Belt game 17,970 · July 12, 1997
Atlanta Braves take the belt
Atlanta Braves beat New York Mets 7–4 at home to start reign 8,454 of the MLB belt, the 436th for the franchise.
New York Mets had held it since July 4, 1997, with 4 defenses over 8 days.
Atlanta Braves held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to New York Mets on July 13, 1997.
8,454Reign number
436Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Atlanta Braves
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Klesko | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Tucker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Fred McGriff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Andruw Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eddie Pérez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Lockhart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Bielecki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Belliard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Alan Embree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Bautista | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Wohlers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mordecai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Greg Maddux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Mark Lemke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Mets
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Huskey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Baerga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bernard Gilkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rey Ordonez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Hundley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Franco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Acevedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Carl Everett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| John Olerud | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Ochoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.