Belt game 18,701 · April 10, 2002
Cincinnati Reds take the belt
Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates 8–5 on the road to start reign 8,821 of the MLB belt, the 348th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Pirates had held it since April 3, 2002, with 4 defenses over 7 days.
Cincinnati Reds held it for 4 days and 3 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Phillies on April 14, 2002.
8,821Reign number
348Team's reign
3Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armando Rios | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Aramis Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pokey Reese | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Giles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Sauerbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rob Mackowiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Osik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Abraham O. Nunez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Young | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Boehringer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Jack Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Kip Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jason Kendall | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Cincinnati Reds
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Encarnacion | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Dunn | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Walker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Sean Casey | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Gookie Dawkins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Boone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Wilton Guerrero | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Barry Larkin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Reggie Taylor | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Gabe White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Acevedo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luis Pineda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Danny Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason LaRue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.