Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery. March 10, 1996: Webster Garrison was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 1 || Blue Jays || 6–9 || Hanson || Reyes (0–1) || Timlin || 7,294 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 3 || Blue Jays || 4–10 || Hentgen || Prieto (0–1) || — || 8,050 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 4 || Tigers || 9–10 (15) || Keagle || Small (0–1) || — || 8,346 || 0–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 5 || Tigers || 13–2 || Johns (1–0) || Gohr || — || 11,149 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 6 || Tigers || 1–6 || Lira || Reyes (0–2) || — || 10,424 || 1–4 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || April 7 || Tigers || 7–6 || Corsi (1–0) || Williams || — || 9,723 || 2–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 9 || @ Brewers || 4–10 || McDonald || Van Poppel (0–1) || — || 42,090 || 2–5 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 8 || April 11 || @ Brewers || 11–0 || Johns (2–0) || Karl || — || 12,236 || 3–5 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 9 || April 12 || @ White Sox || 7–2 || Reyes (1–2) || Fernandez || — || 13,623 || 4–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 13 || @ White Sox || 5–6 (12) || Karchner || Wengert (0–1) || — || 15,812 || 4–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 11 || April 14 || @ White Sox || 10–5 || Groom (1–0) || Simas || — || 15,236 || 5–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 12 || April 15 || @ Rangers || 8–3 || Mohler (1–0) || Heredia || — || 19,312 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Rangers || 3–5 || Witt || Johns (2–1) || Henneman || 20,948 || 6–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Rangers || 1–12 || Hill || Reyes (1–3) || — || 24,120 || 6–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 19 || White Sox || 3–4 || Karchner || Briscoe (0–1) || Hernandez || 31,320 || 6–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 20 || White Sox || 3–8 || Tapani || Van Poppel (0–2) || — || 16,480 || 6–10