2018 American League Wild Card Game

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2018 American League Wild Card Game
2018 American League Wild Card Game logo.svg
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0
New York Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 x 7 7 1
DateOctober 3, 2018
VenueYankee Stadium
CityThe Bronx, New York
Managers
  • Bob Melvin (Oakland Athletics)
  • Aaron Boone (New York Yankees)
Umpires
Attendance49,620
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersBrian Anderson, Ron Darling, Dennis Eckersley, and Lauren Shehadi
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi and Eduardo Pérez
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The 2018 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 postseason contested between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics.[1] The game took place at Yankee Stadium on October 3, starting at 8:08 pm EDT.[2] The Yankees won, 7–2, and advanced to face the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series.[3] As a result of sponsorship agreements with Hankook Tire, the game was formally known as the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire.[4]

This game started a part of the postseason where TBS broadcast postseason games because of the Fox's contact holdout with Optimum. Said holdout would continue until the 2018 World Series.

Background[]

Main articles: 2018 New York Yankees season and 2018 Oakland Athletics season

New York entered the game with a 100–62 record, while Oakland was 97–65. They met six times during the regular season, with each team winning three times.[5]

This was New York's seventh playoff appearance as a wild card team. Since MLB's addition of a second wild card team in 2012, the Yankees had previously appeared in two Wild Card Games, a loss in 2015 and a win in 2017. The Yankees' appearance represented the first time a 100-win team played in a Wild Card Game. The most recent time that a 100-win team had not won their division was the 2001 Athletics.[6]

This was Oakland's third playoff appearance as a wild card team. They had previously appeared in one Wild Card Game, a loss in 2014.

Further information: List of American League Wild Card winners

This was the fourth time the Yankees and A's met in postseason play—the Yankees had won the three prior meetings: the 1981 ALCS (3–0), 2000 ALDS (3–2), and 2001 ALDS (3–2).[7]

Game results[]

Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run in the first inning.

Line score[]

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:08 pm (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, 70 °F (21 °C), partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0
New York 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 X 7 7 1
WP: Dellin Betances (1–0)   LP: Liam Hendriks (0–1)
Home runs:
OAK: Khris Davis (1)
NYY: Aaron Judge (1), Giancarlo Stanton (1)
Attendance: 49,620
Boxscore


Luis Severino was the starting pitcher for the Yankees, while the Athletics used Liam Hendriks as an opener.[8] The Yankees scored two runs in the first inning, as Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off of Hendriks. The Yankees added four runs in the sixth, on back-to-back doubles by Judge and Aaron Hicks, followed by a walk to Giancarlo Stanton and a triple by Luke Voit. In the eighth inning, Khris Davis hit a two-run home run for Oakland and Stanton hit a home run for New York.

References[]

  1. ^ Perry, Dayn (September 25, 2018). "AL playoff field is set after Athletics clinch wild-card spot, Yankees eliminate Rays from postseason contention". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Hoch, Bryan (October 2, 2018). "Yankees tab Severino for AL Wild Card Game". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Five moments that helped the NY Yankees advance in Wild Card win over A's".
  4. ^ Kelly, Matt (October 1, 2018). "Playoff bracket set as Brewers, Dodgers win". MLB.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "MLB Standings Grid - 2018". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Adler, David (August 12, 2018). "The 9 times a 100-win team didn't finish first". MLB News. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Yankees Postseason Results". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  8. ^ Ackert, Kristie (October 2, 2018). "Yankees Luis Severino to face off against A's 'opener' Liam Hendriks in wild card game". New York Daily News.

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