2013 American League Wild Card Game

2013 American League Wild Card Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 0
Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
DateOctober 2, 2013
VenueProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Managers
UmpiresGerry Davis (crew chief), Ted Barrett, Mike Everitt, Greg Gibson, Phil Cuzzi, Brian Knight
Attendance43,579
Ceremonial first pitchAndre Thornton[1]
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersBrian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz, and Rachel Nichols
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi and Chris Singleton

The 2013 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays (the latter winners of a one-game tie-breaker against the Texas Rangers).[2] It was held at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 2, 2013. The Rays won by a 4–0 score and advanced to the AL Division Series to face the Boston Red Sox, who went on to become the World Series champion of that year.[3][4][5][6] The game was televised on TBS.

  1. ^ "Notes". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 2013. pp. D4.
  2. ^ "Game Preview". Baseball Reference. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rays-Indians Preview". ESPN. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Alex Cobb guides Rays past Indians, into ALDS vs. Red Sox". ESPN. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  5. ^ Chastain, Bill (October 2, 2013). "Famous Rays deliver, topping Tribe in Wild Card". MLB.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "Still Playing on Road, the Rays Send Another Team Home for Good". New York Times. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.