Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan rasa ɗan gajeren lokaci Rafael Furcal don rauni a cikin 2012, Cardinals sun 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. Kwarewar da ya yi ta ci gaba a cikin wasan, yayin da ya buga RBI guda ɗaya a Wasan 5 da Washington Nationals a cikin NLDS wanda a ƙarshe ya tabbatar da cewa ya zama wasan da mai nasara, wanda ya ba da damar Cardinals su ci gaba zuwa
NLCS. 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.