ATLANTA – Joey Votto put his name next to Ty Cobb and Pete Rose in the record books Wednesday, and he nearly single-handedly carried the Cincinnati Reds back from a five-run deficit against the Atlanta Braves.
Votto did everything he could. He homered twice, reached base in five of his six plate appearances and hit a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning.
He just couldn’t stop the Braves from pulling a comeback of their own in the bottom of the 11th inning. Atlanta was down to its final out when Ozzie Albies launched a walk-off, three-run homer to right field to hand the Reds a painful 8-6 loss in 11 innings at Truist Park in front of a crowd of 23,375.