American League Wild Card Playoff 2013

**American League Wild Card Playoff 2013**
Attendees	Regular season
Tampa Bay Rays - 4th	92-71, .564
Cleveland Indians - 0	92-70, .567
date	2nd October 2013
Venue	Progressive Field
city	in Cleveland , Ohio

Progressive Field

Location of the AL Wildcard Playoff 2013.

Tampa Bay Rays AL Wild Card Playoff Winner

The 2013 American League Wild Card Playoff was the game between the two wild card winners of American League Baseball . The winner of this game competed in the American League Division Series 2013 against the best division winner of the AL. Only one game was played, this took place on October 2, 2013.

This year there was something special, because the opponent of the Cleveland Indians in the AL Wild Card Playoff had to be decided in a tiebreaker between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers on September 30, 2013 , as both teams had an identical one in the regular season Score 91 to 71 completed.

The pairings were:

AL Tiebreaker:

Tampa Bay Rays (Second AL East, 92-71) v Texas Rangers (Second AL West, 91-72)

AL Wild Card:

Cleveland Indians (Runner-up AL Central, 92-70) v Tampa Bay Rays (Tiebreaker Winner)

Remaining in the postseason

→ Main articles: MLB 2013 , NLWC 2013 , NLDS 2013 , ALDS 2013 , NLCS 2013 , ALCS 2013 , World Series 2013

Wild Card Games			League Division Series			League Championship Series			World Series

			2	Oakland Athletics	2

			3	Detroit Tigers	3
						3	Detroit Tigers	2
American League
						1	Boston Red Sox	4th
			1	Boston Red Sox	3

			WC2	Tampa Bay Rays	1
WC1	Cleveland Indians	0

WC2	Tampa Bay Rays	1							AL	Boston Red Sox	4th

									NL	St. Louis Cardinals	2

			2	Atlanta Braves	1

			3	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
						3	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
National League
						1	St. Louis Cardinals	4th
			1	St. Louis Cardinals	3

			WC1	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
WC1	Pittsburgh Pirates	1

WC2	Cincinnati Reds	0

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

Monday September 30, 2013 - 8:00 PM EDT, Rangers Ballpark , Arlington , Texas


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Tampa Bay Rays	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	7th	0
Texas Rangers	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7th	0

WP : David Price (10-8) LP : Martin Perez (10-6)

HRs : TB - Longoria (1)

Wednesday October 2, 2013 - 8:00 PM EDT, Progressive Field , Cleveland , Ohio


team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4th	8th	0
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1

WP : Cobb (1-0) LP : Salazar (0-1)

HRs : TB - Young, D (1)

Individual evidence

↑ 2013 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed September 15, 2013 .
↑ Game 163! Rays, Rangers to clash in tiebreaker. MLB.com, accessed September 30, 2013 .
↑ Boxscore: Tampa Bay vs. Texas. MLB.com, accessed October 1, 2013 .
↑ Boxscore: Tampa Bay vs. Cleveland. MLB.com, accessed October 3, 2013 .

[1] 2013 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed September 15, 2013 .

[2] Game 163! Rays, Rangers to clash in tiebreaker. MLB.com, accessed September 30, 2013 .

[3] Boxscore: Tampa Bay vs. Texas. MLB.com, accessed October 1, 2013 .

[4] Boxscore: Tampa Bay vs. Cleveland. MLB.com, accessed October 3, 2013 .