Inside: Laureano caught using lively language in strange interview.

For those wondering what an outfielder thinks after chasing a ball in the gap, Ramón Laureano just cleared things up with some colorful language live on ESPN.

“Damn, he can (expletive) run,” A’s center fielder Ramón Laureano said of White Sox outfielder Eloy Jiménez, who glided into second base for a double to lead off the third inning of Game 3 in the teams’ wild- card series.

Jiménez may have run well as Laureano noticed, but he appeared to injure himself, coming out of the game immediately after reaching second.

Laureano appeared to commiserate with Jiménez for his desire to stay in the game.

“You never know when you’re going to get these chances,” Laureano said of playing in the postseason. “He’s just too young (to know better).”

Laureano then saw two more balls hit at him in succession: a flyout from Yoan Moncada and a Luis Robert single that scored pinch-runner James McCann.

The A’s outfielder said he wasn’t bothered by the interview even as he adjusted his earpiece and checked to make sure the ESPN crew could hear him.

“I like it,” Laureano said of participating in the interview. “We should do this more often.”

Clearly he wasn’t bothered by the prospect of breaking any FCC rules, even if his focus on the game made for mostly clipped answers and his voice was muffled throughout.

Tuesday’s in- game interview with Oakland outfielder Mark Canha followed a calmer path, as the ball didn’t find Canha in left field, and he was able to explain the “perfect execution” of his acrobatic catch earlier in the game.

Eventually, a few balls Wednesday were hit away from Laureano and the third-inning interview mercifully ended, but not until the White Sox added a pair of runs to stretch their lead to 3-0. But Laureano’s faith in his team remained unshaken.

“We always believe we can come back,” he said. TAPE-MEASURE HOME RUN >> Mike Fiers was hoping to help the A’s snap a historically bad streak, not contribute to it, in the winner-take-all Game 3 against the White Sox.

The A’s starter gave up the longest home run at the Oakland Coliseum since Mount Davis was erected 25 years ago when White Sox rookie Luis Robert launched a 487-foot home run in the second inning.

Robert, whose combination or power and speed makes him one of the game’s most exciting players, jumped on a Fiers pitch and in an instant drove it deep into the upper deck in left field for a quick 1- 0 lead. The flashy Robert triumphantly flipped his bat toward the White Sox dugout before circling the bases.

Robert’s blast eclipsed Mike Trout’s 486-foot shot in 2019 off Brett Anderson as the deepest home run ever at the Coliseum since it was reconfigured in 1995. Longtime A’s followers may recall there was even a longer home run at the Coliseum back in the late 1970s when Boston’s Jim Rice hit a batting practice blast that landed in the ivy deep behind the old bleachers in left field.

The gargantuan blast by Robert on Thursday was still not the longest one hit this season in the majors. That distinction belongs to Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., who hit one 495 feet.

The 23-year- old Robert also became the youngest player in MLB history to hit a home run in a winner-take- all postseason game since a 20-year- old Mickey Mantle homered in Game 7 of the 1952 World Series. George Brett was also 23 when he homered in the Royals’ 1976 postseason.

For those wondering, Matt Olson has the A’s longest home run since the Statcast era began in 2015. As a rookie in 2017, Olson ripped a 483-foot home run in Philadelphia.

SHORT OUTING >> Fiers’ first playoff start was short-lived. He was pulled by manager Bob Melvin with two out in the top of the second inning, the bases loaded and the A’s down 1- 0.

Fiers allowed five hits on 39 pitches. Melvin brought in reliever Yusmeiro Petit to face José Abreu, who grounded out to end the rally.

Fiers also had two strikeouts and walked one, and got out of a first inning jam. Fiers allowed a double to Abreu to put runners on second and third with one out but retired Eloy Jiménez and Yoán Moncada to end the threat.