Belt game 18,798 · July 27, 2002
Chicago Cubs take the belt
Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis Cardinals 7–3 on the road to start reign 8,874 of the MLB belt, the 497th for the franchise.
St. Louis Cardinals had held it since July 25, 2002, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Chicago Cubs held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to St. Louis Cardinals on July 28, 2002.
8,874Reign number
497Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placido Polanco | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim Edmonds | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgar Renteria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Matthews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eduardo Perez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Luther Hackman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Cairo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Albert Pujols | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Simontacchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Mike Timlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J.D. Drew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tino Martinez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kerry Robinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Eli Marrero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Matheny | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Alou | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Bill Mueller | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Angel Echevarria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Hundley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Darren Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sammy Sosa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Corey Patterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Bellhorn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Mahoney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kerry Wood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.