2012 American League Wild Card Game

2012 American League Wild Card Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 8 2 Texas Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Date	October 5, 2012, 8:37 p.m. (EDT)
Venue	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Managers	Buck Showalter (Baltimore Orioles) Ron Washington (Texas Rangers)
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, and Cal Ripken Jr.
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser
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The 2012 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild-card teams, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles. It was held at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on October 5, 2012, at 8:37 p.m. EDT.^[1] The Orioles won by a 5–1 score and advanced to play the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series. The game was televised on TBS.