Belt game 18,387 · April 20, 2000
Cleveland Indians take the belt
Cleveland Indians beat Oakland Athletics 9–5 at home to start reign 8,659 of the MLB belt, the 541st for the franchise.
Oakland Athletics had held it since April 18, 2000, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Cleveland Indians held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Seattle Mariners on April 25, 2000.
8,659Reign number
541Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Cleveland Indians
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Thome | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Enrique Wilson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Einar Díaz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jacob Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Manny Ramirez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| David Justice | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kenny Lofton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Travis Fryman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Shuey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ricardo Rincon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Kamieniecki | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Burba | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Steve Karsay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Fasano | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Olmedo Saenz | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Tejada | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Chavez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Grieve | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Jorge Velandia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rich Becker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeremy Giambi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Giambi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tim Hudson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Frank Menechino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Mahay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| T.J. Mathews | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Christenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| John Jaha | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.
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