Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 6, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1996 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Oakland Athletics 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman ss 4 0 1 0
Goodwin lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Roberts dh 3 0 0 1
Hamelin 1b 3 0 2 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 1 0
Nunnally rf 3 0 2 0
  Young ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Damon cf 3 0 1 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman lf 0 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 3 0 0 0
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
Sweeney c 4 1 1 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Bluma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Batista 2b,3b 4 1 0 0
Brosius 3b,1b 5 1 1 0
Berroa dh 5 2 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 2
  Bournigal 2b 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Lesher rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Giambi lf 3 0 0 0
  Moore pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Young cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 4 1 3 0
Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Acre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 3
Kansas City 000 010 000194
Oakland 100 021 21x7110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  L (9-13) 6.1 9 6 4 2 5
  Scanlan   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Bluma   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Adams  W (3-2) 7.0 7 1 1 2 6
  Mohler   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Acre   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
9

  E–Offerman 2 (16), Paquette (13), Lockhart (11).  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (8,off Adams), Oakland Berroa (26,off Haney); Brosius (21,off Haney); Bordick (14,off Bluma).  HR–Oakland Lesher (3,6th inning off Haney 0 on, 0 out); McGwire (47,7th inning off Haney 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Roberts (5,off Adams).  IBB–Giambi (3,by Scanlan).  SB–Goodwin (62,2nd base off Adams/Steinbach).  WP–Haney (5).  IBB–Scanlan (2,Giambi).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–(none), 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:46.  A–14,404.
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