Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan rasa gajeren lokaci Rafael Furcal zuwa rauni a 2012, Cardinals ya kira Pete Kozma don maye gurbin Furcal. An san shi da kariya, Kozma ya nuna mummunan rikodin rikodi a cikin ƙananan wasannin a matsayin mai bugawa, yana samar da.652 a kan-base da slugging kashi (OPS) a cikin wasannin 671 na ƙananan wasannin. Duk da haka, a lokacin da aka kira shi a cikin 2012, ya buga.333 tare da.952 OPS a cikin bayyanar 82 na farantin. Ya ci gaba da ci gaba da ci gaba a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, yayin da ya buga RBI guda ɗaya a Game 5 da Washington Nationals a cikin NLDS wanda a ƙarshe ya tabbatar da cewa ya zama wasan da kuma nasara, ya ba da damar Cardinals su ci gaba zuwa NLCS
Ka yi haƙuri. Kozma ya zama ɗan gajeren lokaci na gaba a kakar wasa ta gaba, amma ba zai iya ci gaba da ingantaccen bugunsa a cikin manyan wasannin ba, ya sauka zuwa.548 OPS. A cikin Wasannin Duniya na gaba da Boston Red Sox, kuskuren wasa biyu ya ba da gudummawa ga nasarar Red Sox 'Game 1 akan hanyar Red Sox ta lashe Series.