2012 American League Wild Card Game

The 2012 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild-card teams, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles. It was held at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on October 5, 2012, at 8:37 p.m. EDT.[1] The Orioles won by a 5–1 score and advanced to play the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series. The game was televised on TBS.

2012 American League Wild Card Game
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DateOctober 5, 2012, 8:37 p.m. (EDT)
VenueRangers Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Managers
UmpiresGary Darling (crew chief), Jerry Layne, Ted Barrett, Bill Miller, Greg Gibson, Chris Guccione
Attendance46,931
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersErnie Johnson Jr., John Smoltz, and Cal Ripken Jr.
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman and Orel Hersheiser

Game results

Line score
Friday, October 5, 2012 7:38 pm (CDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, 75 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy
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WP: Joe Saunders (1–0)   LP: Yu Darvish (0–1)
Home runs:
BAL: none
TEX: none
Attendance: 46,931
Boxscore

The Orioles scored their first run of the inaugural AL wild-card game when J. J. Hardy knocked in Nate McLouth, who reached second on first baseman Michael Young's error, with his RBI single. The Rangers answered in the same frame when Ian Kinsler scored on a double play grounder by Josh Hamilton with runners on first and third. After the first inning, both starters, Joe Saunders and Yu Darvish, pitched shutout baseball until the sixth inning when Adam Jones knocked in a run via a sacrifice fly after back-to-back singles by Hardy and Chris Davis. Darvish was charged with another run in the seventh via a Nate McLouth RBI single after a leadoff single by Ryan Flaherty and sacrifice bunt by Manny Machado. The Oriole relievers would prove enough to take care of the Rangers lineup the rest of the way. The Orioles scored two insurance runs off of Joe Nathan in the final frame on a leadoff double by Robert Andino, RBI single by Machado, and sacrifice fly McLouth to seal a 5–1 victory.

References
  1. "2012 MLB postseason schedule". MLB.com.
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