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Brandon Belt's 21-Pitch At-Bat Breaks MLB Record for Most Pitches Seen in an AB

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt certainly waited for his pitch in his first at-bat of Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels.

As the MLB account showed, he saw 21 pitches against Jaime Barria in the first inning before flying out to right field:

Per Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times, this broke the previous MLB record for pitches in an at-bat, originally set in 1998 in a battle between Ricky Gutierrez and Bartolo Colon.

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