Belt game 20,035 · September 27, 2009
Tampa Bay Rays take the belt
Tampa Bay Rays beat Texas Rangers 7–6 on the road to start reign 9,487 of the MLB belt, the 33rd for the franchise.
Texas Rangers had held it since September 25, 2009, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Tampa Bay Rays held it for 4 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Baltimore Orioles on October 1, 2009.
9,487Reign number
33Team's reign
3Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Cruz | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor Teagarden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ian Kinsler | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Marlon Byrd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Elvis Andrus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| David Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Francisco | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Julio Borbon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren O'Day | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Neftalí Feliz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C.J. Wilson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Blalock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Andruw Jones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Omar Vizquel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon McCarthy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Tampa Bay Rays
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Crawford | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Zobrist | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Bartlett | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Willy Aybar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dioner Navarro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| B.J. Upton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Evan Longoria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Balfour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Wheeler | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Riggans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Richard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Randy Choate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Akinori Iwamura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Gregg Zaun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Fernando Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Cormier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Gross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| David Price | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Russ Springer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabe Kapler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pat Burrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.