California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
August 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1996 at Fenway Park. The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Boston Red Sox 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Velarde 2b 5 0 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 0 1 0
Salmon rf 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 1 1 0
Hudler lf 2 1 1 1
  Palmeiro ph,lf 1 0 1 0
DiSarcina ss 4 1 1 2
Fabregas c 4 0 3 0
Arias 3b 2 0 1 0
  Howell ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf 4 0 0 0
Frye 2b 4 1 2 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 1
Jefferson dh 4 0 1 1
Valentin ss 4 1 2 0
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
Stanley c 2 0 1 0
  Tinsley pr 0 0 0 0
  Haselman c 0 0 0 0
O'Leary rf 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Eshelman p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
California 030 000 0014120
Boston 010 010 100390
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie   6.2 8 3 3 2 4
  James   1.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Holtz  W (2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Percival  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   7.1 9 3 3 4 6
  Brandenburg  L (3-4) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Eshelman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Belinda   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Stanley (17).  2B–California Arias (5,off Gordon); Salmon (22,off Gordon); Howell (2,off Brandenburg); Velarde (17,off Brandenburg), Boston Valentin (25,off Boskie); Frye (14,off Boskie).  3B–California Hudler (2,off Gordon).  HR–California Disarcina (5,2nd inning off Gordon 1 on, 1 out), Boston Vaughn (35,7th inning off Boskie 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Arias (5,off Gordon); Rodriguez (4,off James).  IBB–Edmonds (2,by Gordon); Bragg (6,by James).  HBP–Valentin (5,by Boskie).  SB–Velarde (5,3rd base off Belinda/Haselman).  CS–Hudler (5,2nd base by Gordon/Stanley).  WP–James (5).  HBP–Boskie (8,Valentin).  IBB–James (7,Bragg); Gordon (4,Edmonds).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:16.  A–25,224.
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