Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 10, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1996 at Skydome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 11, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 2 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 2
Clark 1b 4 2 3 4
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0
Tettleton dh 5 1 2 2
Palmer 3b 4 1 1 0
Stevens lf 4 1 2 2
  Buford lf 1 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 1 0 0
Elster ss 3 2 2 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 14 10
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 2 1 1 0
  Stewart cf 2 0 0 0
Brumfield rf 4 1 1 1
Samuel dh 3 1 2 0
Carter 1b 4 0 1 0
  Delgado 1b 1 0 0 1
Sprague 3b 4 2 3 3
  Crespo 3b 1 0 0 0
Perez R. lf 4 1 1 0
  Green ph 1 0 1 0
O'Brien c 5 0 2 0
Gonzalez ss 5 1 1 0
Perez T. 2b 4 1 1 1
  Olerud ph 1 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Flener p 0 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Brow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 6
Texas 004 023 20011142
Toronto 102 000 2308141
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  W (12-6) 6.0 7 3 2 4 5
  Heredia   1.1 5 5 3 0 1
  Cook   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Russell   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Henneman  SV (30) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
5
4
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (3-3) 5.0 10 6 6 1 3
  Flener   1.0 1 3 1 3 0
  Silva   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
9
4
4

  E–Palmer (13), Oliver (1), Flener (2).  DP–Texas 2, Toronto 2.  2B–Texas Stevens (2,off Williams); Palmer (25,off Silva), Toronto T Perez (13,off Heredia).  HR–Texas Clark (11,3rd inning off Williams 2 on, 0 out); Tettleton (21,5th inning off Williams 1 on, 1 out); Stevens (2,7th inning off Silva 1 on, 0 out), Toronto Sprague (34,7th inning off Heredia 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Clark (6,off Flener).  IBB–Gonzalez (11,by Flener).  HBP–Samuel (2,by Oliver).  HBP–Oliver (9,Samuel).  IBB–Flener (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:00.  A–26,286.
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