Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
August 30, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 0, Oakland Athletics 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf 4 0 1 0
Frye 2b 3 0 1 0
Naehring 3b 3 0 0 0
  Manto 3b 0 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 4 0 1 0
Stanley c 3 0 1 0
O'Leary rf 4 0 1 0
Valentin ss 4 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Batista 2b 4 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 1 1 0
Brosius 3b 4 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 3
Berroa rf 4 1 1 0
  Young rf 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 1 2 1
Lesher lf 3 0 0 1
Moore cf 2 1 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 2
Telgheder p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Boston 000 000 000070
Oakland 000 023 20x790
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (2-2) 5.1 6 5 5 1 3
  Brandenburg   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Harris   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Mahomes   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Telgheder  W (2-5) 8.0 7 0 0 3 5
  Groom   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Bragg (20,off Telgheder), Oakland Steinbach (23,off Maddux); Bordick (13,off Maddux); Stairs (4,off Harris).  3B–Boston Frye (2,off Telgheder).  HR–Oakland McGwire (45,7th inning off Harris 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Lesher (1,off Brandenburg).  SB–Brosius (6,2nd base off Maddux/Stanley).  WP–Maddux (1).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:30.  A–17,182.
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