Here are just some brief notes from the sports world...
After Monday's humiliating 8-3 loss at the hands of the Minnesota Twins at their home ballpark the Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays decided to give Minnesota a strong taste of their own medicine via an 11-2 victory last night. Shaun Marcum was steady and dominant in the win, only allowing 1 run, 2 walks, and 5 hits. Along the way, Marcum struck out 3 batters. Marcum didn't need much run support, but he got a treasure trove of them: 11, in fact. Vernon Wells, Edwin Encarnacion, Lyle Overbay and Aaron Hill pounded out 4 home runs to give the Jays the vast majority of their runs. Aaron Hill's homer was a 3-run boost in the sixth inning. Encarnacion's home run was a 2-run blast that gave the Jays a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning. In the 3rd inning, Vernon Wells hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 3rd inning and tied Joe Carter for 2nd on the Blue Jays' all-time home run list: 203. Finally, Lyle Overbay's homer was a 2-run shot in the 6th inning. That accounts for 8 of the Jays 11 runs. This should all give the Jays a reason to smile as they managed to split the two games vs Minnesota as they are preparing to play against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle tonight. The game is at 10 PM on Rogers Sportsnet and it is the first of a 2-game miniseries. Here is the recap of the slugfest win vs the Twins: Jays Boom out an 11-2 Victory vs the Minnesota Twins
About that Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers series...you may just wish to forget about this one. The Flyers are now up on Montreal 2-0 after winning game 2 with a 3-0 victory at Wachovia Centre in Philadelphia last night. Flyers backup goaltender Michael Leighton has morphed into an astounding star force since regular Brian Boucher became injured in Game 7 vs the Boston Bruins in the East Semi-Finals. He saved all 28 shots in game 1's 6-0 smacking and saved all 30 shots in last night's 3-0 victory. He got goal support from Daniel Briere, Simon Gagne, and Ville Leino in the game. 2 of those goals were scored on the power play, which saw the Flyers go 2-4 on the man advantage opportunities. All of that was due to extremely undisciplined play from Montreal's skaters who repeatedly found out that foolish penalties = death. This led to an uninspiring performance from Montreal goaltender Jaroslav Halak and a mindlessly disgusting game from the Canadiens. While Montreal outshot Philadelphia 30-23 and controlled the puck for most of the game, most of their shots were harmless and didn't get anywhere near Leighton. Other than a 7-shot 1st period power play, Montreal appeared to lack any toothy fangs in their "bite". Montreal must now fight, claw, and scratch as desperate men in order to get back into this series. Game 3 is set to play in Montreal's Bell Centre on Thursday May 20 at 7 PM. The game can be seen on CBC. Here is the recap for the game: Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers: Game 2
That is all for now. I will be back to recap the Jays game in Seattle tonight and to prepare for Montreal's critical Game 3 as well. God bless, and goodbye.
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