New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 31, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 3 0
Girardi c 5 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 1
Williams B. cf 3 1 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 2 0
Duncan 2b 3 0 0 1
  Fox 2b 0 0 0 0
Williams G. dh 3 0 0 0
Rivera R. lf 3 1 1 1
Jeter ss 3 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera M. p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Battle lf 2 0 0 0
  Plantier ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 0 0 0
Giambi 3b 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 0
Berroa rf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Munoz dh 3 0 0 1
Young cf 2 0 0 0
Gates 2b 3 0 1 0
Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
New York 000 001 120490
Oakland 010 000 000131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (2-5) 6.0 3 1 1 2 7
  Rivera   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Wetteland  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johns  L (4-6) 6.2 6 2 2 3 1
  Taylor   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Groom   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Van Poppel   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–Gates (9).  DP–New York 1, Oakland 2.  2B–New York Martinez (7,off Johns), Oakland Steinbach (13,off Key); Gates (13,off Key).  SF–Duncan (1,off Corsi).  HBP–G Williams (4,by Johns).  SB–Jeter (4,2nd base off Johns/Steinbach).  CS–Battle (2,2nd base by Key/Girardi).  HBP–Johns (2,G Williams).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Ray DiMuro.  T–2:44.  A–13,279.
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