Inaugural edition of Major League Baseball's American League Wild Card Game
2012 American League Wild Card Game
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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
ALWC
2013 →
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.
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