Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
August 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, California Angels 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg rf 3 1 0 0
Frye 2b 4 1 1 0
Naehring 3b 4 0 1 1
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 1
Jefferson dh 4 0 1 1
Valentin ss 4 0 1 0
O'Leary lf 4 1 2 1
Stanley c 4 0 2 0
Tinsley cf 4 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Velarde 3b 4 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 2 1
Salmon rf 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 0 0 0
Anderson lf 3 0 1 0
Hudler 2b 3 0 0 0
DiSarcina ss 3 0 0 0
Greene c 2 0 0 0
  Fabregas ph,c 1 0 1 0
Dickson p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Boston 022 000 000490
California 000 001 000160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (11-11) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  L (1-1) 7.0 8 4 4 1 3
  James   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–California Davis (21,off Wakefield).  HR–California Edmonds (24,6th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Tinsley (7,2nd base by Dickson/Greene); Bragg (8,2nd base by James/Fabregas).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:08.  A–16,886.
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