Milwaukee Brewers at Athletics: Final Score & Recap

The Athletics defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 on June 9, 2026, at Las Vegas Ballpark, rallying from an early deficit to hand Milwaukee a road loss. The DiamondIQ model's pre-game estimate gave the home side just a 39% chance of winning before first pitch, but that figure climbed steadily through the middle innings before reaching 100% by game's end. Las Vegas scored in four of its five innings of offensive output, with the decisive burst coming in the bottom of the fifth, where Oakland turned a competitive game into a comfortable lead.

The swing plays told the story of how the Athletics methodically wrestled control away from Milwaukee. Henry Bolte opened the damage against Robert Gasser with a second-inning home run that shifted win probability 12.2 points in Oakland's favor. Gasser was victimized again in the fifth, when Jonah Heim went deep for a 9.1-point swing, and then Tyler Soderstrom delivered the biggest single moment of the game with a home run worth 21.1 percentage points of win probability. Zack Gelof added a sixth-inning home run off Joel Kuhnel that moved the needle another 11.2 points, effectively sealing the outcome. Milwaukee's most consequential moment came in the top of the fourth, when Sal Frelick singled off J.T. Ginn to generate a 9.6-point swing for the Brewers, but the offense could not sustain that pressure.

Among individual performers, Soderstrom led all position players with a WPA of plus-21.4% and a RE24 of plus-2.1, confirming his fifth-inning blast as the game's pivotal offensive event. Heim posted a WPA of plus-11.8% and a RE24 of plus-1.2, while Frelick finished as Milwaukee's most impactful bat at plus-11.2% WPA despite his team falling short. On the mound, Mason Barnett was the most valuable arm by win probability added, contributing plus-14.4%, with Elvis Alvarado adding plus-8.7% in support as the Athletics' pitching staff did enough to protect the multi-run cushion through the final innings.