Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
April 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1996 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Battle cf 5 1 2 2
Gates 2b 5 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 2 0 1 0
  Lovullo ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Plantier lf 3 0 0 0
Stairs rf 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Williams dh 3 0 0 0
  Wojciechowski pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 2 2 0
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 1 3 0
Buford rf 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Tettleton dh 3 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 1
Greer lf 4 0 2 2
Worthington 3b 3 0 1 1
McLemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 5
Oakland 000 020 100361
Texas 301 010 00x5121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johns  L (2-1) 4.1 8 5 5 5 2
  Wengert   2.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Groom   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
6
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (2-0) 6.0 6 3 2 5 1
  Helling   1.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Brandenburg   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Henneman  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
8
2

  E–Brosius (1), Rodriguez (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Texas 3.  2B–Oakland Brosius (2,off Witt); Steinbach (2,off Witt), Texas Greer (5,off Johns); Tettleton 2 (5,off Johns,off Wengert); Clark (3,off Johns).  HR–Oakland Battle (1,5th inning off Witt 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rodriguez (2,by Johns); McLemore (2,by Wengert).  SB–Buford (2,2nd base off Johns/Steinbach); Rodriguez (3,3rd base off Wengert/Steinbach); Greer (2,2nd base off Wengert/Steinbach).  CS–Hamilton (2,2nd base by Groom/Steinbach).  WP–Helling (1).  IBB–Johns (1,Rodriguez); Wengert (1,McLemore).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:59.  A–20,948.
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