Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
April 21, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1996 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Texas Rangers 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 1
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 2 3 3
Bonilla dh 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 2 0
Devereaux rf 2 0 0 0
  Tarasco ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hoiles c 4 1 2 2
Hammonds lf 4 1 1 0
Ripken 3b 2 0 0 0
  Huson ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 2 2 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 3 4 6
McLemore 2b 4 0 2 0
Buford lf 1 1 0 1
  Newson ph 1 0 0 0
  Greer lf 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 1
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Helling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Baltimore 110 001 0036111
Texas 004 102 20x9110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (2-1) 5.2 9 7 6 2 1
  McDowell   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
3
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  W (1-0) 5.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Brandenburg   1.1 4 0 0 0 3
  Cook   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Helling   1.0 2 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
9

  E–Hoiles (2).  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (3,off Oliver), Texas Elster (5,off Wells).  3B–Texas Palmer (1,off Wells); McLemore (1,off McDowell).  HR–Baltimore Anderson (8,1st inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out); Hoiles (2,2nd inning off Oliver 0 on, 2 out); Palmeiro (5,9th inning off Helling 2 on, 2 out), Texas Palmer 2 (6,3rd inning off Wells 3 on, 2 out,7th inning off McDowell 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Elster (3,off Wells); Buford (1,off Wells).  SB–Buford (3,2nd base off Wells/Hoiles).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:11.  A–39,456.
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