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Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world, a reputation it lived up to Monday night when the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the A’s in a 15-14, 12-inning game at Las Vegas Ballpark in Paradise, Nevada, the future full-time home of the A’s.
Here’s the unreal offensive display in numbers:
2: A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz and left fielder Tyler Soderstrom each hit two home runs.
3: Six players recorded at least three hits: Kurtz, Soderstrom, A’s catcher Shea Langeliers, Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Andrew Vaughn, Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio and Brewers catcher William Contreras.
4A: Vaughn hit a game-tying two-run double in the ninth inning for the Brewers, tying the score at 10 and ultimately forcing extra innings. Milwaukee had trailed by four runs (9-5) entering the seventh inning.
4B: Both teams scored four runs in the tenth inning.
4C: Both teams had four players drive in at least two runs.
4D: Curiously, there were only four doubles and zero triples.
7: Both teams used seven pitchers.
9A: The number of runs scored in the third inning; the Brewers scored three runs in the top half of the inning and the A’s scored six runs in the bottom half of the inning.
9B: Vaughn, who had a game-high four hits, Kurtz and Soderstrom each accumulated nine total bases.
10: Ten players had a multi-hit performance; the Brewers had six players as such, while the A’s had four.
11A: The number of home runs the two teams combined; the A’s hit seven home runs, while the Brewers hit four long balls.
11B: The total number of walks (the Brewers had six walks, while the A’s had five).
12A: There were 12 RBIs with two outs.
12B: The number of inputs needed to solve this game.
16: The number of times a pitch was challenged through the Ball-Strike Automated Challenge System, which is an MLB maximum.
17: The number of players who recorded a hit.
21: A total of 21 runners were left on base, 11 from Milwaukee and 10 from the A’s.
29A: The number of races for which the two teams combined.
29B: The Brewers have been part of MLB’s only two 15-14 contests in the last 25 years, the other being a win over the Washington Nationals on August 17, 2019.
34: The number of hits for which the two teams combined; Milwaukee had 18 hits, while the A’s had 16 hits.
254: This game lasted four hours and 14 minutes (254 minutes), which is the longest game in MLB this season, according to MLB.com.
