Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurasikirwa nemupfupi Rafael Furcal kukuvara muna 2012, maCardinal akadana Pete Kozma kuti atsive Furcal. Anozivikanwa nokuda kwekudzivirira kwake, Kozma akaratidza nhoroondo yakashata mumakwikwi maduku semubatsiri, achigadzira.652 pa-base pamwe ne slugging percentage (OPS) mu 671 mitambo yechikwata chiduku. Zvisinei, panguva yake huru League kudanwa-up muna 2012, iye akarova.333 ane.952 OPS muna 82 ndiro kuonekwa. Kurova kwake kwounyanzvi kwakaenderera mberi mumutambo, paakarova RBI imwe chete muMutambo 5 vachipesana neWashington Nationals muNLDS iyo yakazove mukundi wemutambo uye nhevedzano, ichibvumira maCardinals kufambira mberi kuNLCS
. Kozma akava shortstop anotanga mwaka unotevera, asi aisakwanisa kuchengetedza kurova kwake kwakavandudzwa muMajor Leagues, achidonha kusvika.548 OPS. MuWorld Series yakatevera vachipesana neBoston Red Sox, kukanganisa kwemitambo miviri kwakakonzera kukunda kweRed Sox 'Game 1 munzira yekuenda kuRed Sox kuhwina Series.