Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
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 Kauffman Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera rf 4 1 1 0
Bournigal 2b 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 1 2 0
Berroa dh 4 0 0 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 1
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Stairs lf 3 0 0 0
  Mashore lf 0 0 0 0
Young cf 2 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Wengert 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 31 2 4 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman ss,1b 3 1 0 0
Goodwin cf 2 0 0 0
  Norman ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 2 1
Tucker 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
Paquette lf 4 0 1 0
Hamelin dh 3 0 1 0
Damon rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 1 0
Linton p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Oakland 000 002 000240
Kansas City 000 001 000151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wengert  W (5-7) 6.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Groom   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Corsi   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mohler   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Linton  L (5-7) 8.0 4 2 1 1 5
  Jacome   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
1
5

  E–Lockhart (9).  2B–Oakland Giambi (33,off Linton), Kansas City Macfarlane (21,off Wengert); Randa (17,off Groom).  SH–Bournigal (8,off Linton).  HBP–Young (5,by Linton); Goodwin (2,by Wengert).  SB–Brosius (3,2nd base off Linton/Macfarlane); Young (4,2nd base off Linton/Macfarlane); Hamelin (4,2nd base off Wengert/Steinbach).  CS–Lockhart (4,2nd base by Wengert/Steinbach).  WP–Wengert (1).  HBP–Wengert (3,Goodwin); Linton (7,Young).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:33.  A–19,197.
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