In the ninth inning of the Reds' 7-0 win Saturday over the Astros, Chris Heisey slugged his Major League-leading fourth pinch-hit home run of the season. Heisey entered Sunday with six homers overall in 49 games while batting .297. Pinch-hitting is supposed to be hard, especially for a rookie, isn't it? "I had never done it, so there were no expectations," Heisey said Sunday morning. "First I had to just watch the other guys do it. You figure out when the situation is going to arise, when we're going to double switch. You look at the bullpen and see if somebody's warming up. If the pitcher's spot is coming up, you have a good idea we'll pinch-hit. I try to go back and get a little bit of a sweat going, get my legs loose and take a couple of swings in the cage generally. Then I go out and do my best." Heisey, who started Sunday in right field, came in batting .240 in the 14 games he started. As a pinch-hitter in 23 games, he's batting .412 (7-for-17) with a .522 on-base percentage. "[I told him] 'You should stay ready and pay attention in the game," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "You should know what a guy is throwing. It's a hard job, but I try to match him up against certain kinds of guys, too. He's always ready. There are certain guys I try not to match him up against yet." http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news...12606528&vkey=notebook_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin
