2nd edition of Major League Baseball's National League Wild Card Game
2013 National League Wild Card Game
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Cincinnati Reds
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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13
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Date
October 1, 2013, 8:07 p.m. (EDT)
Venue
PNC Park
City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Managers
Dusty Baker (Cincinnati Reds)
Clint Hurdle (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Umpires
Lineup
HP: Joe West (crew chief)
1B: Dale Scott
2B: Dan Iassogna
3B: Rob Drake
LF: Tim Timmons
RF: Lance Barksdale
Attendance
40,487
Ceremonial first pitch
Doug Drabek[1]
Television
TBS
TV announcers
Ernie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, Cal Ripken Jr., and Craig Sager
Radio
ESPN
Radio announcers
Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser
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The 2013 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 postseason played between the National League's (NL) two wild card teams, the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 2013.[2] The Pirates won by a 6–2 score and advanced to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Division Series. The game was televised on TBS, and was also broadcast on ESPN Radio.[3]
The game marked the first postseason appearance by the Pirates since 1992 and the Pirates' victory gave the team their first postseason series win since the 1979 World Series.[4] This was the third postseason appearance for the Reds in four seasons. It was the sixth postseason meeting between the Pirates and Reds (the others being in the NLCS in 1970, 1972, 1975, 1979, and 1990). Pirates manager Clint Hurdle made his first postseason appearance since competing in the 2007 World Series as manager of the Colorado Rockies, while Dusty Baker fell to 0–3 in postseason appearances as manager of the Reds, a position from which he was relieved three days after the loss.[5] The loss continued the Reds' postseason win drought, active since the 1995 National League Division Series.
^"NOTE". The Baltimore Sun. October 2, 2013. pp. D4.
^Singer, Tom (September 28, 2013). "Behind six homers, Bucs to host NL Wild Card Game". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^"Pirates beat Cincinnati". New York Times. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
^"Blackout for Reds, as Pirates Move On". New York Times. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
^"Reds dismiss manager Dusty Baker". ESPN. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
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