Belt game 22,244 · July 16, 2023
Boston Red Sox take the belt
Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs 11–5 on the road to start reign 10,521 of the MLB belt, the 571st for the franchise.
Chicago Cubs had held it since July 15, 2023, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Boston Red Sox held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Athletics on July 18, 2023.
10,521Reign number
571Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Tauchman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Christopher Morel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Trey Mancini | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Adbert Alzolay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Rucker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tucker Barnhart | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Wisdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Yan Gomes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Miles Mastrobuoni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jared Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Steele | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
Boston Red Sox
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Yoshida | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Yu Chang | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rob Refsnyder | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rafael Devers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jorge Alfaro | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Triston Casas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Turner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Duvall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Connor Wong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Enrique Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Jacques | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kutter Crawford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Christian Arroyo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jarren Duran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jake Faria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.