June 26, 1996 · 8:05 PM EDT
W: Dennis CookL: Jesse OroscoS: Mike Henneman
Biggest lead BAL by 4 · TEX by 1 · 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LPLuis PoloniaLF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RA Roberto Alomar2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RP Rafael Palmeiro1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
BB Bobby BonillaRF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
BS B.J. Surhoff3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| CHChris HoilesC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MSMark SmithDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MDMike DevereauxLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
HR: Palmeiro
RBI: Palmeiro 3, Smith 2
LOB: 25
| AMAlan Mills | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
AR Arthur Rhodes | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
JO Jesse OroscoL | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| RCRocky Coppinger | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 89 |
| RMRoger McDowell | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 152 |
DH Darryl HamiltonCF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
WC Will Clark1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DP Dean Palmer3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MTMickey TettletonDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RGRusty GreerLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| KEKevin ElsterSS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RGRene Gonzales3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
2B: Gonzalez, McLemore, Elster, Gonzales
RBI: Hamilton 2, Gonzalez 3, Tettleton
SB: McLemore
LOB: 23
| DCDennis CookW | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
KH Ken Hill | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 110 |
| MHMike HennemanS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 160 |
The Rangers edged the Orioles 6-5 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Dennis Cook got the win, Jesse Orosco took the loss and Mike Henneman earned the save. Juan Gonzalez went 1-for-3 for the Rangers, while Rafael Palmeiro went 2-for-4 for the Orioles.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
