Belt game 18,745 · May 27, 2002
St. Louis Cardinals take the belt
St. Louis Cardinals beat Houston Astros 4–3 on the road to start reign 8,844 of the MLB belt, the 348th for the franchise.
Houston Astros had held it since May 26, 2002, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
St. Louis Cardinals held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Houston Astros on May 29, 2002.
8,844Reign number
348Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Houston Astros
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Lugo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Richard Hidalgo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Berkman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Biggio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Vizcaino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Bagwell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Ausmus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Roy Oswalt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Ricky Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Gregg Zaun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Orlando Merced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian L. Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Daryle Ward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Octavio Dotel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placido Polanco | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Tino Martinez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Albert Pujols | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Fernando Viña | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Edmonds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eli Marrero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Cairo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgar Renteria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darryl Kile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Gene Stechschulte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| J.D. Drew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dave Veres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.