CINCINNATI, OHIO - JULY 17: Heath Hembree #55 of the Cincinnati Reds pitches during a game. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Heath Hembree gave up a game-winning home run in the ninth inning last night and the Cincinnati Reds failed to make up ground on the Milwaukee Brewers. With the trade deadline additions to the bullpen, David Bell no longer needs to rely on Hembree late in games.
I’m not out to heap blame onto Hembree or Bell. Mychal Givens, the Reds’ newest acquisition, loaded the bases in the eighth inning, and were it not for an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play, Cincinnati may have been trailing heading into the bottom half of the inning.