaukee up 11-10. Contreras, then, took a mighty swing, landed on his backside, and ended up smashing a three-run home run over the center-field wall.
The Brew Crew was rolling at 14-10. Three outs away, that's all Milwaukee needed to end this game.
It didn't happen. In the Athletics' half of the 10th, Langeliers singled to center and they got closer at 14-11. Kurtz stepped up to the plate and murdered a baseball way over the right-field wall. Langeliers scored and it was now 14-13.
All of this happening for the Athletics was after two outs. Jonah Heim knew what he needed to do and, boy, did he do it. Heim, with two outs, smacked a solo home run and the Las Vegas Ballpark erupted into joy.
The score? 14-14, and the game was headed into the 11th inning. No one scored, and we moved on to the 12th inning. Milwaukee took a 15-14 lead in the top of the 12th inning as Christian Yelich scored on Turang's fielder's choice.
The Athletics had one more chance to keep the game going. But no, not on Monday night.
After a few hours of sleep, the Brewers and Athletics go at it again on Tuesday night at Las Vegas Ballpark.
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