During Wednesday's game against the Dodgers, 🇨🇦 Joey Votto popped out to first base for the first time in his 13-year career. It took him 6,827 plate appearances to do so. 😱
Joey VottoThe slugger somehow had made 6,827 plate appearances over 13 seasons with the Reds without ever popping out to first. He finally did it in Cincinnati’s 3-2 loss at Dodger Stadium, fouling out to Cody Bellinger to end the eighth.
The six-time all-star first baseman is a career .310 hitter, always showing strong plate discipline and rarely wasting at-bats. Votto had popped up only 88 previous times in his career, including only seven popups from 2010-18.More from Sportsnet
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