WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — The Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 in a 12-inning marathon Monday night at Sutter Health Park, a game that featured six home runs, multiple lead changes and a dramatic back-and-forth extra-inning duel.

The Brewers improved to 41-23, while the Athletics dropped to 31-35. The game lasted 4 hours, 14 minutes before a crowd of 8,519.

Milwaukee jumped ahead in the first inning when Jake Bauers singled home Jackson Chourio, who had led off with a sharp single. The Athletics answered immediately in the bottom half when Shea Langeliers homered, his 17th of the season, to left-center.

The Brewers regained control in the third. Brice Turang launched a two-run homer to center, scoring Chourio, and Andrew Vaughn followed with a solo shot, his second of the year, making it 4-1 Milwaukee.

The Athletics roared back in the bottom of the third with a six-run outburst. Nick Kurtz singled, Colby Thomas singled and Brent Rooker walked to load the bases. Max Muncy singled to drive in two runs. Tyler Soderstrom then crushed a three-run homer, his ninth. After a strikeout, Zack Gelof hit a solo homer, his seventh, giving the Athletics an 8-4 lead.

Milwaukee chipped away in the fifth. William Contreras singled, and Vaughn doubled him home to cut the deficit to 8-5.

The Athletics answered in the sixth when Kurtz homered, his 13th, to push the lead to 9-5.

The Brewers climbed back in the seventh. Chourio singled, and Bauers followed with a two-run homer, his 12th, narrowing the gap to 9-7.

Soderstrom answered again for the Athletics in the bottom of the seventh with his second homer of the game, a solo shot to center, making it 10-7.

Milwaukee tied the game in the eighth. Luis Rengifo walked, and Christian Yelich singled, with a throwing error by center fielder Henry Bolte sending Rengifo to third and Yelich to second. After a strikeout and a walk loaded the bases, Turang grounded into a double play that scored Rengifo, making it 10-8. The Brewers added a run in the ninth on Vaughn’s second double of the game, scoring Contreras and pinch-runner Blake Perkins, tying the score at 10-10.

The game entered the 10th inning under the international tiebreaker rule, with a runner placed on second base. The Brewers exploded for four runs. Yelich singled, and Chourio hit a sacrifice fly to score the automatic runner. After an intentional walk to Turang, Contreras launched a three-run homer, his sixth, giving Milwaukee a 14-10 lead.

The Athletics matched with four runs of their own in the bottom of the 10th. A groundout moved the automatic runner to third, and Langeliers singled to drive him in. Kurtz then homered, his 14th, scoring Langeliers. Jonah Heim followed with a solo homer, his fourth, tying the game 14-14.

The Brewers regained the lead in the 12th. With the automatic runner on second, Turang reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Yelich, giving Milwaukee a 15-14 advantage. The Athletics put the tying run on third in the bottom half on a sacrifice bunt, but Brewers reliever Chad Patrick induced a strikeout and then intentionally walked Kurtz before striking out Jeff McNeil to end the game.

Milwaukee collected 18 hits to the Athletics’ 16. Bauers led the Brewers offensively, going 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Chourio went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored. Joey Ortiz added two hits in three at-bats. Vaughn doubled twice and drove in three runs. Contreras homered and drove in three. Yelich went 2-for-7.

For the Athletics, Soderstrom homered twice and drove in four. Kurtz homered twice and drove in three. Langeliers homered, singled and drove in three. Gelof homered and doubled. Muncy drove in two.

Brewers relief pitching was stout in key moments. Grant Anderson threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. Abner Uribe earned the win, pitching 1 1/3 perfect innings with two strikeouts, improving to 4-2. Patrick earned his third save with a scoreless 12th, allowing no hits and striking out two.

Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs allowed four runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings. José Suarez took the loss, falling to 0-2, after allowing the go-ahead run in the 12th.

The game was the first of a three-game series between the two teams. The Brewers entered the contest having won three straight against Colorado, while the Athletics had split their previous two against Houston.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Milwaukee 6, Athletics 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Milwaukee a 63.20 percent probability to win. Milwaukee was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined 29 runs went under the over-under line of 10.5.