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Belt game 18,630 · July 24, 2001

Chicago Cubs take the belt

Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates 10–2 at home to start reign 8,783 of the MLB belt, the 484th for the franchise.

Pittsburgh Pirates had held it since July 22, 2001, with 0 defenses over 2 days.

Chicago Cubs held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to St. Louis Cardinals on July 26, 2001.

8,783Reign number
484Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Chicago Cubs

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Nelson Figueroa32300007.2722
Marlon Anderson4120010————
Bobby Abreu4120111————
Tomás Pérez4222200————
Scott Rolen5120302————
Travis Lee3111300————
Doug Glanville4110112————
Brian L. Hunter4010002————
Cliff Politte01000101.1001
Johnny Estrada4000001————
Kevin Jordan1000000————

Pittsburgh Pirates

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Vladimir Guerrero4121100————
Tony Armas10100003863
Jose Vidro1010000————
Lee Stevens3010011————
Ryan Minor3111100————
Brad Wilkerson3010000————
Peter Bergeron3000000————
Mark Smith1000000————
Masato Yoshii00000003.2314
Fernando Seguignol1000000————
Orlando Cabrera4000000————
Geoff Blum4000001————
Joey Eischen00000001.1331
Randy Knorr4000001————

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

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