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Elephant Rumblings: Rotation Questions and Off-Field Factors Shape A’s Weekend and Future
Happy Friday A’s Fans, This evening, the Athletics will resume action in Las Vegas, beginning a three-game series against the last-place Colorado Rockies at Las Vegas Ballpark. Earlier this week, the A’s hit a franchise record-tying 15 home runs over three games against the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitching staff, which has been one of the best […]
Bernie’s Dugout Open Thread: 6/12-6/18
Greetings, Brew Crew Ball community. The Brewers had another slightly underwhelming week, as they swept the Rockies in Colorado and won an extra-innings slugfest on Monday night in Las Vegas but ultimately dropped their series with the A’s. Elsewhere in the division, the bottom three teams (Pirates, Cubs, and Reds) struggled, but the Cardinals continue […]
Elephant Rumblings: A Look To The A’s Upcoming Weekend Series
Morning A’s fans! The team ended their first series in Las Vegas with a win against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a slugfest with plenty of home runs and we shouldn’t expect that to end any time soon. Now the team gets a day off to enjoy the Vegas Strip and hang out by the […]
Monday night just adds to the list of all-time wild Brewers games
Monday night’s offensive slugfest with the Athletics in Las Vegas was nothing short of wild. From Kyle Harrison’s random blowup, where the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning got taken for a ride, to the 15 overturned pitch challenges, or maybe the fact that despite giving up 14 runs as a pitching […]
A’s Overcome Early Deficit to Win Rubber Match Against Brewers
The Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers faced off in the rubber match of this three game interleague series. Down 3-0 after 6 1/2 innings, it looked like the A’s offense had finally cooled off in the desert heat. Yet, the team burst to life just in time and then its bullpen shut the door on the […]
Brewers drop series finale in Vegas, lose to A’s 4-3
Box Score It was a solid night for Brandon Sproat in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, but the Brewers were unable to pick up the series win, as the offense faltered after putting up an early lead and Chad Patrick struggled out of the bullpen. Christian Yelich started the evening off with a walk, and […]
Red Sox Veteran Rips Into Rob Manfred & MLB After Athletics’ Las Vegas Game Sparks Serious Doubts
Former Boston Red Sox player Jeff Frye thinks baseball is turning into professional wrestling. He recently blasted MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred over the cheap home runs happening in Las Vegas. Frye played in parts in Boston from 1996 to 2000. He knows how the game should look. But after watching a routine pop fly sail […] The post Red Sox Veteran Rips Into Rob Manfred & MLB After Athletics’ Las Vegas Game Sparks Serious Doubts appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Game #68: Brewers at Athletics Game Thread
Tonight, the Athletics will take on the Brewers in the series finale of the first of two series at Las Vegas Ballpark this week. After dropping the opener 15-14 in the highest scoring game of the season so far, the A’s rebounded last night with a 7-5 victory, hitting five more home runs and getting […]
Game Discussion: Milwaukee Brewers (41-24) @ Athletics (32-35)
After a late-night/early-morning victory on Monday night, the Brewers lost the second game of their series against the Athletics in Las Vegas on Tuesday, meaning Wednesday night’s game is a rubber match. On the mound for the series finale is Brandon Sproat, who continues to struggle to put together multiple consistent innings. Sproat, 25, is […]
Status Report: Uncertainty Persists In 5 Places On The Diamond
As you might expect with a team that has hovered around .500 all season, signs point upwards, downwards, and downright sideways, all at the same time, with regard to the 2026 A’s and the rest of the season. Make no mistake about it, there are positives. The A’s have not hit the way they expected […]
One Compelling Non-Top 10 Hitting Prospect From Every Team
Ian Cundall looks outside the top tier of prospects for all 30 teams to highlight players whose data still stands out. The post One Compelling Non-Top 10 Hitting Prospect From Every Team appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
Elephant Rumblings: Vegas Putting A’s Pitching to the Test
Happy Wednesday A’s fans! Today marks the midway point of the Athletics’ weeklong Las Vegas residency. After concluding a series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight, the team gets tomorrow off before wrapping up its Las Vegas showcase with three games against the Colorado Rockies this weekend. So far, the games at Las Vegas Ballpark, home […]
