Belt game 19,077 · May 21, 2004
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat New York Yankees 9–7 at home to start reign 9,005 of the MLB belt, the 88th for the franchise.
New York Yankees had held it since May 19, 2004, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Texas Rangers held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Yankees on May 23, 2004.
9,005Reign number
88Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuo Matsui | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Danny Garcia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Piazza | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Karim Garcia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Phillips | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Cameron | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ty Wigginton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Ginter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Cliff Floyd | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Braden Looper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Stanton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Zeile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Franco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Esix Snead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Vance Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Orber Moreno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Valent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
New York Yankees
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Clayton | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Vinny Castilla | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Sweeney | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kit Pellow | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Gonzalez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Nunez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Allan Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Holliday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Hawpe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Javier López | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Chacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Fassero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denny Hocking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Helton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.