California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
July 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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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California Angels 7, Oakland Athletics 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf 6 1 2 0
Slaught c 1 0 1 0
  Borders c 4 1 0 0
Anderson lf 6 1 2 0
Salmon rf 6 3 4 2
Davis dh 3 0 1 1
  Easley ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 1
  Hudler pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 1 2 1
Velarde 2b,3b 4 0 1 2
DiSarcina ss 5 0 1 0
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
  Monteleone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 14 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera rf,cf 6 1 1 1
Bournigal 2b,ss 5 3 3 0
Giambi lf 4 0 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Berroa dh 4 0 1 1
Brosius 3b 5 2 3 1
Steinbach c 4 1 1 0
Mashore cf 1 0 0 0
  Lovullo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Batista pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 1
  Stairs ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Wojciechowski p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 6
California 000 220 300 007141
Oakland 040 011 010 018131
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   4.0 8 5 5 4 3
  Williams   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  James   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  McElroy   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Percival   2.2 0 0 0 3 4
  Monteleone  L (0-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
9
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wojciechowski   5.0 9 4 4 0 1
  Groom   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Corsi   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Mohler   2.1 2 0 0 3 1
  Taylor  W (3-1) 2.2 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
11.0
14
7
7
4
7

  E–Anderson (4), Mohler (1).  DP–California 2, Oakland 1.  2B–California Snow (8,off Wojciechowski); Salmon (16,off Wojciechowski), Oakland Giambi 2 (22,off Grimsley,off McElroy); Bournigal (11,off James).  HR–Oakland Brosius (11,11th inning off Monteleone 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Easley (2,off Mohler); Hudler (2,off Mohler); Mashore (1,off Grimsley).  SF–Velarde (1,off Mohler).  IBB–Snow (3,by Mohler); McGwire (4,by Grimsley).  HBP–Brosius (3,by Grimsley); Steinbach (4,by Grimsley).  SB–Bournigal 3 (4,2nd base off Grimsley/Slaught,2nd base off Williams/Borders,2nd base off Percival/Borders); Herrera (5,2nd base off Grimsley/Slaught).  WP–Grimsley (4), Williams (2).  HBP–Grimsley 2 (7,Brosius,Steinbach).  IBB–Grimsley (3,McGwire); Mohler (3,Snow).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ray DiMuro, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–4:16.  A–14,144.
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