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| Date | October 1, 2013, 8:07 p.m. (EDT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | PNC Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | Lineup
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| Attendance | 40,487 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Doug Drabek[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Ernie Johnson Jr.,Ron Darling,Cal Ripken Jr., andCraig Sager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman andOrel Hershiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2013 National League Wild Card Game was aplay-in game duringMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2013 postseason played between theNational League's (NL) twowild card teams, theCincinnati Reds and thePittsburgh Pirates. It was held atPNC Park inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 2013.[2] The Pirates won by a 6–2 score and advanced to play theSt. Louis Cardinals in theNL Division Series. The game was televised onTBS, and was also broadcast onESPN Radio.[3]
The game marked the first postseason appearance by the Pirates since1992 and the Pirates' victory gave the team their first postseason series win since the1979 World Series.[4] This was the third postseason appearance for the Reds in four seasons. It was the sixth postseason meeting of thePirates-Reds rivalry (the others being in theNLCS in1970,1972,1975,1979, and1990). Pirates managerClint Hurdle made his first postseason appearance since competing in the2007 World Series as manager of theColorado Rockies, whileDusty Baker fell to 0–3 in postseason appearances as manager of the Reds, a position from which he was relieved three days after the loss.[5] The loss continued the Reds' postseason win drought, active since the1995 National League Division Series.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Francisco Liriano (1–0) LP:Johnny Cueto (0–1) Home runs: CIN:Shin-Soo Choo (1) PIT:Marlon Byrd (1),Russell Martin 2 (2) Attendance: 40,487 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After a scoreless first inning and a half, the Pirates secured the first runs of the game with home runs byMarlon Byrd andRussell Martin in the bottom of the 2nd inning.[6] Martin's home run came after Reds starting pitcherJohnny Cueto,having his name chanted mockingly by over 40,000 Pirates fans, dropped the baseball from the mound. Martin hit a home run on the next pitch. In the bottom of the third,Pedro Alvarez hit a sacrifice-fly toShin-Soo Choo, which allowedAndrew McCutchen to score.In the top of the fourth, with Choo andRyan Ludwick on base,Jay Bruce hit a groundball single to Pirates left-fielderStarling Marte, allowing Choo to score. In the bottom of the fourth, Marte andNeil Walker scored off RBI hits by Walker and Byrd, respectively. In the bottom of the 7th inning,Russell Martin hit another home run. The Reds could only further respond with a Choo home run off ofTony Watson. The Pirates would maintain their lead and go on to win, withJason Grilli closing the game.[7][8]