Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokurasikirwa nomutambi muduku Rafael Furcal nokukuvara 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 kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi mumakwikwi, paakarova RBI imwe chete muMutambo 5 vachipesana neWashington Nationals muNLDS iyo pakupedzisira yakaratidza kuti ndiyo yakunda mutambo uye nhevedzano, ichibvumira maCardinals kuti afambire mberi ku
NLCS. 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.