Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 15, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 18, Oakland Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 6 3 4 4
Anderson cf 2 0 0 0
  Devereaux pr,cf 2 2 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 6 3 3 3
Bonilla rf 5 2 2 5
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 0 1
  Alexander ss 0 0 0 0
Surhoff 3b,lf 5 0 2 2
Murray dh 5 1 1 1
Hoiles c 5 3 4 2
  Devarez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hammonds lf 3 1 0 0
  Ripken 3b 1 2 1 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 18 19 18
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herrera cf 5 0 1 1
Bournigal 2b 5 0 1 0
Brosius 1b 4 0 1 1
Berroa dh 4 1 2 1
Plantier lf 4 0 1 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Molina ph,c 1 0 0 0
Stairs rf 4 2 2 1
Batista 3b 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 4 2 3 1
Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Baltimore 101 010 63618192
Oakland 011 000 1025120
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (15-8) 7.0 9 3 3 0 5
  Yan   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
0
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Adams  L (1-2) 6.1 6 5 5 2 5
  Mohler   0.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Witasick   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Taylor   0.2 4 6 6 2 1
  Corsi   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
18
18
7
8

  E–Alomar (11), Hammonds (3).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Alomar (31,off Adams), Oakland Plantier (7,off Mussina); Berroa (24,off Yan).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (29,1st inning off Adams 0 on, 2 out); Hoiles 2 (20,5th inning off Adams 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Witasick 0 on, 0 out); Bonilla (17,7th inning off Mohler 2 on, 1 out); Alomar (20,9th inning off Taylor 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Berroa (31,2nd inning off Mussina 0 on, 0 out); Stairs (6,9th inning off Yan 0 on, 0 out); Bordick (4,9th inning off Yan 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Mohler (8).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:35.  A–14,026.
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