California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
July 30, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1996 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

California Angels 9, Detroit Tigers 12

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Velarde 2b 4 0 0 0
DiSarcina ss 5 2 3 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 0 0
Salmon rf 3 1 1 1
Davis dh 4 1 1 3
Anderson lf 5 1 2 0
Hudler 1b 3 1 0 0
  Snow ph 1 0 0 0
Slaught c 2 0 0 0
  Greene ph,c 2 1 1 2
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Arias 3b 3 0 0 0
  Howell ph,3b 1 1 1 2
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 9 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf 2 1 2 1
  Bartee ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Curtis cf,lf 2 1 1 0
Fryman 3b 5 1 1 1
Fielder dh 3 3 2 2
  Williams ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 2 1 0
Nieves rf 5 1 1 2
Lewis M. 2b 3 2 1 3
  Cruz 2b 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 1 0 1
Cedeno ss 4 0 0 1
Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 12 9 11
California 100 002 150993
Detroit 810 003 00x1293
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  L (5-7) 0.0 4 7 6 3 0
  Abbott   5.0 4 2 1 3 2
  Schmidt   0.1 1 3 3 3 0
  Holtz   2.2 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
8.0
9
12
10
9
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Nitkowski  W (2-2) 7.0 7 6 5 4 7
  Lewis   0.2 2 3 2 1 0
  Myers   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Olson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
9
7
5
7

  E–Velarde (10), Hudler (3), Arias (6), Cruz 2 (4), Cedeno (10).  DP–California 2.  2B–California Disarcina (16,off Nitkowski); Salmon (19,off Nitkowski); Anderson (24,off Nitkowski), Detroit Higginson (23,off Grimsley); Fryman (22,off Grimsley).  HR–California Davis (19,6th inning off Nitkowski 1 on, 0 out); Howell (6,8th inning off R Lewis 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Fielder (26,2nd inning off J Abbott 0 on, 0 out); M Lewis (10,6th inning off Schmidt 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Davis (5,off Nitkowski); Higginson (4,off J Abbott).  HBP–Edmonds (4,by Nitkowski).  WP–J Abbott 3 (11), Nitkowski (2).  HBP–Nitkowski (3,Edmonds).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:18.  A–11,641.
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