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Hernández, 34, owes much of his fall heroics simply to the opportunity to play on the sport’s biggest stage.

Injured goalkeeper Alisson 'will not play on Saturday'

What wasn’t clear until the end of play on Sunday, however, was whether the Dodgers would be facing the Cincinnati Reds or New York Mets to open the postseason.

When the draw for the singles came out following play on Saturday, English and Hovland were paired in the 12th match.

In 1991 American Steve Pate was injured in a car crash before the Ryder Cup started, and in 1993 Europe's Sam Torrance could not play on the Sunday because of an infected toe.