The Oakland Athletics lost the 2019 American League Wild Card Game to the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 5-1. More than 54,000 fans were in attendance at the Oakland Coliseum to watch the loss, but if you weren’t there, don’t worry — you’ve seen this one before.
The A’s were something of a broken record this season, their usual slow start followed by a red-hot summer supported by shrewd deadline moves. The team finished with 97 wins and, despite falling short of the division title, claimed a playoff spot. If the 2018 season was a success for the Oakland, then objectively, the 2019 season was one too.