Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 0 0
Giambi 3b 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 1
  Lovullo 1b 0 0 0 0
Berroa rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Munoz dh 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Battle lf 0 0 0 0
  Herrera ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Gates 2b 3 0 0 0
Chouinard p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 2 0
Polonia lf 5 0 1 2
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 2
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 0 0
Bonilla dh 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 0 0
Hammonds rf 4 1 1 0
Ripken 3b 4 2 2 0
Zaun c 3 2 1 2
Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Oakland 000 001 000130
Baltimore 040 002 00x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Chouinard  L (0-1) 5.0 8 5 5 3 1
  Van Poppel   3.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  W (3-3) 5.1 1 1 1 4 1
  McDowell  SV (3) 3.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
2

  E–None.  2B–Baltimore Zaun (2,off Chouinard); Alomar (13,off Chouinard); Anderson (11,off Chouinard); B Ripken (3,off Chouinard).  SF–Alomar (4,off Van Poppel).  HBP–Zaun (1,by Van Poppel).  IBB–Palmeiro (3,by Chouinard).  BK–Mercker (1).  HBP–Van Poppel (2,Zaun).  IBB–Chouinard (1,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:28.  A–47,401.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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