Wild Card Game Thread: Rays vs. Athletics, 8:09 PM- ESPN
American League Wild Card • Wednesday, October 2, 2019 • 8:09 p.m. • Oakland Coliseum
Tampa Bay Rays (96-66) vs. Oakland Athletics (97-65)
Charlie Morton (16-6, 3.05 ERA) vs. Sean Manaea (4-0, 1.21 ERA)
The Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers will battle for the National League Wild Card Tuesday night. The winning team will advance for a chance to take the NLDS crown.
Rays Lineup
- Yandy Diaz 1B
- Tommy Pham DH
- Austin Meadows LF
- Travis d’Arnaud C
- Matt Duffy 3B
- Avisail Garcia RF
- Willy Adames SS
- Kevin Kiermaier CF
- Mike Brosseau 2B
Athletics Lineup
- Marcus Semien SS
- Ramon Laureano RF
- Matt Chapman 3B
- Matt Olson 1B
- Mark Canha CF
- Jurickson Profar 2B
- Khris Davis DH
- Robbie Grossman LF
- Sean Murphy C
Game Notes
The Oakland Athletics were 52-29 at home this season while the Tampa Bay Rays were 48-33 on the road.
In their season series, the A’s held the upper hand as they went 4-3 against the Rays.
Tonight’s game will air on ESPN.