Texas Rangers vs California Angels
September 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1996 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, California Angels 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 5 0 1 0
Tettleton dh 4 1 0 0
Palmer 3b 5 3 3 2
Newson lf 2 0 1 0
  Buford lf 0 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 2 1
Gil ss 2 0 0 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzales ss 0 0 0 0
  Greer ph 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 8 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Velarde 3b 5 1 2 1
Edmonds cf 3 1 0 0
Salmon rf 3 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 0 2 1
  Palmeiro pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Arias ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Schofield pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Hudler 2b 5 1 1 1
Anderson lf 5 0 1 2
Snow 1b 4 0 3 0
  Erstad pr 0 0 0 0
  Pritchett 1b 0 0 0 0
DiSarcina ss 4 1 1 0
Greene c 4 1 1 1
Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Texas 102 001 000 1580
California 002 100 100 26121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   7.0 8 4 4 4 5
  Russell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Stanton  L (4-4) 0.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.2
12
6
6
4
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie   8.0 6 4 3 6 7
  James   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  McElroy  W (5-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
5
4
7
8

  E–Snow (10).  DP–Texas 2, California 1.  2B–Texas McLemore (23,off Boskie), California Anderson (33,off Stanton).  HR–Texas Hamilton (6,1st inning off Boskie 0 on, 0 out); Palmer (36,3rd inning off Boskie 1 on, 2 out), California Greene (2,7th inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gil (1,off Boskie).  SB–Newson (3,2nd base off Boskie/Greene); Hamilton (15,2nd base off Boskie/Greene); Velarde (7,2nd base off Oliver/Rodriguez); Hudler (14,2nd base off Oliver/Rodriguez).  WP–Oliver (5).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:28.  A–18,860.
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