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| Date | October 2, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Progressive Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | Gerry Davis (crew chief),Ted Barrett,Mike Everitt,Greg Gibson,Phil Cuzzi,Brian Knight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,579 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Andre Thornton[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Brian Anderson,Joe Simpson,John Smoltz, andRachel Nichols | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi andChris Singleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2013 American League Wild Card Game was aplay-in game duringMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2013 postseason played between theAmerican League's (AL) twowild card teams, theCleveland Indians and theTampa Bay Rays (the latter winners of aone-game tie-breaker against theTexas Rangers).[2] It was held atProgressive Field inCleveland, Ohio, on October 2, 2013. The Rays won by a 4–0 score and advanced to theAL Division Series to face theBoston Red Sox, who went on to become the World Series champion of that year.[3][4][5][6] The game was televised onTBS.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland | 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 Attendance: 43,579 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rays starting pitcherAlex Cobb recorded6+2⁄3 shutout innings and five strikeouts and three relievers pitched2+1⁄3 shutout innings.Delmon Young led off the top of the third inning with a home run andDesmond Jennings hit a two-run double in the fourth off ofDanny Salazar.Yunel Escobar had an RBI single in the ninth off ofJoe Smith, the run charged toCody Allen. Rays manager Joe Maddon and Indians manager Terry Francona would meet each other again three years later in the2016 World Series, with Maddon, as manager of theChicago Cubs, winning 4–3. The Indians also became the first team in MLB history to be eliminated from the postseason without scoring a run.
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