Belt game 18,739 · May 21, 2002
Chicago Cubs take the belt
Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 at home to start reign 8,842 of the MLB belt, the 492nd for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Pirates had held it since May 19, 2002, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Chicago Cubs held it for 5 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Houston Astros on May 26, 2002.
8,842Reign number
492Team's reign
4Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Girardi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Sammy Sosa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Fred McGriff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bill Mueller | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Hill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Roosevelt Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Augie Ojeda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Jeff Fassero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Patterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Delino DeShields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Borowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Pittsburgh Pirates
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Wilson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Osik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Abraham O. Nunez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian Brown | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Giles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Chad Hermansen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Rob Mackowiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Aramis Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Fogg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Boehringer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Beimel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Kendall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.