<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: URipken waqala isizini ka-1996 kancane, kodwa ukudlala kwakhe kwaba ngcono njengoba isizini yayiqhubeka. NgoJuni 14 eKauffman Stadium eKansas City bebhekene neRoyals, uRipken waphula irekhodi lomhlaba lemidlalo elandelanayo edlalwe ngokudlala emdlalweni wakhe wama-2.216th. Umlando wawuphethwe uSachio Kinugasa waseJapane. UKinugasa wayesemdlalweni ukuze abuke uRipken ephula irekhodi lakhe. NgoJulayi 15, uRipken wadluliselwa esisekelweni sesithathu njengesivivinyo, uManny Alexander ethatha isikhundla esifushane. Watshelwa ukuthi lolu shintsho luzoba olungapheli kodwa wabuyiselwa emuva endaweni yokugcina ngemuva kokuthi u-Alexander ethole isibhakela esisodwa emidlalweni yakhe eyisithupha endaweni yokugcina. URipken wabonakala emidlalweni engu-163 ngesikhathi sesizini ejwayelekile ngo-1996, washaya.278 ngama-home run angu-26, ama-RBI angu-102, kanye nephesenti le-.980 e-shortstop. Wabuyela kuma-playoff okokuqala eminyakeni engu-13 njengoba i-Orioles yanqoba i-AL Wild Card. Ku-AL Division Series, iBaltimore yahlula iCleveland emidlalweni emine, kanti uRipken washaya.444 kulolu chungechunge. Isilinganiso sakhe sehle saba ngu.250  <response>: I-ALCS njengoba i-Orioles yanqotshwa emidlalweni emihlanu yiYankees. 