Belt game 19,962 · July 3, 2009
Cleveland Indians take the belt
Cleveland Indians beat Oakland Athletics 15–3 at home to start reign 9,443 of the MLB belt, the 572nd for the franchise.
Oakland Athletics had held it since July 1, 2009, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Cleveland Indians held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Athletics on July 5, 2009.
9,443Reign number
572Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Cleveland Indians
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-Soo Choo | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Francisco | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Grady Sizemore | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Garko | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Valbuena | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Travis Hafner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jhonny Peralta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Victor Martinez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Perez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Gimenez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rafael Perez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Huff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Mike Gosling | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sweeney | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Kennedy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kurt Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Giambi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Cust | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rajai Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Édgar González | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Buck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Crosby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Russ Springer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Holliday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Breslow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Landon Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Trevor Cahill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Santiago Casilla | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Wuertz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.
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