Belt game 18,632 · July 26, 2001
St. Louis Cardinals take the belt
St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago Cubs 3–1 on the road to start reign 8,784 of the MLB belt, the 345th for the franchise.
Chicago Cubs had held it since July 24, 2001, with 1 defense over 2 days.
St. Louis Cardinals held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Cubs on July 27, 2001.
8,784Reign number
345Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Tapani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Miguel Cairo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Coomer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Van Poppel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sammy Sosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Young Sr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Machado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Delino DeShields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Girardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
St. Louis Cardinals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McGwire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bud Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Albert Pujols | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Fernando Viña | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Placido Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgar Renteria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Christiansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Kline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Lankford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Paquette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dave Veres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Edmonds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Matheny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.