The Opener: Montgomery, Acuna, Athletics
On a day full of intriguing pitching matchups, Shohei Ohtani vs. Jared Jones might take the cake. Ohtani has allowed five earned runs all season. Jones bounced back from a rough season debut with five zeroes against the Astros in his last outing. 1. Montgomery walks off the Braves What a debut for Braden Montgomery. […]
Brewers can’t keep up with Athletics, lose 7-5
Box Score After last night’s home run fest, expectations were that today’s game would feature more of the same. It wasn’t at the same levels as last night, but offense was still plentiful in this one. Unfortunately, the Brewers just couldn’t keep up this time, and they lost 7-5 to even the series at 1-1. […]
A’s Win In Vegas, Beat Brewers 7-5
The A’s came out on top in their second game in Las Vegas, getting back into the win column on a hot night in a Triple-A stadium against the Milwaukee Brewers. Five home runs powered the A’s to the victory and now they’ll have a chance at a series win tomorrow evening in the finale. […]
A’s Notes: Morris, Civale, Wilson
The A’s optioned rookie righty Kade Morris back to Triple-A Las Vegas before tonight’s game against the Brewers. They recalled Joey Estes for his first MLB look of the season. Morris, one of the organization’s better pitching prospects, came up for his MLB debut over the weekend. He started Saturday’s game in Houston and was rocked for […]
Brewers’ Jackson Chourio keeps homer party going in Vegas series vs A’s
The Las Vegas Ballpark continues to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Milwaukee Brewers’ offense. A day after an absolutely bonkers series-opening 15-14 victory over the Athletics, the Brewers got back to it, with Jackson Chourio launching a home run right in his very first at-bat of the contest. After a single […] The post Brewers’ Jackson Chourio keeps homer party going in Vegas series vs A’s appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Game #67: Brewers at Athletics Game Thread
How will these two teams follow up last night’s homer barrage? We’re about to find out as the A’s take on the Brewers for the second of three tonight in Las Vegas, looking to right the ship and get back in the win column on a hot spring evening in a Triple-A ballpark. The A’s […]
Brewers make MLB history with wild 15-14 win over Athletics
The Milwaukee Brewers made MLB history Monday night, surviving a wild 15-14 win over the Athletics at Las Vegas Ballpark despite allowing seven home runs. The first-place Brewers improved to 41-23 by outlasting an Athletics offense that kept answering across 12 innings. The game produced 29 runs, 34 hits, 11 home runs, and 444 pitches […] The post Brewers make MLB history with wild 15-14 win over Athletics appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Game Discussion: Milwaukee Brewers (41-23) @ Athletics (31-35)
Last night, the Brewers and Athletics opened the Las Vegas series with a high-powered extra-inning classic, in which the Brewers came out on top 15-14. That was just the first game of the series, and we could see more of the same tonight. There will be a lot of pressure on tonight’s starter, Robert Gasser. […]
Comical Brewers-A's slugfest shows just how insane MLB's Las Vegas dream really is
Major League Baseball and the Athletics want to make Las Vegas happen, but we're still skeptical things will proceed as planned.
The Short Porch is checking in on Dansby Swanson’s bat
It’s been rough back-to-back homestands for the Chicago Cubs. They went just 2-4 over the six-game set against the Athletics and Giants, which admittedly is better than the sweep they suffered during their homestand against the Brewers and Astros, but better than being swept at home is a pretty low bar. The offense that seemed […]
MLB Record for ABS Overturns Set During Brewers vs. A's Thriller Umpired by Clint Vondrak
Monday's 12-inning thriller between the Milwaukee Brewers and Athletics was also historic in the ABS era of Major League Baseball.
Brewers’ Pat Murphy’s ‘bizarre’ confession about 4-hour thriller in Las Vegas
There hasn’t been much like the Milwaukee Brewers’ June 8 game against the Athletics, this season, or throughout MLB history. The team won 15-14 on the road, marking only the second time in the last 25 years that an MLB game concluded with that score. The last time that occurred also happened to be a […] The post Brewers’ Pat Murphy’s ‘bizarre’ confession about 4-hour thriller in Las Vegas appeared first on ClutchPoints .
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