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2018 American League Wild Card Game

2018 American League Wild Card Game

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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]

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This game started a part of the postseason where TBS broadcast postseason games because of the Fox's contract 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.[4]

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.[5]

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).[6]

Game results

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

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Luis Severino was the starting pitcher for the Yankees, while the Athletics used Liam Hendriks as an opener.[7] 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

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    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.
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    Hoch, Bryan (October 2, 2018). "Yankees tab Severino for AL Wild Card Game". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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    "Five moments that helped the NY Yankees advance in Wild Card win over A's".
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    "MLB Standings Grid - 2018". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
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    Adler, David (August 12, 2018). "The 9 times a 100-win team didn't finish first". MLB News. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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    "Yankees Postseason Results". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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    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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