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| Date | October 5, 2012, 8:37 p.m. (EDT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Arlington, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | Gary Darling (crew chief),Jerry Layne,Ted Barrett,Bill Miller,Greg Gibson,Chris Guccione | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 46,931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Ernie Johnson Jr.,John Smoltz, andCal Ripken Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman andOrel Hershiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2012 American League Wild Card Game was aplay-in game duringMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2012 postseason played between theAmerican League's (AL) twowild-card teams, theTexas Rangers and theBaltimore Orioles. It was held atRangers Ballpark inArlington, Texas, on October 5, 2012, at 8:37 p.m.EDT.[1] The Orioles won by a 5–1 score and advanced to play theNew York Yankees in theAL Division Series. The game was televised onTBS.
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| Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 whenJ. J. Hardy knocked inNate McLouth, who reached second on first basemanMichael Young's error, with his RBI single. The Rangers answered in the same frame whenIan Kinsler scored on a double play grounder byJosh Hamilton with runners on first and third. After the first inning, both starters,Joe Saunders andYu Darvish, pitched shutout baseball until the sixth inning whenAdam Jones knocked in a run via a sacrifice fly after back-to-back singles by Hardy andChris Davis. Darvish was charged with another run in the seventh via aNate McLouth RBI single after a leadoff single byRyan Flaherty and sacrifice bunt byManny 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 ofJoe Nathan in the final frame on a leadoff double byRobert Andino, RBI single by Machado, and a sacrifice fly by McLouth to extend their lead to 5–1. In the end,Jim Johnson finished the Rangers off in the 9th despite them giving Baltimore a scare on having the bases loaded and two down. Johnson gotDavid Murphy to fly out to McLouth, preserving the victory. It was the first time Baltimore won a playoff series since the1997 American League Division Series.
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