tie breaker game american league wild card tie breaker game game extension major_league_baseball mlb regular season played texas_rangers tampa bay rays determine second participant american_league wild card game played rangers arlington september rays defeated rangers advanced wild card game cleveland_indians won rangers failed qualify postseason tie breaker game necessary teams finished season win loss records tied second position rangers awarded home field game won regular season series rays games game televised fourth tie breaker mlb history spot mlb adopted current format teams playing wild card game baseball statistics tie breaker counted regular season game teams events game added regular season statistics background major_league_baseball teams best record league win division play wild card game number teams competition spots divisional competition rangers spent days leading american_league west shared lead late september rays spent days leading held share lead late august cleveland_indians lead july remained close season ultimately finished single game central champion detroit_tigers teams including baltimore_orioles new_york_yankees spot indians rangers rays remained contention end season entering final day scheduled regular season teams played indians record rangers rays records best non division leading records american_league possibility existed indians lost rays rangers won way tie spots required tie breaker games settle teams won leaving indians definitively wild card game rays rangers tied second spot indians finished season strong winning games clinch berth rays september winning rangers september won final games home field advantage tie breaker game awarded rangers won season series rays games game summary opened inning single thrown second base trying stretch hit double walked advanced base singles finally scored sacrifice fly rays starter struck batter allowed walk picked finished inning retiring score remained inning drew walk scored home run rays lead rangers struck right half led inning single advancing second scored single right field rays scored sixth doubled lead inning advanced base young batter hit double right field scored rays ahead rangers entered game recorded final outs end inning single stolen base doubled half sixth cut score small controversy arose seventh inning second base respectively outs young hit line drive center field showed ball bounced rangers center fielder glove hitting ground making trap hit ruled play ending inning run scoring ultimately issue affect outcome rays added lead ninth inning stole scored throwing error rangers extending lead price closed game ninth recording straight outs finishing complete game aftermath recorded complete game tie breaker game game counted regular season game baseball statistics example inning home run broke record home runs game season setting mark seven went double home run rbi game overall left seven home runs rbis season win clinched team fourth post season berth franchise history rays played cleveland_indians advanced win rays lost boston_red_sox games
2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game