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Belt game 16,975 · April 14, 1991

Houston Astros take the belt

Houston Astros beat San Francisco Giants 7–2 at home to start reign 7,968 of the MLB belt, the 101st for the franchise.

San Francisco Giants had held it since April 13, 1991, with 0 defenses over 1 day.

Houston Astros held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Braves on April 16, 1991.

7,968Reign number
101Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Houston Astros

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Craig Biggio4240000————
Casey Candaele4020200————
Jimmy Jones30100007.1526
Steve Finley3210010————
Luis Gonzalez4110101————
Ken Caminiti3111311————
Curt Schilling00000001.2103
Mark Davidson1000000————
Ken Oberkfell2100021————
Karl Rhodes2000110————
Eric Yelding5000002————

San Francisco Giants

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Kevin Bass4010001————
Kevin Mitchell4010100————
Matt Williams4010000————
Will Clark2110121————
Terry Kennedy4010001————
Mike Felder1010000————
John Burkett10000004642
Robby Thompson3100011————
Willie McGee4000002————
Trevor Wilson00000002332
Greg Litton2000001————
Mike Kingery1000000————
Mark Leonard1000001————
Don Robinson00000001100
Mike Benjamin2000001————
Jeff Brantley00000001001

Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.

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