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Rays defeat A's in AL wild card, 5-1

OAKLAND, Calif. — Yandy Diaz homered in his first two at bats Wednesday night as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics, 5-1 in the American League wild card game.

Former Pirate Charlie Morton was the starting and winning pitcher.

Avisail Garcia and Tommy Pham also homered for Tampa Bay, which advances to play the Houston Astros in a division series beginning Friday.

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