April 21, 1996 · 4:33 AM EDT
W: Darren OliverL: David Wells
Biggest lead BAL by 2 · TEX by 6 · 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
RA Roberto Alomar2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
RP Rafael Palmeiro1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
BB Bobby BonillaDH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MDMike DevereauxRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CHChris HoilesC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
JH Jeffrey HammondsLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BRBilly Ripken3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TTTony TarascoRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JHJeff Huson3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2B: Palmeiro
HR: Anderson, Palmeiro, Hoiles
RBI: Anderson, Palmeiro 3, Hoiles 2
LOB: 18
DW David WellsL | 5.2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 101 |
| JMJimmy Myers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| RMRoger McDowell | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 141 |
DH Darryl HamiltonCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WC Will Clark1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MTMickey TettletonDH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DP Dean Palmer3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DBDamon BufordLF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KEKevin ElsterSS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| WNWarren NewsonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RGRusty GreerLF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2B: Elster
3B: Palmer, McLemore
HR: Palmer 2
RBI: Hamilton, Palmer 6, Buford, Elster
SB: Buford
LOB: 11
The Rangers beat the Orioles 9-6 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Darren Oliver got the win and David Wells took the loss. Dean Palmer went 4-for-4 for the Rangers, while Rafael Palmeiro went 3-for-5 for the Orioles.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
