Belt game 19,404 · April 24, 2006
Oakland Athletics take the belt
Oakland Athletics beat Texas Rangers 3–2 on the road to start reign 9,159 of the MLB belt, the 491st for the franchise.
Texas Rangers had held it since April 21, 2006, with 2 defenses over 3 days.
Oakland Athletics held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Texas Rangers on April 25, 2006.
9,159Reign number
491Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Mench | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Wilkerson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Young | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Phil Nevin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Teixeira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Mahay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Alfonseca | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akinori Otsuka | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C.J. Wilson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Hank Blalock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rod Barajas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Millwood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ellis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Nick Swisher | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Marco Scutaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Chavez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Kendall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Kotsay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Blanton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Justin Duchscherer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Antonio Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Milton Bradley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Kennedy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kiko Calero | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.