1996 ALCS Game 4 vs Baltimore Orioles
Darryl Strawberry homers twice as the Yankees go up 3–1 in Baltimore.
Game 4 of the 1996 American League Championship Series was played on Saturday, October 12, 1996, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8–4 to take a 3–1 series lead.
Quick Facts
- Date
- October 12, 1996
- Venue
- Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
- Score
- Yankees 8, Orioles 4
- Winning pitcher
- David Weathers
- Losing pitcher
- Rocky Coppinger
- Yankees home runs
- Darryl Strawberry 2
- Bernie Williams
- Paul O'Neill
- Series after game
- Yankees lead 3–1
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Background
Bernie Williams hit a two-run home run in the first inning off Rocky Coppinger, Darryl Strawberry homered twice and Paul O'Neill hit a two-run shot; Chris Hoiles homered for Baltimore. Reliever David Weathers got the win after replacing Kenny Rogers in the fourth, and Mariano Rivera escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the eighth by striking out Hoiles and Brady Anderson and getting Todd Zeile to pop up. John Wetteland retired the Orioles in order in the ninth.
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