Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1996 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Batista 2b 3 1 2 0
Giambi dh 4 0 1 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
Berroa rf 3 0 0 0
  Herrera rf 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Plantier lf 4 0 1 0
Young cf 2 1 0 0
  Stairs ph 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 1 2
Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Leary lf 3 0 0 0
Frye 2b 4 2 2 0
Naehring 3b 4 1 3 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 3
Valentin ss 4 0 1 1
Jefferson dh 3 0 1 0
  Cordero ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Haselman c 3 0 1 0
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
Tinsley cf 3 0 1 0
Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Oakland 100 000 200371
Boston 100 000 03x4100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Adams   7.0 8 3 3 3 7
  Mohler  L (4-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   7.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Garces  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Slocumb  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
4

  E–Batista (5).  DP–Oakland 2, Boston 3.  2B–Oakland Brosius (19,off Maddux).  HR–Oakland Bordick (5,7th inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out), Boston Vaughn (36,8th inning off Mohler 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Brosius (1,off Maddux).  IBB–McGwire (11,by Maddux); Vaughn (13,by Adams).  SB–Batista (3,2nd base off Maddux/Haselman); Young (6,2nd base off Maddux/Haselman).  WP–Adams (2).  IBB–Adams (2,Vaughn); Maddux (2,McGwire).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:39.  A–25,094.
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