Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
May 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1996 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Texas Rangers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 1 0
Cedeno 2b 5 1 2 0
Delgado dh 3 0 1 0
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 2 1
Olerud 1b 3 0 1 0
  Samuel ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Green rf 3 0 0 0
  Crespo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 1 1 0
  O'Brien ph 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 2 3 0
Rodriguez c 4 2 1 0
Clark 1b 2 0 1 2
Tettleton dh 3 0 1 2
Newson rf 3 0 0 0
  Buford ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 0 1 0
Stillwell 2b 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Toronto 000 010 010291
Texas 101 000 20x480
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  L (3-5) 6.1 7 4 3 4 6
  Castillo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
5
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (4-2) 7.0 8 2 2 1 9
  Cook   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Heredia   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Henneman  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
13

  E–Hanson (3).  2B–Toronto Gonzalez (9,off Witt); Olerud (3,off Witt).  HBP–Delgado (1,by Cook).  SF–Tettleton (2,off Castillo).  CS–Nixon (5,2nd base by Witt/Rodriguez).  HBP–Cook (1,Delgado).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:56.  A–20,694.
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