Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
July 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 5 1 2 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Greer lf 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 3 0
Tettleton dh 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzales 1b 2 0 0 0
  Stillwell ph 1 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
  Newson ph 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 0 3 0
Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 11 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera cf,rf 5 1 3 0
Bournigal 2b 5 2 3 1
Giambi lf 5 1 1 3
  Mashore lf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 0
  Lovullo 1b 0 0 0 0
Berroa dh 3 0 1 2
Brosius 3b 4 1 1 1
Stairs rf 3 1 1 1
  Young ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Williams c 3 1 1 1
Bordick ss 4 1 2 0
Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 14 9
Texas 000 010 0001110
Oakland 403 011 00x9140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (9-7) 2.0 6 6 6 4 0
  Whiteside   5.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Vosberg   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
7
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johns  W (6-10) 8.0 10 1 1 2 7
  Corsi   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Oakland 4.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (16,off Johns), Oakland Berroa (17,off Gross).  3B–Oakland Bournigal (2,off Whiteside).  HR–Texas McLemore (4,5th inning off Johns 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Stairs (4,3rd inning off Gross 0 on, 0 out); Brosius (12,6th inning off Whiteside 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Williams (1,off Gross).  HBP–McGwire (4,by Gross).  IBB–Stairs (1,by Gross).  HBP–Gross (4,McGwire).  IBB–Gross (2,Stairs).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:53.  A–20,704.
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