American League Wild Card Playoff 2012
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| date | 2nd October 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Rangers Ballpark | ||||||
| city | Arlington , Texas | ||||||
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2012 American League Wild Card Playoff venue. |
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The American League Wild Card Playoff 2012 is the game between the two wild card winners of the American League . The winner of this game competes in the American League Division Series 2012 against the best division winner of the AL, even if he belongs to the same division. Only one game will be played, this will take place on October 5th, 2012.
The pairing is:
- Baltimore Orioles (Second WC Winner AL, 93-69) v Texas Rangers (Best WC Winner AL, 93-69)
Remaining in the postseason
→ Main articles: MLB 2012 , NLWC 2012 , NLDS 2012 , ALDS 2012 , NLCS 2012 , ALCS 2012 , World Series 2012
The 2012 postseason developed as follows.
| Wild Card Games | League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland Athletics | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Detroit Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Detroit Tigers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| American League | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New York Yankees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New York Yankees | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC1 | Texas Rangers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 0 | |||||||||||||
| NL | San Francisco Giants | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Francisco Giants | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| National League | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Washington Nationals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC1 | Atlanta Braves | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven
Game summary
Game 1
Friday Oct 5, 2012 - 8:30 PM EDT, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington , Texas
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8th | 2 |
| Texas Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Starting Pitchers : BAL - Joe Saunders TEX - Yū Darvish WP : Joe Saunders (1-0 1.59) LP : Yū Darvish (0-1 2.70)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2012 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed September 6, 2012 .
- ↑ 2012 MLB ALWC Result. MLB.com, accessed October 6, 2012 .