2013 American League Wild Card Game

2013 American League Wild Card Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 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
Team Manager Season Tampa Bay Rays Joe Maddon 92–71, .564, 5.5 GB Cleveland Indians Terry Francona 92–70, .568, 1 GB
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

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

External links

• 2013 American League Wild Card Game at Baseball Reference