2012 American League Wild Card Game 
VS 
Baltimore Orioles 5, Texas Rangers 1
Day
Wild-Card Game Played on Friday, October 5, 2012 (N) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
BAL A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 - 5 8 2 TEX A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 2
BATTING
Baltimore Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A McLouth lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 Hardy ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 Davis rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 Chavez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Wieters c 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Thome dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Ford pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reynolds 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 Flaherty 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 Andino pr,2b 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Machado 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Saunders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 O'Day p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Matusz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 8 5 1 12 27 15
FIELDING - DP: 3. Flaherty-Hardy-Reynolds, Hardy-Flaherty-Reynolds, Hardy-Flaherty-Reynolds. E: Reynolds (1), O'Day (1).
BATTING - 2B: Andino (1,off Nathan). SH: Machado (1,off Darvish). SF: Jones (1,off Darvish); McLouth (1,off Nathan). HBP: Reynolds (1,by Darvish). Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - SB: McLouth (1,2nd base off Darvish/Soto); Reynolds (1,2nd base off Darvish/Soto).
Texas Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Kinsler 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 Andrus ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hamilton lf,cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Cruz rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 Young 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 Napoli dh,c 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 Soto c 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Moreland ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Uehara p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Profar ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Murphy ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darvish p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 9 0 2 6 27 2
FIELDING - E: Young (1), Holland (1).
BATTING - GDP: Hamilton (1,off Saunders); Kinsler (1,off Saunders); Andrus (1,off Saunders). Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Saunders W(1-0) 5.2 6 1 1 1 4 0 22 O'Day 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 Matusz 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Johnson 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 6 0 36
Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Darvish L(0-1) 6.2 5 3 2 0 7 0 27 Holland 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Uehara 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Nathan 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 Totals 9 8 5 4 1 12 0 38
WP: Holland (1). HBP: Darvish (1,Reynolds).
Umpires: HP - Gary Darling, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Bill Miller, LF - Greg Gibson, RF - Chris Guccione
Time of Game: 3:19 Attendance: 46931
Starting Lineups: Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers 1. McLouth lf Kinsler 2b 2. Hardy ss Andrus ss 3. Davis rf Hamilton lf 4. Jones cf Beltre 3b 5. Wieters c Cruz rf 6. Thome dh Young 1b 7. Reynolds 1b Napoli dh 8. Flaherty 2b Soto c 9. Machado 3b Gentry cf Saunders p Darvish p ORIOLES 1ST: the first AL Wild Card Play-In game; McLouth reached on an error by Young; McLouth stole second; Hardy singled to center [McLouth scored (unearned)]; Davis struck out; Jones popped to first; Wieters struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Kinsler walked; Andrus singled to left [Kinsler to third]; Hamilton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kinsler scored, Andrus out at second]; Beltre flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 2ND: Thome lined to second; Reynolds was hit by a pitch; Flaherty struck out; Reynolds stole second; Machado grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Young singled to center; Napoli was called out on strikes; Soto struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 3RD: McLouth popped to catcher; Hardy popped to third; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Gentry reached on an error by Reynolds; Kinsler grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gentry out at second]; Andrus singled to right; Hamilton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Jones flied to right; Wieters grounded out (first unassisted); Thome singled to left; Reynolds popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Beltre grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled to right; Young singled to right [Cruz to third]; Napoli struck out; Soto forced Young (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Flaherty flied to center; Machado struck out; McLouth grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Gentry flied to left; Kinsler singled to center; Andrus grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kinsler out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Hardy singled to right; Davis singled to right [Hardy to third]; Jones out on a sacrifice fly to right [Hardy scored]; Wieters popped to second; Thome was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Hamilton grounded out (pitcher to first); Beltre flied to left; O'DAY REPLACED SAUNDERS (PITCHING); Cruz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Reynolds struck out; Flaherty singled to left; ANDINO RAN FOR FLAHERTY; Machado out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Andino to second]; HOLLAND REPLACED DARVISH (PITCHING); Holland threw a wild pitch [Andino to third]; McLouth singled to left [Andino scored]; McLouth was picked off first but was safe on an error by Holland [McLouth to second]; Hardy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: ANDINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Young grounded out (shortstop to first); Napoli grounded out (pitcher to first); MORELAND BATTED FOR SOTO; Moreland struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 8TH: UEHARA REPLACED MORELAND (PITCHING); NAPOLI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Davis struck out; Jones struck out; Wieters struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: MURPHY BATTED FOR GENTRY; CHAVEZ REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING RF); Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); Kinsler singled to shortstop; Kinsler was picked off first but was safe on an error by O'Day [Kinsler to second]; Andrus grounded out (shortstop to first); MATUSZ REPLACED O'DAY (PITCHING); Hamilton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 1. ORIOLES 9TH: HAMILTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); NATHAN REPLACED UEHARA (PITCHING); MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thome walked; Reynolds struck out; Andino doubled to left [Thome to third]; FORD RAN FOR THOME; Machado singled to shortstop [Ford scored, Andino to third]; McLouth out on a sacrifice fly to center [Andino scored]; Hardy lined to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JOHNSON REPLACED MATUSZ (PITCHING); Beltre flied to center; Cruz singled to left; Young grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to second]; Napoli walked; PROFAR BATTED FOR NATHAN; Profar singled to left [Cruz to third, Napoli to second]; Murphy flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Rangers 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Orioles 5 8 2 6 Rangers 1 9 2 8