Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te wa angitu o Rosenthal i kawea ki te waa whakamutunga, na te mea he mea nui ia ki te rere o te Cardinals i te wa e hiahia ana ratou ki te awhina o te bullpen. I tana tīmatanga o te whakataetae ki te Washington Nationals i te National League Division Series (NLDS), ka patu ia i te taha, ka mutu a Jayson Werth, Bryce Harper, me Adam LaRoche i a ia e tuku ana i a Ryan Zimmerman. E ono atu ngā putanga kore piro i whai ake i te wā i eke ai ngā Kaituku ki te
Ko te National League Championship Series (NLCS). I roto i te katoa, i patu a Rosenthal i te 15 o te 30 o nga kaitakaro i tutaki i nga whiringa toa 2012.