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California Angels @ Texas Rangers

1996-09-28 · Day game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 45651 · 66°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph from CF · 3:00

Texas Rangers defeated California Angels 4–3. Darren Oliver earned the win and Gil Heredia picked up the save. Luis Ortiz went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	10
TEX	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		4	7

W: Darren Oliver L: Chuck Finley SV: Gil Heredia

Umpires — HP: Tim Welke · 1B: Joe Brinkman · 2B: Ken Kaiser · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darin Erstad	5	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Schofield	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tim Salmon	5	0	2	2	0	1
George Arias	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chris Pritchett	4	0	1	0	0	2
Todd Greene	3	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Palmeiro	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chris Turner	2	0	0	0	1	0
Robert Eenhoorn	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jorge Fabregas	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Edmonds	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chili Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damon Buford	3	1	1	1	2	2
Lou Frazier	3	0	1	0	2	2
Luis Ortiz	5	1	2	1	0	0
Lee Stevens	2	0	0	0	2	1
Jack Voigt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rene Gonzales	4	1	0	0	0	1
Kurt Stillwell	2	1	1	0	1	0
Benji Gil	3	0	2	1	1	0
Kevin Brown	1	0	0	1	2	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Finley	5.1	7	6	5
Jason Grimsley	0.2	0	1	1
Robert Ellis	2.0	0	3	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darren Oliver	6.0	5	2	4
Jose Alberro	1.0	3	0	0
Ed Vosberg	0.1	2	0	0
Gil Heredia	1.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darin Erstad: K
Dick Schofield: 7/L78S
Tim Salmon: S4/P34D
George Arias: 13/G15

Bot 1

Damon Buford: K
Lou Frazier: K
Luis Ortiz: HR/L7D
Lee Stevens: W
Jack Voigt: 43/G4

Top 2

Chris Pritchett: 5/P2L
Todd Greene: 6/P6MD
Orlando Palmeiro: S6/G4M
Chris Turner: 13/L1

Bot 2

Rene Gonzales: 63/56
Kurt Stillwell: W
Benji Gil: S8/L89M.1-2
Kevin Brown: K
Damon Buford: K

Top 3

Robert Eenhoorn: 9/L89S
Darin Erstad: S3/G3
Dick Schofield: W.1-2
Tim Salmon: 3/P3SF
George Arias: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 3

Lou Frazier: D7/L5L
Luis Ortiz: 13/G4MS.2-3
Lee Stevens: K
Jack Voigt: 63/G6

Top 4

Chris Pritchett: K
Todd Greene: K
Orlando Palmeiro: S7/G56
Chris Turner: W.1-2
Robert Eenhoorn: 43/G4M

Bot 4

Rene Gonzales: E5/G56
Kurt Stillwell: 3/SH/BG34S.1-2
Benji Gil: W+WP.2-3
Kevin Brown: 7/SF/L7D.3-H(UR)
Damon Buford: CS2(24)

Top 5

Darin Erstad: 43/G4
Dick Schofield: 63/G56
Tim Salmon: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Damon Buford: HR/F7D
Lou Frazier: W
Luis Ortiz: POCS2(13)
Luis Ortiz: T9/F9LD
Lee Stevens: OA.3XH(21)
Lee Stevens: W
Jack Voigt: 9/L9M

Top 6

George Arias: HR/F7D
Chris Pritchett: K
Todd Greene: 8/F8LM
Orlando Palmeiro: E6/G6
Chris Turner: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Rene Gonzales: 63/G6M
Kurt Stillwell: D8/L78D
Benji Gil: S8/L4M.2-H;B-2
Kevin Brown: W
Damon Buford: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Frazier: K
Luis Ortiz: 8/L8RD

Top 7

Chris Turner: 3/P3F
Robert Eenhoorn: S7/L56
Darin Erstad: 7/L7D
Dick Schofield: S8/G6M.1-3
Tim Salmon: T8/L89D.3-H;1-H
George Arias: 3/P3

Bot 7

Lee Stevens: 3/P34
Jack Voigt: 43/G4M
Rene Gonzales: K

Top 8

Chris Pritchett: S5/G5S
Jorge Fabregas: S2/BP2.1-2
Orlando Palmeiro: 56(1)/FO/BG5S.2-3;B-1
Jim Edmonds: K
Chili Davis: 6/P6D

Bot 8

Kurt Stillwell: 43/G4M
Benji Gil: 4/P4D
Kevin Brown: W
Damon Buford: W.1-2
Lou Frazier: W.2-3;1-2
Luis Ortiz: 9/F89D

Top 9

Darin Erstad: 31/G34
Dick Schofield: 63/G6
Tim Salmon: K