The 2019 Tampa Bay Rays season was the Rays' 22nd season of Major League Baseball, and the 12th as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The Rays clinched a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2013 and defeated the Oakland Athletics in the Wild Card Game 5–1. They then lost in the Division Series to the Houston Astros 3–2. American League East American League Wild Card Record against opponents Game log Regular season |-style="background:#fbb" | 1 || March 28 || Astros || 1–5 || Verlander (1–0) || Snell (0–1) || — || 25,025 || 0–1 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb" | 2 || March 29 || Astros || 4–2 || Morton (1–0) || Cole (0–1) || Alvarado (1) || 13,059 || 1–1 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb" | 3 || March 30 || Astros || 3–1 || Glasnow (1–0) || McHugh (0–1) || Alvarado (2) || 16,010 || 2–1 || W2 |-style="background:#bfb" | 4 || March 31 || Astros || 3–1 || Chirinos (1–0) || Miley (0–1) || Castillo (1) || 18,473 || 3–1 || W3 |-style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 1 || Rockies || 7–1 || Yarbrough (1–0) || Bettis (0–1) || — || 10,860 || 4–1 || W4 |-style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 2 || Rockies || 4–0 || Snell (1–1) || Freeland (1–1) || — || 10,933 || 5–1 || W5 |-style="background:#fbb" | 7 || April 3 || Rockies || 0–1 (11) || Davis (1–0) || Roe (0–1) || — || 11,093 || 5–2 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb" | 8 || April 5 || @ Giants || 5–2 || Glasnow (2–0) || Rodríguez (1–1) || Alvarado (3) || 41,067 || 6–2 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb" | 9 || April 6 || @ Giants || 4–6 || Bergen (1–0) || Yarbrough (1–1) || Smith (3) || 31,828 || 6–3 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb" | 10 || April 7 || @ Giants || 3–0 || Chirinos (2–0) || Pomeranz (0–1) || Alvarado (4) || 31,574 || 7–3 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb" | 11 || April 8 || @ White Sox || 5–1 || Snell (2–1) || Rodón (1–2) || Wood (1) || 11,734 || 8–3 || W2 |-style="background:#bfb" | 12 || April 9 || @ White Sox || 10–5 || Morton (2–0) || Santana (0–1) || — || 10,799 || 9–3 || W3 |-style="background:#bfb" | 13 || April 10 || @ White Sox || 9–1 || Glasnow (3–0) || López (0–2) || Beeks (1)