Belt game 21,043 · September 14, 2015
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat Houston Astros 5–3 at home to start reign 9,951 of the MLB belt, the 156th for the franchise.
Houston Astros had held it since September 13, 2015, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Texas Rangers held it for 4 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Seattle Mariners on September 18, 2015.
9,951Reign number
156Team's reign
3Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Moreland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Prince Fielder | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian Beltré | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rougned Odor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Delino DeShields | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Napoli | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jake Diekman | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Drew Stubbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Gimenez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Venable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Shawn Tolleson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Elvis Andrus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Cole Hamels | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Keone Kela | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston Astros
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Colby Rasmus | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Evan Gattis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jake Marisnick | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Kazmir | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Hank Conger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Harris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jed Lowrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Valbuena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Oliver Pérez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Springer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tony Sipp | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Villar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.