Belt game 17,984 · July 26, 1997
San Diego Padres take the belt
San Diego Padres beat New York Mets 5–3 at home to start reign 8,461 of the MLB belt, the 106th for the franchise.
New York Mets had held it since July 23, 1997, with 2 defenses over 3 days.
San Diego Padres held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Philadelphia Phillies on July 28, 1997.
8,461Reign number
106Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
San Diego Padres
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gwynn | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Gomez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Steve Finley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rickey Henderson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ken Caminiti | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wally Joyner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Quilvio Veras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Bruske | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mandy Romero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Trevor Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Doug Bochtler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Mets
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Huskey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carl Everett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rey Ordonez | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Ochoa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Baerga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Bernard Gilkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Hundley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Franco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Acevedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| John Olerud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.