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Belt game 18,637 · August 1, 2001

San Diego Padres take the belt

San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs 4–3 at home to start reign 8,788 of the MLB belt, the 110th for the franchise.

Chicago Cubs had held it since July 29, 2001, with 1 defense over 3 days.

San Diego Padres held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Cincinnati Reds on August 3, 2001.

8,788Reign number
110Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held

Box score

San Diego Padres

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Mark Kotsay4120000————
Phil Nevin2010020————
Tony Gwynn1010100————
Alex Arias3010000————
Ryan Klesko4010101————
Ben Davis4110001————
Rickey Henderson4000001————
Bobby Jones20000017936
Emil Brown0100000————
D'Angelo Jimenez3100000————
Trevor Hoffman00000001001
Rudy Seanez00000001000
Damian Jackson0000000————
Mike Darr4000001————

Chicago Cubs

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Eric Young Sr.5020000————
Todd Hundley4121200————
Kevin Tapani20100006.1614
Sammy Sosa3010011————
Ricky Gutierrez4010001————
Matt Stairs3111101————
Ron Coomer4110000————
Félix Heredia00000000100
Michael Tucker5000000————
David Weathers00000001.2001
Fred McGriff4000003————
Gary Matthews Jr.1000000————
Delino DeShields1000001————

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

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