Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers wasted no time giving the crowd at Las Vegas Ballpark a preview of what to expect when the team moves to Southern Nevada in 2028.
On the first pitch of the A’s at-bat of their six-game series in Las Vegas, Langeliers blasted a high four-seam fastball to left-center field ball off the scoreboard for a leadoff solo home run.
But in a game filled with home runs, the Brewers defeated the A’s 15-14 in 12 innings on Brice Turang’s fielder’s choice that scored Christian Yelich on an errant throw home by Jeff McNeil.
Despite hitting five home runs, the A’s saw their four-run lead entering the seventh inning evaporate and chance at a win in regulation end because of the long ball.
Milwaukee catcher William Contreras hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning to take a 14-10 lead.
The A’s tied the game in the bottom of the 10th on Langeliers’ RBI single, followed by a two-run homer from Nick Kurtz and a solo shot from Jonah Heim that just cleared the right-field fence that tied the game 14-14 in the 10th.
Both teams failed to score in the 11th inning, setting up the Brewers’ winning run.
The second game of the three-game set between the A’s (31-36) and Brewers (42-23) continues at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Milwaukee sent the game tied at 10-10 in the bottom of the ninth after Andrew Vaughn hit a two-run double. The two teams combined for 10 home runs.
A’s infielder Max Muncy was activated before the start of Monday’s game after spending nearly six weeks in the injured list due to a left hand injury.
Muncy produced on his second at-bat of his return in the third inning, hitting a ground ball that Milwaukee shortstop Joey Ortiz couldn’t field that scored two runs on an error that drew the A’s even with the Brewers 4-4.
Soderstrom followed Muncy with a three-run home run over the pool in center field to give the A’s the lead. Zack Gelof’s solo shot capped off a six-run inning to put the A’s ahead 8-4.
That chased Milwaukee starter Kyle Hamilton after the A’s pounded out seven hits and eight runs in less than three innings.
A’s starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs entered Monday seeking his first win since April 14, when he won his first three starts of the season, but was left with no decision after going five innings and the A’s holding a 7-4 lead.
Springs limited damage in the first inning as the 33-year-old stranded two runners on base following a Jake Bauers RBI single for the game’s first run.
Tied 1-1 entering the top of the third, Springs gave up a two-run home run to Brice Turang and Andrew Vaughn added a two-out solo home run to put the Brewers ahead 4-1.
Then the A’s exploded for six runs in the third, sending nine batters to the plate and getting five hits in the inning to break the game open.
Nick Kurtz hit a solo shot in the sixth and Soderstrom hit another home run in the seventh.
Milwaukee chipped away at the A’s 9-5 lead in the seventh inning when Jake Bauers hit a two run home run. The Brewers got another run in the eigth in the wild pitch to enter the ninth trailing 10-8
Vaughn went 4-for-6 with four RBIs for Milwaukee. Soderstrom finished with three hits to lead the A’s.
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