2013 American League Wild Card Game

Baseball game November 2013 al 2013-Wild-Card-Game.svg 2013 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 Joe Maddon Terry Francona October 2, 2013 Progressive Field Cleveland, Ohio 43,579 Andre Thorntonhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/36752280/notes/ Notes The Baltimore Sun October 3, 2013 D4 TBS Brian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz, and Rachel Nichols ESPN Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton Gerry Davis (crew chief), Ted Barrett, Mike Everitt, Greg Gibson, Phil Cuzzi, Brian Knight 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). https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2013/CLE201310020.shtml Game Preview October 2, 2013 Baseball Reference October 2, 2013 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.http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?id=331002105 Rays-Indians Preview October 2, 2013 ESPN October 2, 2013 July 6, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170706092111/http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?id=331002105 dead http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=331002105 https://web.archive.org/web/20131003060214/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=331002105 dead October 3, 2013 Alex Cobb guides Rays past Indians, into ALDS vs. Red Sox October 2, 2013 ESPN October 3, 2013Chastain Bill http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_10_02_tbamlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=tb Famous Rays deliver, topping Tribe in Wild Card October 2, 2013 MLB.com October 3, 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/sports/baseball/rays-beat-indians-to-win-national-league-wild-card.html?ref=sports&_r=0 Still Playing on Road, the Rays Send Another Team Home for Good October 2, 2013 New York Times October 3, 2013 The game was televised on TBS. Game results Line score October 2, 2013 8:07pm (EDT) Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, 69 F C, clear Tampa Bay TB 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 0 Cleveland CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 Alex Cobb (1–0) Danny Salazar (0–1) Delmon Young (1) 43,579 https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-indians/2013/10/02/379695#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=379695 Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb recorded 6 2 3 shutout innings and five strikeouts and three relievers pitched 2 1 3 shutout innings. Delmon Young led off the top of the third inning with a home run and Desmond Jennings hit a two-run double in the fourth off of Danny Salazar. Yunel Escobar had an RBI single in the ninth off of Joe Smith, the run charged to Cody Allen. Rays manager Joe Maddon and Indians manager Terry Francona would meet each other again three years later in the 2016 World Series, with Maddon, as manager of the Chicago Cubs, winning 4–3. The Indians also became the first team in MLB history to be eliminated from the postseason without scoring a run. References External links 2013 American League Wild Card Game at Baseball Reference American League Wild Card Game Category:Cleveland Guardians postseason Category:Tampa Bay Rays postseason American League Wild Card Game Category:2013 in Cleveland Category:Major League Baseball Wild Card Game American League Wild Card Game