Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 12, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 6 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 1 1
Greer lf 4 2 2 1
Gonzalez rf 6 0 3 2
Tettleton 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzales 1b 1 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 2 0
Newson dh 5 2 2 0
Buford cf 5 1 3 2
Elster ss 4 0 1 2
Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 16 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera cf 5 0 1 1
Bournigal 2b 5 0 1 0
Giambi lf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 0
Berroa dh 4 2 2 3
Brosius 3b 4 0 1 0
Stairs rf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 2 0
Bordick ss 3 0 3 0
Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Texas 000 101 100 58160
Oakland 000 200 001 14100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hill   8.0 6 2 2 2 9
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Russell  W (2-1) 1.2 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
2
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wasdin   6.0 8 3 3 3 5
  Mohler   1.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Taylor  L (4-2) 1.2 4 4 4 2 3
  Van Poppel   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
16
8
8
6
12

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (15,off Wasdin); Greer (23,off Wasdin); Newson (12,off Wasdin); Buford 2 (6,off Wasdin,off Taylor); Palmer (18,off Mohler); Rodriguez (29,off Van Poppel).  HR–Oakland Berroa 2 (21,4th inning off Hill 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Russell 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rodriguez (7,by Mohler).  SB–McLemore (15,2nd base off Taylor/Steinbach).  CS–Buford (4,2nd base by Wasdin/Steinbach); Brosius (1,2nd base by Hill/Rodriguez); Bournigal (2,2nd base by Hill/Rodriguez).  IBB–Mohler (4,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:39.  A–12,074.
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