Tesco continues to lose out to rivals
The rivalry between supermarket giants Tesco and Sainsbury's will be in focus this week when the pair issue trading updates.
Tesco is expected to suffer another bloody nose on Monday when it reveals it has continued to lose out to rivals despite heavy discounting and a £1 billion recovery plan.
The chain, which is the UK's biggest supermarket with 2,800 stores, is fighting to win back shoppers after dire trading led to its first profits warning in 20 years, while its shares recently hit three-year lows.
Chief executive Philip Clarke, who recently declined his bonus because of the poor performance, has launched a recovery plan that has seen the grocer focus on revamping stores, hiring more staff and sharpening pricing.
Source: www.itv.com
Oregon Ducks baseball: Errors uncharacteristic for Ducks, but they won't dwell on them - Oregonian
But Sunday night in Oregon's first-ever Super Regional, those things didn't happen.
Blame it on the lack of hits -- Oregon didn't record one until the fifth inning -- and an excess of errors.
The Ducks committed three errors in their 7-6 loss to Kent State in Game 1 of the Eugene Super Regional, uncharacteristic for a team that prides itself on its .979 fielding percentage, tops in the Pac-12 and seventh in the country.
Kent State coach Scott Stricklin described Sunday's game as "sloppy," and he was right -- combined with Oregon's errors, the Golden Flashes walked 11 batters. But in the end, it is the Ducks' miscues that will be talked about more.
Starter Alex Keudell committed an error in the top of the third with Kent State leading 1-0 when he overthrew first baseman Ryon Healy, which allowed Jimmy Rider to score from second base. Keudell said afterward that he couldn't remember the last time he made an error, let alone on a routine play. And he took the blame for Oregon's loss because of it.
"I put the team in a bad position," said Keudell. "I blame myself."
In the eighth, with Kent State clinging to a 5-4 lead, Oregon right fielder Aaron Jones misplayed a hit from Alex Miklos -- the ball bounced under Jones' glove -- that sent two more Golden Flashes to score. That gave Kent State some breathing room, and left the Ducks scratching their heads.
Horton was quick to point out that there are many pitches and many plays in a game, and that his guys' three errors were not the only factor in a frustrating loss. And he doesn't believe the mistakes in the field were due to too much adrenaline.
"The errors weren't because of (over) excitement," Horton said. "We just didn't execute."
They also won't dwell on them.
'I'm not going to blame the loss on what we didn't do," Horton said. "We try to play it forward, forget about it."
Oregon will have to do just that in order to hang on in the postseason. The Ducks haven't won a series after dropping the first game since all the way back in February, when they lost 4-1 at Hawaii but came back to win three in a row. Horton plans to bring that up in the pregame chat Sunday.
"That's exactly what I'm going to challenge my team with," Horton said. "And if I know my guys, they're going to look at me and say, 'Watch this.'"
--Lindsay Schnell (I came, I saw, I tweeted)
Source: www.oregonlive.com
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