On Tuesday night, after the Cincinnati Reds game against the Arizona Diamondbacks had been delayed, relief pitcher Lucas Sims walked into manager David Bell’s office.
Whenever the game resumed, Sims wanted to be on the mound with the bases loaded. He wanted to make up for the run he allowed the night before in the pouring rain.
“He was going to sleep on it, but I was pretty emphatic,” Sims said. “I wanted a shot at redemption, I guess. Last night, that’s not me.”
One day later, Sims returned with the bases loaded and the Reds trailing by one run. Sims got out of the inning, but the Reds lost 5-4 to the Diamondbacks in a game that was decided during Tuesday night’s mid-game rainstorm.
The last time he took the mound, on Tuesday night against the Diamondbacks, it was sleeting and raining at Great American Ball Park. He walked in the go-ahead run as the weather turned worse, and that was the last batter he faced before the game was suspended to Wednesday.
