FRIDAY SPORTS SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 3B TRAINER’S ROOM of personnel changes because Astros ASTROS: RHP Justin Rivalry we don’t have the bodies, but CONTINUED FROM COVER Verlander (strained fore- CONTINUED FROM COVER we still have to play better.” arm) threw a bullpen Both Sweeny and Columbia him they just didn’t fi nd Wednesday in Houston. behind them. have been hurt by turnovers, any holes,” Baker said. Baker was waiting to “It’s a rivalry game, and we but they’ve been more damag- “We actually hit the ball hear more details about just have to do our job. We ing for the Bulldogs. harder than they did. It the session and remains have to worry about what we “We’re known for having didn’t work.” do and execute better then optimistic Verlander will slow starts and heating up Chad Pinder provided we did last Friday and take return before season’s later on in the season, which insurance with an RBI care of the football,” Sweeny end. The Astros have is what you want, but we have single in the seventh as head coach/Athletics Director mapped out the pitcher’s to play better,” Lynch saiid. Oakland took four of Randy Lynch said. “Brazosport “We know them and they rehab schedule for the five in the series. Liam was bigger and more physical know us and it’s going to be rest of September. “He’s Hendriks finished the than we were and pushed us a typical Battle of Bernard supposed to be on the 2-hour, 18-minute game around a bit. We just have to game.” for his 12th save. mound if everything get better each and every day.” Columbia will be coming Martín Maldonado goes well, no setbacks The Dogs will lean heav- off a win against Wharton a grounded into a here, again pretty soon,” ily on the run game as they week ago, when the running double play that scored Baker said. “Hopefully if usually have, with quarterback of Jordan and Jamaurion Houston’s lone run off everything goes well he Trace Holmes providing a dual Woodard powered a dominat- Manaea in the sixth. could be back at the end threat option. The junior has ing offensive showing. JEFF CHIU/Associated Press Olson connected in the of the month.” run for 114 yards and a touch- Jordan Woodard has ran bottom half on another Houston Astros’ Josh Reddick scores Thursday against the ATHLETICS: 3B Matt down while throwing for 225 for 297 yards and four touch- smoky, sunless day that Oakland Athletics during the sixth inning of a baseball game Chapman still wasn’t yards and another score. downs, while Jordan Woodard had the strange sight of in Oakland, Calif. ready to resume baseball With fewer players out this has run for 146 yards and two activity as he had hoped. ballpark lights on in the innings in his second big breaking but we have to season because of COVID, touchdowns. afternoon. Ash fell on the He is nursing right hip controlling the ball on offense league start. keep moving forward.” The ‘Necks, who operate out fi eld for a third straight tendinitis that forced will be key for Sweeny so its of the Wing-T, have thrown Houston’s George game. him out of Sunday’s players don’t wear down. for only 104 yards in two Astros right-hander Springer had his season- FIVE GAMES series fi nale against San “We want to run the football games, meaning the Battle José Urquidy (0-1) didn’t best nine-game hitting This marked the Diego. ... LHP A.J. Puk, and pass when we can. There of Bernard will be won like it allow a runner until streak snapped. 15th fi ve-game series in who hasn’t pitched this were a couple times we had usually is — in the trenches. Marcus Semien’s one- “Everything was going Oakland history. The year and is on the injured shots last week and it didn’t The all-time series of the out walk in the fourth the other guys’ way. A’s have never swept list with an inflamed work out very well,” Lynch Battle of Bernard is 36-30-1 and didn’t give up at hit Today was disheartening one but won four of the pitching shoulder that said. “Our defense played a with the Roughnecks leading. until Canha’s single in because we hit a lot of games in a fi ve-game set required injections, will lot of plays last week, and we the fi fth. balls hard off Manaea,” for the fourth time and be re-examined in the have to be able to control the Marqus Williams is a sports Urquidy allowed two Houston’s Josh Reddick fi rst since July 5-8, 1984, coming days by Dr. Neal ball and the line of scrim- writer for The Facts. You can runs and two hits over six said. “It’s been very heart- at Milwaukee. ElAttrache in Los Angeles. mage. We haven’t made a lot contact him at 979-237-0161.

The Lakers won Game 3 a left ankle sprain. Rockets by holding Houston to 38 ROCKETS: Houston is one of CONTINUED FROM COVER points in the second half — the franchises that has over- and set themselves up to win come a 3-1 defi cit, doing so seconds left made it 108-100, Game 4 by clamping down against the Clippers in the and the Lakers escaped. again, this time in the fi rst second round of the 2015 This is how easy things half. It was 57-41 Lakers at playoffs. . ... Harden went were for the Lakers: In the the break, meaning Houston to the line for the fi rst time third quarter, James grabbed had scored 79 points in its with 1.3 seconds left in the a defensive rebound, turned last 48 minutes of basketball. fi rst quarter; he’s now taken and fi red a 70-foot pass — FOR CONTEXT: The Rockets a fi rst-period free throw in 17 soccer throw-in style — to had 79 points in a two- of his 18 games in the bubble. 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