Votto went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, four overall RBI, two runs and a walk in Friday's 9-2 victory over the Dodgers.

EDGE Analysis

He jump-started matters in the first inning by smacking his 20th homer of the season, a 408-foot shot to center that plated Billy Hamilton and Ivan De Jesus, Jr. He drove in his fourth run of the day in the fourth with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning. Votto's amazing resurgence, which has primarily unfolded in the second half, has seen him slash .413/.549/.627 in July and an even better .417/.500/.650 to date in August, raising his season average a whopping 49 points since July 1.