ST. LOUIS — If Sunday finishes up as Joey Votto‘s ultimate recreation with the Cincinnati Reds, it was once a trim one.
The 40-year-old first baseman was once ejected through plate umpire Shane Livensparger next the primary inning of the sport towards the St. Louis Cardinals.
Votto was once given a temporary ovation right through his at-bat within the manage part, struck out on a nasty and returned to the dugout with out argument.
Prior to the manage of the second one, Votto got here onto the ground trailed through Reds supervisor David Bell and had a dialog with Livensparger, who was once joined through third-base umpire Phil Cuzzi. Votto upcoming returned to the dugout and headed to the clubhouse. The ejection was once the fifteenth of Votto’s profession.
“I cannot holler at the umpire from our teams bench,” Votto said in a post on X, previously Twitter. “He was completely justified in ejecting me. For those that wanted to see me play today, I am sorry.”
Tyler Stephenson changed Votto in the beginning underpinning within the base of the second one.
Votto is finishing a 12-year, $251.5 million word. The 2010 Nationwide League MVP has no longer mentioned whether or not he intends to play games later season.
He collision .202 with 14 house runs and 38 RBIs this season. He didn’t build his season debut till June 19 next a 10-month absence that adopted an operation to fix his left biceps and rotator cuff.
A six-time All-Big name, Votto has a .294 moderate with 356 house runs and 1,144 RBIs in 17 seasons.
