That line dropped quite a bit.
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| 07:05 PM | Oakland Athletics L. Hendriks -R | +1½ | -132 | +158 | Ov | 8½ | -102 | Ov | 3½ | -125 | Un | 3½ | -105 | |||||||||||
| 940 | New York Yankees L. Severino -R | -1½ | +112 | -168 | Un | 8½ | -118 | Ov | 4½ | -113 | Un | 4½ | -117 |
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Nah,the ticket is just for show.
Waiting on the line ups
Preview: Athletics at Yankees
Oct 2, 2018
The New York Yankees are hosting the American League Wild Card Game for the second straight season and are looking for the same success they enjoyed in 2017, when a win over the Minnesota Twins helped give them enough momentum to advance all the way to Game 7 of the ALCS. The Yankees will see a different opponent in 2018 as the 97-win Oakland Athletics visit Wednesday.
New York won 100 games and set a record for most home runs during the regular season (267) despite being without slugger Aaron Judge for 50 games, but knows none of that matters now. "I view that pressure as a privilege, and we'll all embrace that and look to apply that to our opponent," Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters of the one-game playoff. "Yeah, we've had a great season to this point, but that's now behind us, and the real season starts now. Our guys will be ready, and I look forward to watching them go out and do their thing (Wednesday) night." The Athletics will eschew a traditional starter against that powerful New York lineup and will instead turn the game over to the bullpen, with Liam Hendricks serving as "opener" opposite Yankees ace Luis Severino. "Part of potentially doing it this way is you're going to have to make some adjustments on the fly," Oakland manager Bob Melvin told reporters. "You can look at it and draw it out how you think it's going to go. Very rarely does it go exactly the way you think."
TV: 8:08 p.m. ET, TBS
PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics RH Liam Hendricks (0-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39)
Hendricks made eight of his 25 appearances as a starter and posted a 2.08 ERA in that role over a total of 8 2/3 innings. "Same as any other game," Hendricks told reporters. "I'm taking it the same way, warming up the same as I do, trying to keep it as much as a relief appearance as I can. All it means is I'm relieving in the first inning." Oakland will carry 11 pitchers for the game and is considering using All-Star closer Blake Treinen (9-2, 0.78 ERA, 38 saves) for multiple innings.
Severino is getting a chance to start the wild card game for a second straight season and is hoping for a better showing than 2017, when he served up a pair of home runs and was charged with three runs on four hits in one-third of an inning. "It means that they trust me," Severino told reporters. "They know that I can be good, that I can be better. I mean, you guys know me; I can have trouble, and the next start I can be good. If something bad happens, it happens at that time, I just get over it and keep working and get better." Severino was ripped for six runs (five earned) on six hits and a walk in 2 2/3 innings at Oakland on Sept. 5.
WALK-OFFS
1. Yankees 1B Luke Voit finished the regular season strong and was named the AL player of the week after hitting .458 with three homers and eight RBIs in his last six games.
2. Athletics DH Khris Davis led the majors with 48 home runs while batting .247 for the fourth consecutive season.
3. Oakland, which went 3-3 against New York during the regular season, is in the playoffs for the first time since losing the wild card game 9-8 in 12 innings to the Kansas City Royals in 2014.
Oct 2, 2018
The New York Yankees are hosting the American League Wild Card Game for the second straight season and are looking for the same success they enjoyed in 2017, when a win over the Minnesota Twins helped give them enough momentum to advance all the way to Game 7 of the ALCS. The Yankees will see a different opponent in 2018 as the 97-win Oakland Athletics visit Wednesday.
New York won 100 games and set a record for most home runs during the regular season (267) despite being without slugger Aaron Judge for 50 games, but knows none of that matters now. "I view that pressure as a privilege, and we'll all embrace that and look to apply that to our opponent," Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters of the one-game playoff. "Yeah, we've had a great season to this point, but that's now behind us, and the real season starts now. Our guys will be ready, and I look forward to watching them go out and do their thing (Wednesday) night." The Athletics will eschew a traditional starter against that powerful New York lineup and will instead turn the game over to the bullpen, with Liam Hendricks serving as "opener" opposite Yankees ace Luis Severino. "Part of potentially doing it this way is you're going to have to make some adjustments on the fly," Oakland manager Bob Melvin told reporters. "You can look at it and draw it out how you think it's going to go. Very rarely does it go exactly the way you think."
