After emotional games for each, A's face Rays to start 4-game series

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Two teams on opposite ends of emotional games will meet in Oakland on Monday night when the Athletics open a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays kept their flickering hopes alive for an American League wild-card spot with a three-game home sweep over the Arizona Diamondbacks that included two walk-off wins, including Dylan Carlson's RBI single that pr