Belt game 18,634 · July 28, 2001
St. Louis Cardinals take the belt
St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago Cubs 7–4 on the road to start reign 8,786 of the MLB belt, the 346th for the franchise.
Chicago Cubs had held it since July 27, 2001, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
St. Louis Cardinals held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Chicago Cubs on July 29, 2001.
8,786Reign number
346Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Sosa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Machado | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ron Coomer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Cairo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Félix Heredia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Van Poppel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Young Sr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Fassero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Delino DeShields | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Hundley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Fyhrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
St. Louis Cardinals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Pujols | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Fernando Viña | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Edmonds | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Andy Benes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Edgar Renteria | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Paquette | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Kerry Robinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Placido Polanco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark McGwire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Bonilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luther Hackman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Kline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Veres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.