Belt game 20,176 · September 1, 2010
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat Kansas City Royals 4–3 on the road to start reign 9,552 of the MLB belt, the 128th for the franchise.
Kansas City Royals had held it since August 31, 2010, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Texas Rangers held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Minnesota Twins on September 3, 2010.
9,552Reign number
128Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Kansas City Royals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Maier | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brayan Peña | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Aviles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wilson Betemit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bryan Bullington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Billy Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Grégor Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Philip Humber | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gil Meche | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Gordon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Murphy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Julio Borbon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Andrés Blanco | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mitch Moreland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Nelson Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Young | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Kirkman | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hunter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Bengie Molina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren O'Day | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Neftalí Feliz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren Oliver | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Andrus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.