The 2014 Oakland Athletics season was the 46th for the franchise at O.co Coliseum, as well as the 114th in club history. Oakland failed to defend their back-to-back division titles in the American League West. Oakland led MLB with 59 wins at the 2014 All-Star break, but were only a few games ahead of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Starting in late July, the Athletics began a slump that would last the rest of the season, eventually finishing 10 games behind the Angels . Nonetheless, the A's made the second wild card spot in playoffs. They lost the Wild Card Game to the Kansas City Royals in 12 innings.