What a week that was. Two baseball teams did something in Las Vegas that even the Raiders never did. … Then there was the guy who got a hit in two games on the same day 750 miles apart. … And did you hear about the world famous leadoff hitter who homered in the first inning but did not hit a leadoff home run?It’s all coming right up in the latest edition of the Weird and Wild column. So let’s kick it off by warbling, in six-million part harmony …Viva Las VegasWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Not on our watch.So on Monday, the Brewers and A’s rolled into Las Vegas — future home of your nomadic Athletics — and spun the roulette wheel for four hours and 14 minutes of the wackiest baseball ever witnessed. Sadly, the Griswold family wasn’t on hand to tell you all about it. But luckily, the Weird and Wild column is here for you.We’re talking about: Brewers 15, A’s 14 … in a game in which everyone homered except Nicolas Cage … and 116 hitters made it to home plate … and it took 441 pitches by 14 pitchers to make it to the finish line … and there were 16 ABS challenges along the way … and a guy whomped a 463-foot homer while sitting on his derriere … and another guy hit a popup that mysteriously turned into a game-tying extra-inning bomb … and the A’s launched seven home runs, struck out 20 Brewers hitters and they lost.“Craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy told us.And honestly, that quote and that little summary haven’t even scratched the surface of this kooky game. So as Clark Griswold put it so aptly in “Vegas Vacation,” It’s all part of the act, Russ. Which means it’s time for an all-time nutty Weird and Wild report on this game.The 15-14 Game! In Game 4 of the 1993 World Series, the Blue Jays and Phillies played the most famous 15-14 game in history. An American League relief pitcher (Al Leiter) hit a double in that one, if that gives you any idea how it went. This game in Vegas was only the second 15-14 game won by a road team in the 33 years since the Blue Jays won that monstrosity in Philly. The Brewers won the other one, too (Aug. 17, 2019, in Washington).34 hits, 11 homers and the losing team scored two touchdowns! You don’t see that much. This was only the fourth game since 1900 with that many hits, that many homers and a losing team that put at least 14 runs on the board. The others were that 2019 Brewers game and two Wrigley Field windblown classics — the 23-22 slugfest in 1979 and Cubs 16, Reds 15 on July 28, 1977.The A’s put up seven homers and 14 runs — and they lost! Does that seem hard? Let’s go with yes. We’re closing in on a quarter-million games in the major leagues since 1900. Only one other team, in all those games, ever fired off that many runs and that many home runs and lost: Miguel Sanó’s 2021 Twins, in a 17-14 loss to the Tigers.WEIRD AND WILD: “So Murph, when was the last time any team you were managing, coaching or associated with gave up 14 runs and seven bombs — and won?”PAT MURPHY: “And struck out 20. Don’t forget that.”W&W: “Right. And struck out 20. So when was the last time you lost a game like that?MURPHY: “Never.”W&W: “Not even playing Little League in Syracuse? Not in the minors? Not in college?”MURPHY: “No. Never. I can’t even tell you (what this was like). It was amazing.”Struck out 20 — and gave up 14 runs! All right, since he brought that up … how many other pitching staffs have ever K’d 20 but still somehow allowed 14 runs in the same game? Ha-ha-ha. Zero, of course.No other team has even struck out 20 and given up 10 runs. And the most runs allowed by any other team that punched out 20 in a game that went 12 innings or shorter is only six! But the Brewers K’d 20, coughed up 14 … and they won.Welcome to Vegas, everybody! Have we mentioned this was the first big-league game ever played at Las Vegas Ballpark, normally the home of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators? So that went smoothly.Did you know that there has been only one other game in history with that many runs (29) and that many hits (34) at a stadium that was not one of the “normal” big-league home parks? London Stadium brought us that hit-a-palooza in 2019: Yankees 17, Red Sox 13, with 37 hits flying all over the U.K.And only one other “alternate” site ever hosted an 11-homer game. That was the 2023 homerfest at Mexico City’s Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, where Nelson Cruz’s Padres lanzado-ed six bombs and Brandon Crawford’s Giants aporreado-ed five. Thanks to Baseball Reference’s Kenny Jackelen for those wild tidbits.“I can’t even tell you (what this was like),” Pat Murphy said of the 15-14 game. “It was amazing.”(Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)Both teams blew four-run leads — in the seventh inning or later! This was a game in which no lead (literally) was safe. The A’s took a 9-5 lead into the seventh. That one didn’t make it past the ninth. Then the Brewers took a 14-10 lead in the 10th. That one was gone by the bottom of the inning.Kenny Jackelen dug into that plot line, too — and found only four other games in the Baseball Reference play-by-play database (which covers nearly every game back to 1910) in which each team blew a lead that large that late. Incredibly, one of those was just last year (Cubs 13, Diamondbacks 11, at the Weird/Wild capital of baseball, Wrigley).Both teams scored four times in the 10th! In a related development, each team put up a four-spot in the 10th inning of this game — an inning that featured 14 hitters, two ghost runners, three home runs and other assorted weirdness we will cover. According to Baseball Reference’s Katie Sharp, it was only the sixth game since 1910 in which each team scored matching run totals of four or more in any extra inning.The record is five apiece, by the 2013 White Sox and Mariners in the 14th inning of a game that was 0-0 through the first 13 innings!Jonah Heim hit a home run that broke Statcast! You have to watch this. There were two outs in the bottom of the 10th. The Brewers were hanging onto a 14-13 lead, one out from victory in Vegas. Then Heim lofted the pop-up homer that broke Statcast.