Belt game 18,696 · April 3, 2002
Pittsburgh Pirates take the belt
Pittsburgh Pirates beat New York Mets 5–3 on the road to start reign 8,820 of the MLB belt, the 399th for the franchise.
New York Mets had held it since April 1, 2002, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Pittsburgh Pirates held it for 7 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Cincinnati Reds on April 10, 2002.
8,820Reign number
399Team's reign
4Defenses
7Days held
Box score
New York Mets
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mo Vaughn | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Piazza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Trachsel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| David Weathers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rey Ordonez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Valentin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kane Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Payton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Roger Cedeno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Pittsburgh Pirates
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokey Reese | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Armando Rios | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Young | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Kendall | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Benjamin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Sauerbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Mackowiak | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Fetters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abraham O. Nunez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Boehringer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Adrian Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kip Wells | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Beimel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.