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I was happy about how I attacked the zone. I think I probably could have picked some spots. I made a few different pitches. Before Sims took the mound, Garrett emerged from the bullpen for the bottom of the sixth inning.

They had some pretty bad swings on them, so I was just going to stay right there and just work to my strengths. I need that. I would never take anything away from him, but I just won the battle today. As Cincinnati Reds reliever Tejay Antone recovered from Tommy John surgery in , he posted a photo of his arm on social media.

Antone could only hit 95 mph occasionally. Four years later, on Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers, Antone threw a I'm just a competitor at heart, so when you tell me I can't do something, I'm going to get after it and try to do it.

But Antone has had a different role than the rest of those pitchers. While the other three pitchers average 9. On Friday, he entered the game in the seventh and pitched two scoreless innings. Antone emerged as the most productive reliever on the team, and Garrett blew a save on April Beginning on April 22, Antone and Sims became the duo at the back of the Reds bullpen.

More: Jesse Winker leaves Cincinnati Reds game vs. Dodgers after hit by pitch. Between April 22 and June 6, either Antone or Sims pitched in all but three ninth innings when the Reds were tied or had a lead of four runs or fewer.

In two of the three exceptions, Sims and Antone were both unavailable to pitch due to how much they had pitched recently. As a result, the only time when Bell burned both Sims and Antone before the ninth inning was a wild win on May 2 over the Chicago Cubs. After pitching June 6, Antone went on the injured list. More: Kyle Boddy, director of pitching, among minor league staff leaving Cincinnati Reds. The bullpen was in flux between June 22 and June During that time, Antone came back from the injured list and then suffered a strain in his right forearm.

Sims also suffered an arm injury during that window and went on the IL.