Belt game 18,520 · September 16, 2000
Detroit Tigers take the belt
Detroit Tigers beat Boston Red Sox 12–2 at home to start reign 8,730 of the MLB belt, the 574th for the franchise.
Boston Red Sox had held it since September 14, 2000, with 2 defenses over 2 days.
Detroit Tigers held it for 3 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Chicago White Sox on September 19, 2000.
8,730Reign number
574Team's reign
2Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Detroit Tigers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Encarnacion | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Higginson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dean Palmer | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Damion Easley | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Shane Halter | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Deivi Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Billy McMillon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Ausmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Macias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rod Lindsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Javier Cardona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Wendell Magee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Fick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Hideo Nomo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Dusty Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Bernero | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Boston Red Sox
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Daubach | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Hatteberg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dante Bichette | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Izzy Alcantara | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Troy O'Leary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Trot Nixon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Lansing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Midre Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Paxton Crawford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Rick Croushore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Carl Everett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Manny Alexander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sang-Hoon Lee | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ontiveros | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bernard Gilkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Lou Merloni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Donnie Sadler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.