2012 American League Wild Card Game

2012 American League Wild Card Game
Baltimore Orioles 93 - 69 in the AL	1 - 0 Series Summary	Texas Rangers 93 - 69 in the AL

The Teams

• Managers: Orioles: Buck Showalter | Rangers: Ron Washington

Orioles

Rangers

Umpires

• Gary Darling (crew chief), Jerry Layne, Ted Barrett, Bill Miller, Greg Gibson and Chris Guccione

Series results

ALWC: Baltimore Orioles vs. Texas Rangers

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Baltimore Orioles 5 Texas Rangers 1	October 5	Joe Saunders (1-0) Yu Darvish (1-0)

Results

Game 1 @ Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Orioles	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	8	2
Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	2
WP: Joe Saunders (1-0), LP: Yu Darvish (0-1)
Home Runs: - none

• Attendance: 46,931

In the American League Wild Card Game, the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers, 5-1, at the Ballpark in Arlington. Joe Saunders, winless for his career in Arlington, allowed only one run in 5 2/3 innings. For the O's, it was a first win the postseason since 1997.

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