Belt game 18,758 · June 11, 2002
Chicago Cubs take the belt
Chicago Cubs beat Houston Astros 9–5 on the road to start reign 8,852 of the MLB belt, the 496th for the franchise.
Houston Astros had held it since June 10, 2002, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Chicago Cubs held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Houston Astros on June 12, 2002.
8,852Reign number
496Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Houston Astros
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Berkman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Richard Hidalgo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Hernández | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Jose Vizcaino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Bagwell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Ausmus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pedro Borbón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Adam Everett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Keith Ginter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Orlando Merced | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Brian L. Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Daryle Ward | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Geoff Blum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Hundley | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sammy Sosa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Bellhorn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Fred McGriff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Moises Alou | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Stynes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Girardi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Roosevelt Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Fassero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Borowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Mueller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Bere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.