Belt game 19,165 · August 30, 2004
Houston Astros take the belt
Houston Astros beat Cincinnati Reds 11–3 on the road to start reign 9,052 of the MLB belt, the 140th for the franchise.
Cincinnati Reds had held it since August 29, 2004, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Houston Astros held it for 10 days and 8 defenses, then lost it to Pittsburgh Pirates on September 9, 2004.
9,052Reign number
140Team's reign
8Defenses
10Days held
Box score
Cincinnati Reds
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wily Mo Peña | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Sean Casey | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Freel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Austin Kearns | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Dunn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Felipe López | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason LaRue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Phil Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Gabe White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Castro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Riedling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Van Poppel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| John Vander Wal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Barry Larkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Houston Astros
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Berkman | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Vizcaino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Kent | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brad Ausmus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Craig Biggio | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Bagwell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Bruntlett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Lamb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Gallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pete Munro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Jason Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Russ Springer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Bullinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chad Harville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.