Belt game 18,194 · September 12, 1998
Detroit Tigers take the belt
Detroit Tigers beat Boston Red Sox 3–2 on the road to start reign 8,568 of the MLB belt, the 559th for the franchise.
Boston Red Sox had held it since September 11, 1998, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Detroit Tigers held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Chicago White Sox on September 14, 1998.
8,568Reign number
559Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Boston Red Sox
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomar Garciaparra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Midre Cummings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Troy O'Leary | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Benjamin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mandy Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pete Schourek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Mo Vaughn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Donnie Sadler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Gordon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren Bragg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Trot Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Valentin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Derek Lowe | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Detroit Tigers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Randa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tony Clark | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Damion Easley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Encarnacion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Wood | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Higginson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Anderson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Siddall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deivi Cruz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Catalanotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bryce Florie | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimera Bartee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian L. Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.