Belt game 18,914 · May 18, 2003
Oakland Athletics take the belt
Oakland Athletics beat Cleveland Indians 8–5 on the road to start reign 8,926 of the MLB belt, the 480th for the franchise.
Cleveland Indians had held it since May 16, 2003, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Oakland Athletics held it for 3 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Minnesota Twins on May 21, 2003.
8,926Reign number
480Team's reign
1Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Cleveland Indians
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Burks | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Milton Bradley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jody Gerut | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Casey Blake | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Shane Spencer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Boyd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danys Baez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Carl Sadler Jr. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Laker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Omar Vizquel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| John McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Anderson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Terry Mulholland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ellis | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Hatteberg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Terrence Long | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Byrnes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erubiel Durazo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Gant | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Chavez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ramon Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Singleton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Tejada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chad Bradford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ted Lilly | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Keith Foulke | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Mecir | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.