Belt game 17,861 · September 9, 1996
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat Toronto Blue Jays 4–3 on the road to start reign 8,401 of the MLB belt, the 68th for the franchise.
Toronto Blue Jays had held it since September 7, 1996, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Texas Rangers held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Toronto Blue Jays on September 11, 1996.
8,401Reign number
68Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Toronto Blue Jays
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Carter | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Otis Nixon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Shawn Green | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| John Olerud | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Tomás Pérez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Delgado | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Charlie O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Jacob Brumfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Cairo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Shannon Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ed Sprague Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pat Hentgen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Tettleton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark McLemore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dean Palmer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Clark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Darryl Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Gross | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Elster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Henneman | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Stanton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Pavlik | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Warren Newson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.