"Joey Votto doesn't think Wrigley Field has anything to do with it, i.e, it's just a weird coincidence that his long on-base streaks have both ended there.

Votto failed to reach base Sunday for the first time this year. It ended his streak at 33 games, one short of the club record for the start of the season. Votto had his 41-game on base streak end here last year.

"I don't think it has anything to do with it," he said. "It just so happens that I ended it here."

Last year's streak ended when Votto was ejected in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. He argued briefly with home plate umpire Bob Davidson Sunday after a check-swing strikeout. But he said he wasn't in danger of getting ejected.

"Not even close from my perspective," he said.

Votto's average is down to .333. But he went into Sunday with a National League-leading 29 walks -- seven more than anyone else.

"Joey's better than he's playing right now," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "They're pitching him tough."

Votto is 3-for-his-last-21.

"You go through stretches where you miss," he said. "I've been missing lately. It'll pass.""