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| Date | October 2, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | RingCentral Coliseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Oakland, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 54,005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | MC Hammer[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN ESPN2 (Statcast Edition) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Matt Vasgersian, Jessica Mendoza, Alex Rodriguez, and Buster Olney (ESPN) Jason Benetti, Eduardo Pérez, and Mike Petriello (ESPN2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan 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]
- ^ Kleinschmidt, Jessica (October 2, 2019). "MC Hammer gushes over love for A's before ceremonial first pitch". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ Perry, Dayn (September 27, 2019). "A's, Rays clinch playoff berths, will meet in AL Wild Card Game". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Here is the 2019 postseason schedule". MLB.com. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "A's set record for biggest crowd at a wild-card game". SFChronicle.com. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.