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Oakland A's clinch wild-card spot with Tampa Bay's loss

The Oakland A's secured the final American League playoff spot on Monday night when the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the New York Yankees.

The A's will face the Yankees in the AL wild-card game in October after earning their first postseason berth since 2014 with a torrid second half of the season that has seen them go 39-20 since the All-Star Break.

Where the wild-card game will be played is still to be determined, with the Yankees leading the A's by two games.with six remaining.

Oakland had just started its game in Seattle when the Rays, became the last American team to be eliminated from contention despite a record of 87-69, their best mark since 2013.