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ANAHEIM - With Liam Hendriks taking the mound to open the A’s penultimate regular-season game Saturday, it’s becoming ever more likely that the team will use that strategy in Wednesday’s wild-card game - and so far, all signs are pointing toward a full bullpen game.

Hendriks, then, is almost assuredly the wild-card starter, making him among the most unlikely postseason starters of all time: a reliever who was designated for assignment June 25.