Belt game 19,886 · April 6, 2009
Chicago Cubs take the belt
Chicago Cubs beat Houston Astros 4–2 on the road to start reign 9,392 of the MLB belt, the 509th for the franchise.
Houston Astros had held it since September 28, 2008, with 0 defenses over 190 days.
Chicago Cubs held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Houston Astros on April 7, 2009.
9,392Reign number
509Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Houston Astros
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Tejada | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Bourn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Geoff Blum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kazuo Matsui | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Lance Berkman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Roy Oswalt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Hunter Pence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Darin Erstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Geoff Geary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fontenot | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Alfonso Soriano | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Micah Hoffpauir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Geovany Soto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Aramis Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Theriot | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Neal Cotts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Gregg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Zambrano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Derrek Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Milton Bradley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Joey Gathright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Kosuke Fukudome | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Heilman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Marmol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.