Milwaukee BrewersvsAthletics
MIL 15/ATH 14
Things to say
Brewers edged the Athletics 15-14 in 12 innings.
01
opener
Brewers and Athletics went to extras and Milwaukee snuck out 15-14. Twelve innings, twenty-nine runs combined. Nobody on either side wanted to pitch.
02
key player
Heart of the Brewers order kept ambushing fastballs all night, and they finally cracked it open in the twelfth.
03
hot take
Athletics manager went to the pen way too early and you could see the bullpen running on fumes by the ninth.
04
deep cut
Vegas air plays like a launch pad. Balls were leaving the yard on swings that should have died at the warning track.
05
exit
Anyway, Brewers are 41-23 now, basically running the Central. Curious if their starter goes seven next time out.
The recap
Brewers and Athletics went the distance in Vegas and Milwaukee finally stole it 15-14 in twelve innings. Both bullpens were absolutely cooked by the end — somebody on each side clearly went to the pen too early and paid for it in extras.
Milwaukee's bats just kept clawing back, and when you're putting up fifteen on the road you deserve to walk out with it. The Brewers are 41-23 and look like the real deal; the A's drop to 31-35 and have to feel sick about coughing up a game like that at home.