Athletics Nation · Sep 14, 2019
How Wild Card Could Be Wild These Last 2 Weeks
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Remember Ramon Laureano’s dramatic grand slam at Tampa Bay? It might have gotten the A’s home field advantage in the wild card game.Standings are weird when the teams haven’t all played the same number of games, stranger yet when there are tie-breakers to consider. On September 14th, here sit 3 teams neck and neck for 2 wild card spots and if you needed proof of how confusing it all is consider that the Indians are preparing for a day-night double-header this fine Saturday.
Here are the facts, followed by some of the possibilities and how they affect your Oakland A’s.
Oakland 88-60
Tampa Bay 88-61
Cleveland 86-61