2019 American League Wild Card Game

2019 American League Wild Card Game
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Tampa Bay Rays 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 1
Oakland Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
DateOctober 2, 2019
VenueRingCentral Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Managers
Umpires
Attendance54,005
Ceremonial first pitchMC Hammer[1]
TelevisionESPN
ESPN2 (Statcast Edition)
TV announcersMatt Vasgersian, Jessica Mendoza, Alex Rodriguez, and Buster Olney (ESPN)
Jason Benetti, Eduardo Pérez, and Mike Petriello (ESPN2)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman and Chris Singleton

The 2019 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 postseason contested between the American League's two wild card teams, the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays.[2] It was played on October 2,[3] with Tampa Bay advancing to the American League Division Series to face the Houston Astros.

The game was televised nationally by ESPN.[3] An alternate telecast, featuring Statcast analytics and sponsored by Amazon Web Services, aired on ESPN2.[4] The game set the record for the highest attendance at a wild card game with an attendance of 54,005.[5]

  1. ^ Kleinschmidt, Jessica (October 2, 2019). "MC Hammer gushes over love for A's before ceremonial first pitch". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Perry, Dayn (September 27, 2019). "A's, Rays clinch playoff berths, will meet in AL Wild Card Game". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Here is the 2019 postseason schedule". MLB.com. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Hughes, Katie (September 26, 2019). "ESPN Provides Exclusive Coverage of the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire October 2". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "A's set record for biggest crowd at a wild-card game". SFChronicle.com. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

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