Belt game 20,750 · May 4, 2014
St. Louis Cardinals take the belt
St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago Cubs 5–4 on the road to start reign 9,812 of the MLB belt, the 396th for the franchise.
Chicago Cubs had held it since April 30, 2014, with 2 defenses over 4 days.
St. Louis Cardinals held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Atlanta Braves on May 6, 2014.
9,812Reign number
396Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Chicago Cubs
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Valbuena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Anthony Rizzo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Kalish | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Hammel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Wesley Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Bonifácio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Starlin Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Coghlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Héctor Rondón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Junior Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Villanueva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darwin Barney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Grimm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Welington Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Baker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Nate Schierholtz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
St. Louis Cardinals
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ellis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Matt Adams | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Randal Grichuk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jon Jay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Yadier Molina | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jhonny Peralta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Siegrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lance Lynn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Matt Holliday | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Allen Craig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Peter Bourjos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Martinez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.