Belt game 18,009 · August 22, 1997
New York Mets take the belt
New York Mets beat San Diego Padres 9–8 at home to start reign 8,473 of the MLB belt, the 136th for the franchise.
San Diego Padres had held it since August 21, 1997, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
New York Mets held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to San Diego Padres on August 24, 1997.
8,473Reign number
136Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
New York Mets
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Hundley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Baerga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Franco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Butch Huskey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Lopez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carl Everett | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rey Ordonez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| John Olerud | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Franco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernard Gilkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian McRae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pete Harnisch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Mel Rojas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Yorkis Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Ochoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Cory Lidle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Bohanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
San Diego Padres
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Finley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Quilvio Veras | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| John Flaherty | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Sweeney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ken Caminiti | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Archi Cianfrocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tony Gwynn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Gomez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Trevor Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Joey Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tim Worrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Shipley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dario Veras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Vaughn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Doug Bochtler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cunnane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.