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“The key is his legs are such a critical part of his game,” La Russa said. “Whether it’s defense or offense, he tweaked it one time before (strained left hamstring in early April) and it was the same so we were being very super careful with it. We have a great staff, training staff, so they’ve progressed carefully. And it just shows, No. 1, that you want to take care of his legs. Secondly, when he comes back, we’re going to be careful with his usage, kind of break him in little by little.”
MLB returned to its 10-team playoff format — five teams from each league — this year after expanding the field to 16 for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The three division winners will be seeded 1-3 based on records, while the two teams with the next-best records will earn the wild cards and play one game for the No. 4 seed.
“I’ve got some good practice at chess because I play with my kids, so that’s been a benefit for me,” he said. “But that’s always part of the game, right? Whether you’re a position coach and you’re helping the coordinator and the play-caller seeing what you’re seeing in the game. And now as a play-caller, you’ve got to continually stay on top of it. … We’re going to test it out on game day, but I think a strength of mine is to be able to see the game up top.”
With three weeks left in the regular season, the vibe at Guaranteed Rate Field grows by the day, even as the Sox basically clinched a division title by the All-Star break and have given stars such as Tim Anderson, Lance Lynn and Carlos Rodón a chance to hit pause and refresh themselves, mentally and physically, for what lies ahead.
“Great effort on our part,” manager Tony La Russa said. “Heartbreaking, very tough to lose. Cease has been outstanding, so we picked him up. That’s what we do sometimes. He picks us up, we picked him up. We had a couple chances, couldn’t do it. …
“I appreciate that. Thank you for passing on me. It added fuel to my fire,” Pierce, who had been expected to go as high as No. 2 overall, said in his acceptance speech Saturday night in Springfield, Mass. “To this day I don’t understand how I slipped to No. 10. But you know, everything happened for a reason. Going to the Celtics, I’m grateful.”
“You deal with it, you get up and play tomorrow,” he said. “The good thing about no-hitters, it’s only one loss. I know it’s been three times, but you deal with it … you understand the level of competition you’re playing against and you move on. I don’t have an answer for that.”
Coan, who threw for 366 yards and four touchdowns in Notre Dame’s season-opening 41-38 overtime victory at Florida State on Sunday, shared playing time with true freshman Tyler Buchner. But Coan directed the three-play, 75-yard scoring drive, which took just 26 seconds with the aid of two Toledo penalties.
Lombardi fired a 14-yard strike to Trayvon Rudolph, and freshman Harrison Waylee, who had 179 rushing yards, tore off scoring runs of 75 and 14 yards to come within 42-36 early in the fourth. Clint Ratkovich scored his third touchdown to give Northern Illinois the lead.
Fernandez, whose own Cinderella story captivated the Open, was overwhelmed by Raducanu’s power and angles. Still, it felt like Fernandez had a chance until the very end of the two-hour match, if only because she overcame similar adversity and deficits in earlier rounds. There was also some drama in the final game, when Raducanu took a medical timeout to bandage a nasty cut on her leg sustained while sliding on the hardcourt for a shot attempt.