2020 American League Wild Card Series

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2020 American League Wild Card Series
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September 29–October 1, 2020
Tampa Bay Rays 2–0 Toronto Blue Jays
Oakland Athletics 2–1 Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins 0–2 Houston Astros
Cleveland Indians 0–2 New York Yankees
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The 2020 American League Wild Card Series were four best-of-three series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine participating teams in the 2020 American League Division Series. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB expanded the postseason instead of holding the regular Wild Card Game for each league. All games for each series were played at the higher seeded team's home ballpark.

The matchups were:

Background

On September 15, 2020, MLB announced the playoff bracket for the 2020 season, which was shortened to 60 regular season games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The postseason will consist of eight teams from each league: The top two teams from each division, plus the teams from each division with the next two best records. The Wild Card Series will be a best-of-three series, as opposed to the play-in game format of the Wild Card Game from previous seasons, while the Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series will be their normal lengths. The Wild Card Series games will be played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1]

Matchups

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 29 Toronto Blue Jays – 1, Tampa Bay Rays – 3 Tropicana Field 3:06 N/A[2] 
2 September 30 Toronto Blue Jays – 2, Tampa Bay Rays – 8 Tropicana Field 3:05 N/A[3]

Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago White Sox

Oakland won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 29 Chicago White Sox – 4, Oakland Athletics – 1 Oakland Coliseum 2:53 N/A[4] 
2 September 30 Chicago White Sox – 3, Oakland Athletics – 5 Oakland Coliseum 3:05 N/A[5] 
3 October 1 Chicago White Sox – 4, Oakland Athletics – 6 Oakland Coliseum 4:09 N/A[6]

Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros

Houston won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 29 Houston Astros – 4, Minnesota Twins – 1 Target Field 3:49 N/A[7] 
2 September 30 Houston Astros – 3, Minnesota Twins – 1 Target Field 3:32 N/A[8]

Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees

New York won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 29 New York Yankees – 12, Cleveland Indians – 3 Progressive Field 3:17 N/A[9] 
2 September 30 New York Yankees – 10, Cleveland Indians – 9 Progressive Field 4:50 N/A[10]

Tampa Bay vs. Toronto

This is the first postseason series between the Rays and Blue Jays.

Game 1

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 5:07 pm (EDT) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 4 0
WP: Blake Snell (1–0)   LP: Robbie Ray (0–1)   Sv: Pete Fairbanks (1)
Home runs:
TOR: None
TB: Manuel Margot (1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 2

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:07 pm (EDT) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
Tampa Bay 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 12 0
WP: Tyler Glasnow (1–0)   LP: Hyun-jin Ryu (0–1)
Home runs:
TOR: Danny Jansen 2 (2)
TB: Mike Zunino (1), Hunter Renfroe (1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Composite line score

2020 ALWC (2–0): Tampa Bay Rays defeated Toronto Blue Jays

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 12 2
Tampa Bay Rays 1 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 16 0

Oakland vs. Chicago

This is the first postseason series between the Athletics and White Sox.

Game 1

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:08 pm (PDT) at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0
Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
WP: Lucas Giolito (1–0)   LP: Jesus Luzardo (0–1)   Sv: Álex Colomé (1)
Home runs:
CWS: Adam Engel (1), Jose Abreu (1), Yasmani Grandal (1)
OAK: None
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 2

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:10 pm (PDT) at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10 2
Oakland 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 5 7 0
WP: Chris Bassitt (1–0)   LP: Dallas Keuchel (0–1)   Sv: Jake Diekman (1)
Home runs:
CWS: Yasmani Grandal (2)
OAK: Marcus Semien (1), Khris Davis (1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 3

Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:10 pm (PDT) at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Oakland 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 X 6 8 1
WP: Frankie Montas (1–0)   LP: Evan Marshall (0–1)   Sv: Liam Hendriks (1)
Home runs:
CWS: Luis Robert (1)
OAK: Sean Murphy (1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

This was the White Sox first winner-take-all elimination game in the club's 119-year history. The Athletics had lost nine straight such winner-take-all elimination games until this win. [11]

Composite line score

2020 ALWC (2–1): Oakland Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago White Sox 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 11 31 3
Oakland Athletics 2 2 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 12 18 1

Minnesota vs. Houston

This is the first postseason meeting between the Twins and Astros.

Game 1

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 1:08 pm (CDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 8 0
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
WP: Framber Valdez (1–0)   LP: Sergio Romo (0–1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 2

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:08 pm (CDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 1
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
WP: Cristian Javier (1–0)   LP: Cody Stashak (0–1)   Sv: Ryan Pressly (1)
Home runs:
HOU: Carlos Correa (1)
MIN: None
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

This was the Twins 18th straight postseason loss. This was Dusty Baker's first playoff series win since the 2003 NLDS while manager of the Chicago Cubs

Composite line score

2020 ALWC (2–0): Houston Astros defeated Minnesota Twins

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 13 1
Minnesota Twins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1

Cleveland vs. New York

This is the fifth postseason meeting between the Indians and Yankees, with both teams splitting their first four postseason meetings. The Indians previously won the 1997 American League Division Series 3–2 and the 2007 American League Division Series 3–1, while the Yankees previously won the 1998 American League Championship Series 4–2 and the 2017 American League Division Series 3–2.

Game 1

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:08 pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 12 15 0
Cleveland 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0
WP: Gerrit Cole (1–0)   LP: Shane Bieber (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Aaron Judge (1), Gleyber Torres (1), Brett Gardner (1), Giancarlo Stanton (1)
CLE: Josh Naylor (1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 2

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 7:08 pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 10 8 0
Cleveland 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 10 2
WP: Aroldis Chapman (1–0)   LP: Brad Hand (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Giancarlo Stanton (2), Gio Urshela (1), Gary Sanchez (1)
CLE: None
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

This was the longest nine-inning game in MLB history. [12]

This extended the Indians consecutive playoff losing streak to eight games. This was the fourth time in the last five years that the Indians were eliminated from the postseason at home.

Composite line score

2020 ALWC (2–0): New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Yankees 2 1 1 6 3 2 4 0 3 22 23 0
Cleveland Indians 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 12 18 2

Broadcasting

The games were televised on ESPN, and TBS in the United States, with ABC showing the first game of the Twins–Astros series and ESPN2 showing the second game. TBS aired the entirety of the Rays–Blue Jays series. Sportsnet, a property of Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, broadcast games in Canada.[13]

See also

References

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