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Belt game 18,379 · April 10, 2000

Cleveland Indians take the belt

Cleveland Indians beat Oakland Athletics 9–4 on the road to start reign 8,655 of the MLB belt, the 539th for the franchise.

Oakland Athletics had held it since April 9, 2000, with 0 defenses over 1 day.

Cleveland Indians held it for 4 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Texas Rangers on April 14, 2000.

8,655Reign number
539Team's reign
2Defenses
4Days held

Box score

Oakland Athletics

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Miguel Tejada4120002————
John Jaha3120011————
Frank Menechino4110002————
Matt Stairs4010002————
Eric Chavez3111211————
Ramon Hernandez4010202————
Jason Giambi4000002————
Tim Hudson———————5542
Ben Grieve3000012————
T.J. Mathews———————1.1220
Mike Magnante———————1.1200
Ryan Christenson3000002————
Rich Becker2000000————
Jeff Tam———————1.1531

Cleveland Indians

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Travis Fryman6140401————
Omar Vizquel5130110————
Jacob Cruz5120200————
Manny Ramirez3220230————
Jim Thome5210010————
David Justice4110020————
Kenny Lofton4010001————
Richie Sexson1000010————
Paul Shuey———————1102
Roberto Alomar4000021————
Scott Kamieniecki———————1.1002
Einar Díaz4100000————
Chuck Finley———————5.27410
Steve Karsay———————1002

Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.

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