Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays Live Blog: In-Game Analysis and Reactions

Fans were watching a potential postseason preview today as the Oakland Athletics hosted the Tampa Bay Rays.

Oakland came into the game holding the top spot in the American League wild-card standings, 1.5 games above the second spot in the wild card, held by today's opponent, Tampa Bay.

With one month to play in the regular season, neither the A's nor the Rays count themselves out in their respective divisions.  Coming into today's game, Oakland sat two games out behind American League West leaders the Texas Rangers.  After the win and a Rangers' loss, the A's have now closed that deficit t...

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