April 19, 1996 · 8:05 PM EDT
W: Dennis CookL: Kent MerckerS: Ed Vosberg
Biggest lead BAL by 1 · TEX by 19 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1CL Guardians | 99 | 62 | .615 | — |
2NY Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | 7.5 |
3TE Rangers | 90 | 72 | .555 | 9.5 |
4BA Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11.5 |
5SE Mariners | 85 | 76 | .528 | 14.0 |
6BO Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
7CW White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
8MI Brewers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19.5 |
9MI Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
10OA Athletics | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
11KC Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24.0 |
12TO Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25.5 |
13LA Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 29.0 |
14DE Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 46.5 |
BA Brady AndersonCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
RA Roberto Alomar2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RP Rafael Palmeiro1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BB Bobby BonillaDH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BS B.J. Surhoff3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MDMike DevereauxRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CHChris HoilesC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TTTony TarascoRF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BRBilly RipkenPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JHJeff HusonPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GZGregg ZaunPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JH Jeffrey HammondsLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
2B: Alomar, Palmeiro, Devereaux
HR: Anderson
RBI: Anderson, Alomar, Ripken Jr., Surhoff, Devereaux 2
LOB: 11
AB Armando Benítez | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
JO Jesse Orosco | 0.1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| JMJimmy Myers | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| KMKent MerckerL | 4.1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 81 |
| MAManny Alexander | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| RMRoger McDowell | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 229 |
DH Darryl HamiltonCF | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WC Will Clark1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MTMickey TettletonDH | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
DP Dean Palmer3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| RGRusty GreerLF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| KEKevin ElsterSS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DVDave ValleC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DBDamon BufordRF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CWCraig Worthington1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KSKurt Stillwell3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
2B: Clark, Gonzalez, Greer 2, Elster
3B: Rodriguez
HR: Clark, Gonzalez, Palmer 2, Elster
RBI: Rodriguez, Clark 3, Gonzalez 6, Tettleton 2, Palmer 5, Greer 2, McLemore, Elster 5, Valle
SB: Hamilton
CS: McLemore
LOB: 11
The Rangers routed the Orioles 26-7 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Dennis Cook got the win, Kent Mercker took the loss and Ed Vosberg earned the save. Dean Palmer went 2-for-4 for the Rangers, while Brady Anderson went 1-for-3 for the Orioles.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
