Belt game 18,030 · September 12, 1997
Detroit Tigers take the belt
Detroit Tigers beat Oakland Athletics 7–2 on the road to start reign 8,484 of the MLB belt, the 546th for the franchise.
Oakland Athletics had held it since September 10, 1997, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Detroit Tigers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Athletics on September 13, 1997.
8,484Reign number
546Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Mayne | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason McDonald | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Spiezio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Giambi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Small | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Mohler | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Magadan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Ludwick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Miguel Tejada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Grieve | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Bellhorn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Detroit Tigers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Fryman | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Higginson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deivi Cruz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Encarnacion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tony Clark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Raul Casanova | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Damion Easley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian L. Hunter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jimmy Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Greg Keagle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Mike Myers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Miceli | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bob Hamelin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.