‘Unfortunate’: A’s blast 6 HRs, fall to Brewers in Las Vegas opener — PHOTOS

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.

“It’s definitely an offensive game tonight on both sides,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “They swung the bats, we swung the bats. It’s unfortunate that we just couldn’t push another run across to keep the game going.”

Despite hitting six 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 in a back-and-forth game where both teams scored four runs in the 10th inning to keep going.

“Anytime you cough up a lead late, it’s tough,” Kotsay said. “Our guys rallied. We’re down four with one out left, but that just shows the fight. Both teams grinded this game out. There’s got to be a winner and we ended up on the losing side.”

The second game of the three-game series between the A’s (31-36) and Brewers (41-23) continues at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at Las Vegas Ballpark.

“Just all around a crazy game,” Langeliers said. “For both teams to score four runs in the 10th inning and the game to keep going and a shutdown 11th was just kind of wild.

“All around, both teams battled all night. It was a great baseball game.”

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 11 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.

“I felt like my stuff was OK given the adjustments to the ballpark and where we’re at,” Springs said. “Honestly, not good enough. It’s been the same thing for a handful of (starts). It was a grind to get through five innings. I feel like I just need to do a better job.”

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 eighth in the wild pitch to enter the ninth trailing 10-8

Vaughn went 4-for-6 with four RBIs for Milwaukee. Soderstrom and Kurtz each finished with three hits to lead the A’s.

“Our offense is an offense that can generate runs, so we’ve got to make plays and not give free bases away,” Kotsay said. “That was the biggest issue I think going into this series.”