Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
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 The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Texas Rangers 10

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 0 1 0
Randa 3b 3 0 1 1
Paquette lf 4 0 2 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Tucker rf 3 1 1 0
Norman cf 3 1 0 0
Howard ss 4 0 2 2
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Bluma p 0 0 0 0
  Huisman p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 0
Greer lf 4 1 1 0
  Buford pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 5 2 3 1
  Valle 1b 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 3 3 4
  Gonzales 1b,3b 1 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 2 2
  Newson ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Tettleton dh 4 0 1 1
McLemore 2b 4 1 2 0
Elster ss 5 1 1 2
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 10
Kansas City 000 030 0003100
Texas 420 013 00x10170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (11-8) 2.2 6 6 6 3 1
  Granger   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Bluma   1.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Huisman   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Pichardo   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
17
10
10
5
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   4.2 7 3 3 2 3
  Gross  W (10-7) 4.1 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 1.  2B–Kansas City Randa (20,off Oliver); Howard (13,off Oliver), Texas Clark (19,off Appier); Rodriguez (39,off Bluma); Gonzalez (24,off Bluma); Newson (13,off Pichardo).  HR–Texas Palmer (28,1st inning off Appier 1 on, 2 out); Elster (20,2nd inning off Appier 1 on, 0 out); Clark (8,5th inning off Granger 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Randa (4,off Oliver).  HBP–Norman (1,by Oliver).  CS–Tucker (4,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez).  SB–Gonzalez (1,2nd base off Appier/Macfarlane).  HBP–Oliver (6,Norman).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:57.  A–30,480.
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