Minnesota Twins vs California Angels
August 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 13, California Angels 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 2 3 1
  Hale pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Becker cf 6 2 1 0
Molitor dh 4 2 3 2
  Coomer ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Stahoviak 1b 5 0 1 2
Cordova lf 5 2 2 2
Myers c 4 2 3 1
Reboulet 3b 5 0 0 1
Lawton rf 6 1 2 0
Meares ss 4 2 2 3
Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Parra p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 13 17 12
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Hudler 2b 4 0 0 0
DiSarcina ss 4 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 2
Davis dh 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Salmon rf 4 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 0 0 0
Anderson lf 4 1 2 0
Slaught c 2 1 1 0
Howell 3b 3 1 1 3
Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
  Gohr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Minnesota 131 320 30013170
California 100 001 300562
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (5-4) 6.0 4 2 2 0 6
  Parra   2.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
1
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie  L (10-6) 3.1 10 8 5 0 3
  Grimsley   3.0 5 5 3 6 3
  Holtz   1.2 1 0 0 3 2
  Gohr   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
13
8
9
9

  E–Slaught (3), Howell (6).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Becker (23,off Boskie); Cordova 2 (33,off Boskie,off Grimsley); Stahoviak (25,off Grimsley), California Anderson (28,off Parra).  HR–Minnesota Meares (6,2nd inning off Boskie 2 on, 1 out); Molitor (8,7th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out), California Edmonds 2 (20,1st inning off Aguilera 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 2 out); Howell (7,7th inning off Parra 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Meares (4,by Grimsley).  IBB–Myers (2,by Grimsley).  SB–Knoblauch 2 (29,2nd base off Boskie/Slaught 2).  WP–Aguilera (4), Grimsley (7).  HBP–Grimsley (8,Meares).  IBB–Grimsley (4,Myers).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:15.  A–21,283.
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