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2013 National League Wild Card Game
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<h2 id="game-results">Game results</h2> <h3>Line score</h3> Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:06 pm (<a href="/facts/Eastern_Time_Zone/jP4S8j1V">EDT</a>) at <a href="/facts/PNC_Park/R6LDA0oD">PNC Park</a> in <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, 73 °F (23 °C), clear<table><tbody><tr><th>Team</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th><a href="/facts/Run_(baseball)/IP2KJrgQ">R</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Hit_(baseball)/STnUHCvq">H</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Error_(baseball)/YGrIxenw">E</a></th></tr><tr><td>Cincinnati</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Pittsburgh</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>x</td><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="34"><a href="/facts/Win%25E2%2580%2593loss_record_(pitching)/PRk4tDUz">WP</a>: <a href="/facts/Francisco_Liriano/41PzRT6w">Francisco Liriano</a> (1–0) <a href="/facts/Win%25E2%2580%2593loss_record_(pitching)/PRk4tDUz">LP</a>: <a href="/facts/Johnny_Cueto/RWMUTVDd">Johnny Cueto</a> (0–1)<a href="/facts/Home_run/op1enhjP">Home runs</a>:CIN: <a href="/facts/Shin-Soo_Choo/zfhHv8IA">Shin-Soo Choo</a> (1)PIT: <a href="/facts/Marlon_Byrd/5AAoUP8S">Marlon Byrd</a> (1), <a href="/facts/Russell_Martin_(baseball)/qDgNrCFK">Russell Martin</a> 2 (2)Attendance: 40,487<a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/reds-vs-pirates/2013/10/01/379694#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=379694">Boxscore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>After a scoreless first inning and a half, the Pirates secured the first runs of the game with home runs by <a href="/facts/Marlon_Byrd/5AAoUP8S">Marlon Byrd</a> and <a href="/facts/Russell_Martin_(baseball)/qDgNrCFK">Russell Martin</a> in the bottom of the 2nd inning.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Martin's home run came after Reds starting pitcher <a href="/facts/Johnny_Cueto/RWMUTVDd">Johnny Cueto</a>, <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh_sports_lore/TGc96wBj">having his name chanted mockingly by over 40,000 Pirates fans</a>, dropped the baseball from the mound. Martin hit a home run on the next pitch. In the bottom of the third, <a href="/facts/Pedro_%25C3%2581lvarez_(baseball)/t1Az8GdX">Pedro Alvarez</a> hit a sacrifice-fly to <a href="/facts/Shin-Soo_Choo/zfhHv8IA">Shin-Soo Choo</a>, which allowed <a href="/facts/Andrew_McCutchen/Gu0pSU46">Andrew McCutchen</a> to score. In the top of the fourth, with Choo and <a href="/facts/Ryan_Ludwick/sGLP6je4">Ryan Ludwick</a> on base, <a href="/facts/Jay_Bruce/83KfTacL">Jay Bruce</a> hit a groundball single to Pirates left-fielder <a href="/facts/Starling_Marte/2blRFSAL">Starling Marte</a>, allowing Choo to score. In the bottom of the fourth, Marte and <a href="/facts/Neil_Walker_(baseball)/u14Gg2hV">Neil Walker</a> scored off RBI hits by Walker and Byrd, respectively. In the bottom of the 7th inning, <a href="/facts/Russell_Martin_(baseball)/qDgNrCFK">Russell Martin</a> hit another home run. The Reds could only further respond with a Choo home run off of <a href="/facts/Tony_Watson/2nkBqhqh">Tony Watson</a>. The Pirates would maintain their lead and go on to win, with <a href="/facts/Jason_Grilli/XAebmWv7">Jason Grilli</a> closing the game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT201310010.shtml">2013 National League Wild Card Game</a> at <i>Baseball Reference</i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Singer, Tom (September 28, 2013). "Behind six homers, Bucs to host NL Wild Card Game". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013. <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_09_28_pitmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=pit" target="_blank">http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_09_28_pitmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=pit</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Pirates beat Cincinnati". New York Times. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pittsburgh-pirates-beat-cincinnati-reds-nl-wild-card-game-100113" target="_blank">http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pittsburgh-pirates-beat-cincinnati-reds-nl-wild-card-game-100113</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Blackout for Reds, as Pirates Move On". New York Times. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/sports/baseball/pirates-beat-reds-in-national-league-wild-card-game.html?ref=sports&_r=0" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/sports/baseball/pirates-beat-reds-in-national-league-wild-card-game.html?ref=sports&_r=0</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Reds dismiss manager Dusty Baker". ESPN. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013. <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9767640/manager-dusty-baker-fired-3-days-cincinnati-reds-ouster" target="_blank">https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9767640/manager-dusty-baker-fired-3-days-cincinnati-reds-ouster</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Meet me in St. Louis! Pirates roll into NLDS after ripping Reds 6-2 in wild-card win". Washington Post. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190212220647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/meet-me-in-st-louis-pirates-roll-into-nlds-after-ripping-reds-6-2-in-wild-card-win/2013/10/02/dbca044e-2b33-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190212220647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/meet-me-in-st-louis-pirates-roll-into-nlds-after-ripping-reds-6-2-in-wild-card-win/2013/10/02/dbca044e-2b33-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Pirates cruise past Reds in playoff return". USA Today. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/01/pirates-reds-nl-wild-card-game/2905561/" target="_blank">https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/01/pirates-reds-nl-wild-card-game/2905561/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Pirates advance to NLDS". MLB.com. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013. <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_10_01_cinmlb_pitmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=pit" target="_blank">http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_10_01_cinmlb_pitmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=pit</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>