Baltimore Orioles vs California Angels
September 3, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, California Angels 10

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 2 1 1
  Devereaux rf 1 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 3 0
Alomar 2b 2 0 0 1
  Ripken 2b 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0
  Parent c 1 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 2 0 0 0
  Bowers lf 1 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 1 0
  Alexander ss 1 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 2 0 0 0
  Kingsale cf 0 0 0 0
Hoiles c,1b 3 0 1 0
Coppinger p 0 0 0 0
  Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Velarde 2b 6 1 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 1
Salmon rf 5 2 4 3
Davis dh 4 1 2 2
Anderson lf 5 1 3 1
Snow 1b 4 0 1 0
DiSarcina ss 5 0 1 1
Arias 3b 3 1 1 0
Greene c 4 2 2 1
Harris p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 10
Baltimore 101 000 000270
California 210 160 00x10170
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coppinger  L (8-6) 4.0 8 4 4 2 5
  Haynes   0.2 3 5 5 2 0
  Corbin   3.1 6 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
17
10
10
6
8
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 1
  McElroy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, California 2.  2B–Baltimore Zeile (2,off Harris), California Salmon (24,off Coppinger); Davis (23,off Corbin).  HR–Baltimore Anderson (43,1st inning off Harris 0 on, 0 out), California Edmonds (26,2nd inning off Coppinger 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Alomar (10,off Harris).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:53.  A–15,924.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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