2013 American League Wild Card Game
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| Date: | October 2, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue: | Progressive Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City: | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance: | 43,579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television: | TBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers: | Brian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz and Rachel Nichols | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio: | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: | Gerry Davis (crew chief), Ted Barrett, Mike Everitt, Greg Gibson, Phil Cuzzi, Brian Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays (the latter winners of a one-game tie-breaker against the Texas Rangers).[1] It was held at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 2, 2013. The Rays won by a 4–0 score and advanced to the AL Division Series to face the Boston Red Sox, who went on to become the World Series champion of that year.[2][3][4][5] The game was televised on TBS.
The game
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Alex Cobb (1-0) LP: Danny Salazar (0-1) Home runs: TB: Delmon Young (1) CLE: None |
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Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb recorded 6 2/3 shutout innings and five strikeouts. Delmon Young led off the top of the third inning with a home run, Desmond Jennings hit a two-run double in the fourth, and Yunel Escobar had a one-run single in the ninth.
References
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External links
- 2013 American League Wild Card Game at Baseball Reference
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