2014 American League Wild Card Game

2014 American League Wild Card Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Oakland Athletics 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 13 0
Kansas City Royals 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 9 15 0
DateSeptember 30, 2014
VenueKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Managers
UmpiresGerry Davis (crew chief), James Hoye, Dan Iassogna, Bill Miller, Todd Tichenor, Bill Welke, Phil Cuzzi (replay), Tim Timmons (replay)
Attendance40,502
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersErnie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, Cal Ripken Jr., and Matt Winer
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi and Chris Singleton

The 2014 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2014 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals. It was held at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 30, 2014. The Royals won by a score of 9–8 in 12 innings,[1] and advanced to play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2014 American League Division Series.[2] The game was televised by TBS and broadcast on ESPN Radio.[3]

The game tied the then record for the longest (by innings) "winner-take-all" game in postseason history, shared with Game 7 of the 1924 World Series.[4][5] This record was subsequently broken by the 2018 National League Wild Card Game.

  1. ^ Nightengale, Bob (October 1, 2014). "Amazing! Royals advance to ALDS on 12th-inning walk-off". USA Today. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 MLB Postseason Schedule". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Start times announced for potential Tiebreaker, Wild Card Games". Major League Baseball. September 29, 2014. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Schoenfield, David (October 1, 2014). "How the A's lost the wild-card game". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  5. ^ Kaegel, Dick (October 1, 2014). "Fit for a King: Royals rally, win in 12". MLB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014.