2013 American League Wild Card Game
The American League Wild Card Playoff 2013 was the game between the two wild card winners in the American League Baseball. The winner of this game came in the American League Division Series in 2013 against the best division winner of the AL. It was held just a game, this took place on 2 October 2013.
This year there was a special feature, because the opponents of the Cleveland Indians in the AL Wild Card Playoff had until September 30, 2013 in a tiebreaker between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers to be decided, as both team's regular season with an identical result of 91-71 graduating.
The pairings were:
AL tiebreaker:
- Tampa Bay Rays (second AL East, 92-71 ) vs. Texas Rangers (second AL West, 91-72 )
AL Wild Card:
- Cleveland Indians (second AL Central, 92-70 ) against Tampa Bay ( winner of the criterion will )
Whereabouts in the Postseason
→ Main article: MLB 2013 NLWC 2013 NLDS, 2013 ALDS, 2013 NLCS, 2013 ALCS 2013 World Series 2013
Results Wild Card games: a game; ALDS, NLDS ( Division Series ): Best of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best -of -Seven
Game summary
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 20:00 EDT, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas
WP: David Price ( 10-8) LP: Martin Perez ( 10-6) HRs: TB - Longoria ( 1)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 20:00 EDT, Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
WP: Cobb (1-0 ) LP: Salazar (0-1) HRs: TB - Young, D (1)