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| Date | September 30, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Arlington, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Tim Welke (crew chief), Jeff Kellogg, Bruce Dreckman, Chris Guccione, Tom Hallion, Ron Kulpa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,796 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Brian Anderson, John Smoltz and Joe Simpson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 regular season, played between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays to determine the second participant in the 2013 American League (AL) Wild Card Game. It was played at the Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 30, 2013. The Rays defeated the Rangers, 5–2, and advanced to the AL Wild Card Game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, which they won 4–0; the Rangers failed to qualify for the postseason.
The tie-breaker game was necessary after both teams finished the season with win–loss records of 91–71 and thus tied for the second Wild Card position in the AL. The Rangers were awarded home field for the game, as they won the regular season series against the Rays, 4–3. The game was televised on TBS.[1][2][3] It was the fourth tie-breaker in MLB history for a Wild Card spot, although it was the first when MLB used the format of two Wild Card teams playing in a Wild Card Game from 2012 to 2021. The tie-breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game for both teams, with all events in the game added to regular season statistics.
- ^ Axisa, Mike (September 28, 2013). "Indians, Rays and Rangers: 2013 AL tiebreaker scenarios explained". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ A, Nate (September 25, 2013). "MLB tiebreaker rules changed". SBNation.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Walkerap, Ben (September 30, 2013). "Rays, Rangers force AL wild-card tiebreaker". AP News. Retrieved October 9, 2023.