SAN DIEGO – In an ideal world, Lucas Sims could have come out of the Cincinnati Reds bullpen on Thursday against the San Diego Padres.
With the Reds leading 4-2 in the top of the ninth inning, manager David Bell theoretically could have called upon Sims, who leads the Reds with seven saves this season.
Instead, Bell went deeper into his bullpen with a few of the Reds best relief options unavailable.
“We had a few guys tonight that weren’t options because of how much we’ve used them recently,” Bell said. “We just went up against a good team, good hitters.