TV: 8:08 p.m. ET, TBS
PITCHING MATCHUP: Athletics RH Liam Hendricks (0-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39)
Hendricks made eight of his 25 appearances as a starter and posted a 2.08 ERA in that role over a total of 8 2/3 innings. "Same as any other game," Hendricks told reporters. "I'm taking it the same way, warming up the same as I do, trying to keep it as much as a relief appearance as I can. All it means is I'm relieving in the first inning." Oakland will carry 11 pitchers for the game and is considering using All-Star closer Blake Treinen (9-2, 0.78 ERA, 38 saves) for multiple innings.
Severino is getting a chance to start the wild card game for a second straight season and is hoping for a better showing than 2017, when he served up a pair of home runs and was charged with three runs on four hits in one-third of an inning. "It means that they trust me," Severino told reporters. "They know that I can be good, that I can be better. I mean, you guys know me; I can have trouble, and the next start I can be good. If something bad happens, it happens at that time, I just get over it and keep working and get better." Severino was ripped for six runs (five earned) on six hits and a walk in 2 2/3 innings at Oakland on Sept. 5.
WALK-OFFS
1. Yankees 1B Luke Voit finished the regular season strong and was named the AL player of the week after hitting .458 with three homers and eight RBIs in his last six games.
2. Athletics DH Khris Davis led the majors with 48 home runs while batting .247 for the fourth consecutive season.
3. Oakland, which went 3-3 against New York during the regular season, is in the playoffs for the first time since losing the wild card game 9-8 in 12 innings to the Kansas City Royals in 2014.
Severino was ripped for six runs (five earned) on six hits and a walk in 2 2/3 innings at Oakland on Sept. 5.
Yankees opt for Luke Voit over Greg Bird for AL wild-card roster.
NEW YORK -- When the New York Yankees announced their wild-card game roster Wednesday morning, Greg Bird, a 25-year-old first baseman long considered one of the organization's most promising rising stars, was left off it.
Instead, the Yankees will be going with trade-deadline acquisition Luke Voit at first base against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
Since coming to New York on July 29 as part of a deal that sent relievers Chasen Shreve and Giovanny Gallegos to St. Louis, Voit has been an offensive sparkplug. In 39 games with the Yankees, Voit has hit .333 with 14 home runs, 33 RBIs and a 1.095 OPS.
Although he struggled when he was initially traded to the Bronx, Voit has been a tough out since late August, when he was recalled after a short stint with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Voit has started all but five games since Aug. 24, hitting .351 in that span. Each of his 14 homers have come since then too.
Voit's rise coincided with Bird's decline. Through 82 games this regular season, Bird batted just .199. He also had 11 homers, 38 RBIs and 78 strikeouts.
A former fifth-round draft pick, Bird missed the first two months of the season after undergoing ankle surgery at the end of March. He underwent the procedure after feeling discomfort before a spring training game. That discomfort was connected to ankle and foot problems that also kept him out for much of last season.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone also is carrying three catchers against the A's, including Kyle Higashioka in addition to starter Gary Sanchez and backup Austin Romine.
Backup infielders include Neil Walker, Adeiny Hechavarria and Tyler Wade.
NEW YORK -- When the New York Yankees announced their wild-card game roster Wednesday morning, Greg Bird, a 25-year-old first baseman long considered one of the organization's most promising rising stars, was left off it.
Instead, the Yankees will be going with trade-deadline acquisition Luke Voit at first base against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
Since coming to New York on July 29 as part of a deal that sent relievers Chasen Shreve and Giovanny Gallegos to St. Louis, Voit has been an offensive sparkplug. In 39 games with the Yankees, Voit has hit .333 with 14 home runs, 33 RBIs and a 1.095 OPS.
Although he struggled when he was initially traded to the Bronx, Voit has been a tough out since late August, when he was recalled after a short stint with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Voit has started all but five games since Aug. 24, hitting .351 in that span. Each of his 14 homers have come since then too.
Voit's rise coincided with Bird's decline. Through 82 games this regular season, Bird batted just .199. He also had 11 homers, 38 RBIs and 78 strikeouts.
A former fifth-round draft pick, Bird missed the first two months of the season after undergoing ankle surgery at the end of March. He underwent the procedure after feeling discomfort before a spring training game. That discomfort was connected to ankle and foot problems that also kept him out for much of last season.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone also is carrying three catchers against the A's, including Kyle Higashioka in addition to starter Gary Sanchez and backup Austin Romine.
Backup infielders include Neil Walker, Adeiny Hechavarria and Tyler Wade.
