2012 National League Wild Card Game

2012 National League Wild Card Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 6 0 Atlanta Braves 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 3
Date	October 5, 1:05 (EDT)
Venue	Turner Field
City	Atlanta, Georgia
Managers	Mike Matheny (St. Louis Cardinals) Fredi González (Atlanta Braves)
Umpires	Lineup HP: Jeff Kellogg (crew chief) 1B: Mike Winters 2B: Gary Cederstrom 3B: Jeff Nelson LF: Sam Holbrook RF: Rob Drake
Attendance	52,631
Television	TBS
TV announcers	Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, and Joe Simpson
Radio	ESPN Radio
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton
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The 2012 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 postseason played between the National League's (NL) two wild card teams, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves. It was held at Turner Field in Atlanta, on October 5, 2012, at 5:07 p.m. EDT.^[1][2] The Cardinals won by a 6–3 score and advanced to play the Washington Nationals in the NL Division Series. In addition to being the inaugural NL Wild Card Game, it is notable for being the final game of Chipper Jones’ career, as well as for a controversial infield fly rule call made by umpire Sam Holbrook. The game was televised on TBS.^[3]