With the bases loaded, Bobby Bonilla got his only hit of the game: a grand slam off Paul Shuey, which made it 9–3 Orioles.

In the bottom of the first, after two two-out walks, first baseman Kevin Seitzer's error on Bobby Bonilla's ground ball gave the Orioles the lead.

In the eighth, the Indians loaded the bases on two singles off Jesse Orosco and walk off Armando Benitez before a misjudged fly ball by Brady Anderson from Julio Franco allowed them to tie the game at four, but, in the bottom of the eighth, the Orioles loaded the bases with no outs on a double and two walks off Eric Plunk, then a B.J.

In the top of the fourth, B. J. Surhoff silenced the crowd with a towering three-run home run after two singles that gave the Orioles their first lead of the night.

In the top of the second, back-to-back lead-off home runs by Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Bonilla gave the Orioles a 2–0 lead.

The bats on both sides were then silenced until the top of the ninth inning, when José Mesa came on in a save situation and looked to extend the series to a deciding Game 5.

In the top of the 12th, the Orioles recaptured the lead when Roberto Alomar (who would play for Cleveland later in his career) hit the go-ahead home run.

1996 ALDS (3–1): Baltimore Orioles over Cleveland Indians John Burkett took the mound for the Rangers in their first ever postseason game, facing David Cone.

The Yankees would get a run in the bottom half when Tino Martinez doubled with one out and scored on Mariano Duncan's RBI single but no more.

In the top of the second, innings Juan González's second home run of the series gave the Rangers a 1–0 edge, but two walks and a groundout allowed the Yankees to tie the game in the bottom half on Jim Leyritz's forceout.

In the seventh, innings Charlie Hayes lifted a sacrifice fly off Dennis Cook to make it a one-run game, the run charged to Hill.

Then in the fifth inning, Kevin Elster walked, stole second and scored on Iván Rodríguez's RBI double to give the Rangers a 2–1 edge.

His pinch-runner, Damon Buford would advance to third on a sacrifice bunt by Mark McLemore and a groundout from pinch hitter Warren Newson.

That put Buford 90 feet away and the winning run at the plate, but John Wetteland got Darryl Hamilton to strike out to end the game.

Rogers pitched a scoreless first but in the second the Rangers struck for two on RBI hits by Mickey Tettleton after a leadoff double and Iván Rodríguez two outs later after a single.

After a Joe Girardi single loaded the bases off Danny Patterson, Jeter's RBI groundout made it a one-run game.

In the seventh inning, the Yankees completed a four-run comeback by taking the lead on Cecil Fielder's RBI single with two on.