Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
April 3, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 1996 at Cashman Field. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 10, Oakland Athletics 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 0 0
Brito 2b 4 2 1 0
Carter lf 6 1 3 1
Olerud dh 2 3 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 2 1 4
Delgado 1b 4 1 2 3
Green rf 4 0 1 1
Martinez c 5 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
  Carrara p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 11 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 2 0 0 0
  Battle cf 2 0 1 0
Gates 2b 5 1 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 1
Berroa dh 4 0 0 1
Plantier lf 3 2 1 1
Munoz rf 4 0 2 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
Brosius 3b 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 2 1 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Toronto 002 034 01010110
Oakland 010 120 000470
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  W (1-0) 6.0 6 4 3 4 6
  Bohanon   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Carrara   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto  L (0-1) 4.0 5 5 5 8 2
  Montgomery   1.0 3 4 4 2 2
  Mohler   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Small   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
10
11
9

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Martinez (1).  2B–Oakland Giambi (1,off Hentgen).  HR–Toronto Delgado (1,5th inning off Prieto 2 on, 0 out); Sprague (1,6th inning off Montgomery 2 on, 0 out), Oakland Plantier (1,4th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gonzalez (1,off Prieto).  WP–Bohanon (1), Montgomery (1).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:12.  A–8,050.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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