National League Wild Card Playoff 2012
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date | 5th October 2012 | ||||||
Venue | Turner Field | ||||||
city | Atlanta , Georgia | ||||||
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Venue of the 2012 National League Wild Card Playoff. |
The 2012 National League Wild Card Playoff was the game between the two wild card winners of National League Baseball . The winner of this game competed in the National League Division Series 2012 against the best division winner of the NL. Only one game was played, this took place on October 5th, 2012.
The pairing read:
- St. Louis Cardinals (Second WC Winner NL, 88-74) v Atlanta Braves (Best WC Winner NL, 94-68)
Remaining in the postseason
→ Main articles: MLB 2012 , ALWC 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
Friday Oct. 5, 2012 - 5:00 PM EDT, Turner Field , Atlanta , Georgia
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 0 |
Atlanta Braves | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
Starting Pitchers : STL - Kyle Lohse ATL - Kris Medlen WP : Kyle Lohse (1-0 3.18) LP : Kris Medlen (0-1 2.84) SV : Jason Motte (1)
HRs : STL - Matt Holliday (1) ATL - David Ross (1)Individual evidence
- ↑ 2012 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed September 6, 2012 .
- ↑ 2012 MLB NLWC Result. MLB.com, accessed October 6, 2012 .