Los Angeles Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 31, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1996 at Veteran's Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hollandsworth lf 5 3 2 2
Kirby cf 4 2 3 1
  Curtis ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Piazza c 5 0 2 1
Karros 1b 5 1 2 2
Mondesi rf 5 2 3 2
DeShields 2b 5 1 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 2 0
Gagne ss 5 1 1 2
Valdez p 4 0 2 0
  Park p 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 18 10
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Morandini 2b 4 0 0 0
Zuber 1b 4 1 1 0
Jefferies lf 5 1 2 1
Santiago c 5 1 1 0
Eisenreich rf 5 2 3 3
Rolen 3b 4 1 0 0
Magee cf 5 1 1 0
Sefcik ss 2 0 2 3
Schilling p 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Otero ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Schall ph 1 0 0 0
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
  Amaro, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 7
Los Angeles 102 800 00011181
Philadelphia 000 310 2017101
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  W (12-7) 7.0 9 6 5 2 3
  Park   1.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Osuna  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
5
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Schilling  L (6-8) 3.1 7 8 7 2 6
  Mitchell   0.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Parrett   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Jordan   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
11
10
2
11

  E–Hollandsworth (4), Morandini (11).  2B–Los Angeles Gagne (9,off Schilling); Hollandsworth (20,off Schilling); Valdes (1,off Parrett); Piazza (14,off Parrett), Philadelphia Sefcik (3,off Valdes); Santiago (21,off Valdes).  3B–Los Angeles Kirby (1,off Schilling), Philadelphia Sefcik (2,off Valdes).  HR–Los Angeles Mondesi (21,4th inning off Mitchell 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Eisenreich (3,7th inning off Valdes 1 on, 2 out).  WP–Park 2 (4).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:53.  A–24,821.
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