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Article: Reds play some longball ; Club belts seven homers -- three by Votto -- to set record at home stadium.
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- May 8, 2008
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CINCINNATI -- With three home runs off three pitchers already in
his pocket, and with his teammates saying he should, you know, try
for No. 4, Reds first baseman Joey Votto walked to the plate in the
bottom of the eighth inning just looking to make good contact.
OK, he admitted, he was actually looking for another homer.
"I'm not going to lie -- it was in the back of my head," Votto
said. "I just thought if I put a real good swing on a good pitch, I
would have a chance. Sometimes you have games like this, and you
don't know why things go so well. You go with the flow. That last at-
bat I tried to go with it."
Alas, he grounded out to shortstop Ronny Cedeno, and soon after,
his day and the ...