TBA @ OAK

Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics, October 2, 2019

On October 2, 2019, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-1 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in a Wild Card round game. The game information lists a crowd of 54,005, a game time of 198 minutes, and a night start. The weather notes give 70 degrees, sunny skies, and a 13 mph wind. The line score has the Tampa Bay Rays crossing the plate in the first, second, third, and fifth; the second brought 2 runs. The Oakland Athletics' only run came in the third inning. Hits were 7 for the Tampa Bay Rays and 8 for the Oakland Athletics, with 1 and 0 errors. Charlie Morton was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 5 hits in 5.0 innings. Sean Manaea took the loss after 2.0 innings and 4 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Sean Manaea, who had 5. The Tampa Bay Rays' pitching table lists Nick Anderson, Diego Castillo, Charlie Morton, and Emilio Pagan. The Oakland Athletics used Jake Diekman, Liam Hendriks, Jesus Luzardo, Sean Manaea, and Yusmeiro Petit on the mound. The Tampa Bay Rays' top hitter was Yandy Diaz, 3 for 4, 2 home runs, and 2 RBI. The Tampa Bay Rays got more home runs from Avisail Garcia and Tommy Pham. For the Oakland Athletics, Jurickson Profar went 2 for 4. The home-plate umpire was Chad Fairchild.