A capsule look at the Rays-Athletics playoff game

The first postseason meeting between 2 franchises which have flourished despite limited funds in the past several years. … Teams have not seen each other as of June, using the A’s taking two at Tampa Bay until they divide a four-game show in Oakland after that month. Laureano and chapman every went. … A has managed only one run in 13 1/3 innings from Morton.

He proceeded 6 1/3 innings June 20 and pitched seven scoreless at home. He had been 9-0 using a 2.90 ERA in the house. … Manaea missed the majority of season recovering from a knee operation but was outstanding since coming in September. … Oakland was among three groups. Rays had a missing record against throughout season. Tampa Bay’s 32-60 listing at Oakland Coliseum is second-worst in any street place where jelqing has played with a minimum of 10 games.

Athletics: Oakland (97-65) created playoffs as a wild card for the second consecutive season and tied a year’s group for club wins since 2002. … Oakland is creating 10th postseason look this century, however, has progressed past Division Series only once, in 2006.

The team is 1-14 throughout this interval with an opportunity to proceed, such as losses in the match to Kansas City at 2014 and Yankees last season. … A’s group franchise record with 257 homers and therefore are just one of 11 teams all-time to possess seven players with 20 or more HRs. … Oakland moved 35-14 in games started with lefties in comparison to 62-51 vs. right-handers.

A’s completed 52-29 in the home to get the seventh-best album at Coliseum considering going to Oakland. … Starters are 17-4 using 3.89 ERA in previous 37 matches and also have 68 wins over the season, second-most in figures behind Houston. … Davis completed on the high note after fighting much of this season. He’d 13 RBIs and four homers after submitting only 3 HRs and 22 RBIs over 57. Davis is next in figures with 156 HRs the previous four decades. He is among the greatest shortstops in circles.

Rays: A year after completing more wins (90) than every other group which didn’t create postseason, Rays (96-66) are at the playoff for the fifth time in company history — initially since 2013, if they won Game 163 tiebreaker to maintain moment AL wild card.” … Fifth-year skipper Kevin Cash will probably be handling his first postseason match.

Rays made playoffs four days within the six-season interval from 2008-13 below Joe Maddon, for example, conduct to 2008 World Series. … Won just previous wild-card match 4-0 in Cleveland at 2013. Kiermaier is player on staff. Bullpen coach Stan Boroski is a coach. … Club with baseball’s smallest Revenue ($66.4 million) considers it’s a great shot to generate sound in October since pitching staff was bolstered recently by the recurrence of Snell, the 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner, together with Glasnow and Chirinos.

Meadows was among hottest hitters in the majors throughout September. … Lowe comes from a stint on 60-day wounded record, and Choi appears to get a knack for generating in severe conditions. … Rays have ten players active roster together with all previous postseason experience. … Tampa Bay place 24 players injured list this season. Pham, Adames, and Morton are ones that spent the season on the active roster. … Rays won franchise-record 48 street games this season, including just two in Oakland.