Belt game 19,759 · May 13, 2008
Cleveland Indians take the belt
Cleveland Indians beat Oakland Athletics 4–0 at home to start reign 9,327 of the MLB belt, the 569th for the franchise.
Oakland Athletics had held it since May 11, 2008, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Cleveland Indians held it for 3 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Cincinnati Reds on May 16, 2008.
9,327Reign number
569Team's reign
2Defenses
3Days held
Box score
Cleveland Indians
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Hafner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Victor Martinez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Garko | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Grady Sizemore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Byrd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Masa Kobayashi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Casey Blake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rafael Perez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| David Dellucci | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sweeney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Crosby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Donnie Murphy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Hannahan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Duchscherer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Alan Embree | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Emil Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Andrew Brown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Cust | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Daric Barton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rajai Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kurt Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.
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