Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Texas Rangers 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 5 0 1 2
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 5 1 3 2
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 2 2 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 0 1
Alomar 2b 5 0 2 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla dh 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Devereaux rf 3 2 0 0
Alexander 3b 2 0 0 0
  Surhoff ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Hoiles c 2 1 1 0
Hammonds lf 2 0 1 0
  Tarasco ph 1 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Shepherd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Texas 010 010 3005120
Baltimore 001 100 020450
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   4.2 3 2 2 5 3
  Brandenburg  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Cook   1.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Heredia   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Henneman  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
7
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (2-2) 6.1 10 5 5 1 5
  McDowell   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Shepherd   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Texas Tettleton (6,off Wells); Elster (7,off Wells); Rodriguez (11,off Wells); Hamilton (2,off Wells); Clark (5,off Wells).  HR–Texas Tettleton (5,2nd inning off Wells 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Surhoff (5,8th inning off Heredia 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rodriguez (3,by Wells); Gonzalez (2,by McDowell).  HBP–Hammonds (1,by Oliver).  SB–Hamilton (4,2nd base off Wells/Hoiles).  HBP–Oliver (2,Hammonds).  IBB–Wells (1,Rodriguez); McDowell (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:23.  A–44,022.
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