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This was the Yankees' fourth Wild Card Game appearance, having lost in 2015 and having won in 2017 and 2018. This was the Red Sox’ first Wild Card Game appearance. Boston's usual designated hitter, J. D. Martinez, was not included on Boston's roster for the game due to an ankle injury he suffered in the final game of the regular season. [11]
The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet the number one seed in the Division Series. For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division, followed by the wild card teams represented by the next two best ...
This category lists the seasons of baseball teams in the American League that won a Wild Card spot in the postseason. 1995–2011: one Wild Card winner per season; 2012–2021: two Wild Card winners per season; 2022–present: three Wild Card winners per season
The final team was the winner of the American League Wild Card Game, played between the league's fourth and fifth seeded teams. The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the American League East on September 26 [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and secured the AL's best record and home-field advantage throughout the AL postseason with a 100–62 record on September 28. [ 5 ]
The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet the number one seed in the Division Series. For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division, followed by the wild card teams represented by the next two best ...
Through the 2021 postseason, Wild Card Game winners have gone on to compile an overall 9–9 record in League Division Series, with Wild Card Game winners going 4–5 in the ALDS and 5–4 in the NLDS. Two Wild Card Game winners have gone on to win the World Series (the 2014 Giants and the 2019 Nationals).
The 2021 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 postseason contested between the two wild card teams in the National League (NL): the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was played on October 6, [2] at Dodger Stadium. The game was televised nationally by TBS. [2]
A "wild card" rule was used in the 1981 season after a players' strike wiped out the "middle third" of the season. The owners decided that the winners (in each division) of each "half" of the abbreviated season would make the playoffs, with the caveat that if the same team won both halves then that division's team with the second-best record from the second half would enter the playoffs as a ...