Texas Rangers vs California Angels
July 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 8, California Angels 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 2 3 0
Greer lf 5 0 1 1
Gonzalez rf 4 2 3 4
Tettleton dh 4 1 1 2
Palmer 3b 4 1 2 1
McLemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzales 1b 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 1 0 0
Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf 5 2 3 1
Slaught c 5 0 2 1
Anderson lf 5 0 1 1
Salmon rf 4 1 1 2
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 1 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 0 0
Velarde 2b 4 0 2 0
DiSarcina ss 4 1 2 1
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Monteleone p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 13 6
Texas 011 003 2018121
California 210 000 2016132
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  W (9-5) 6.1 9 5 4 1 3
  Russell   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Henneman  SV (21) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
1
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  L (5-4) 6.1 10 7 6 2 7
  Monteleone   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McElroy   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
2
8

  E–Palmer (7), Wallach (8), Disarcina (10).  DP–Texas 1, California 2.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (11,off Langston); Rodriguez (25,off McElroy), California Anderson (17,off Henneman).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (18,2nd inning off Langston 0 on, 0 out); Tettleton (14,6th inning off Langston 1 on, 1 out); Palmer (19,6th inning off Langston 0 on, 1 out), California Salmon (21,1st inning off Gross 1 on, 2 out).  CS–McLemore (6,2nd base by Langston/Slaught).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:10.  A–19,754.
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