(Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays used a barrage of home runs to defeat the New York Yankees in the opener of this two-game series and shoot for a sweep tonight at Rogers Centre. http://www.thepanthersofficialstore.com/authentic-josh-norman-panthers-jersey/ . Edwin Encarnacion had a three-run homer, J.P. Arencibia cracked a two-run shot and both Jose Bautista and Kelly Johnson added solo home runs in Wednesdays 8-1 victory which was fueled by an 11-3 advantage in hits. Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda was reached for seven runs and eight hits, including three home runs, in five innings. "It was a good offensive night up and down the lineup," said Blue Jays manager John Farrell. Bautista has four homers in his last six games, and belted 43 a year ago for Toronto, which ended a three-game slide and is 1-2 on a seven-game homestand which continues with a three-game set versus the New York Mets. Toronto starter Kyle Drabek was solid in seven innings of work, giving up one run on three hits. The young right-hander fanned five and walked four, and won for the first time since April 15. Prior to the game, Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie received a four-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his aggressive actions toward umpire Bill Miller during Tuesdays game against the Rays. Lawries tirade included throwing his helmet in Millers vicinity. Lawrie, who elected to appeal the suspension, went 0-for-4 with a run scored. On Thursday, the club announced that Lawrie has dropped his suspension and will start serving his four-games tonight. Blue Jays rookie starter Drew Hutchison has two wins in five starts this season and will try to make it three in six tonight. Hutchison won his last outing in Saturdays 2-1 victory at Minnesota, as he delivered six innings of one-run ball, four strikeouts and four walks. The young righty is 2-1 in five trips to the mound and owns a 5.53 ERA in that stretch. Hutchison will be put to the test Thursday versus the Yankees. New York has dropped two in a row since winning four of five games, and will close out a four-game trek Thursday. Kuroda couldnt keep the Yankees out of the loss column for a second straight night with his miserable performance and Mark Teixeira drove in the teams only run in the sixth inning. The Yankees were stymied by Drabek and couldnt solve the right-hander. "He kept the ball on the ground tonight and thats what he is, a groundball pitcher," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Drabek. "It seems like we werent able to lay off the sinkers that were out of the zone and he took advantage of that." The Yankees will try to get the bats going again tonight and have scored two runs or less three times in the last four games -- all losses. Following their visit to Canada, the Bronx Bombers will return to Yankee Stadium for a six- game residency versus Cincinnati and Kansas City. New York will hand the ball to Phil Hughes Thursday and he is riding a personal two-game winning streak. Hughes ended a two-game slide on May 6 in a 10-4 win at Kansas City by holding the hosts to three runs in 6 2/3 innings. He then fired 7 2/3 innings and yielded one run in Saturdays 6-2 win at home versus the Mariners. Hughes, a right-hander, has won three of his last five starts and is 3-4 with a 5.50 ERA in seven outings this season. He has faced Toronto 17 times (10 starts) in his career and is 3-3 with a 4.66 ERA, spanning 63 2/3 innings. New York went 11-7 against Toronto a year ago and has won six of the past nine matchups between the clubs. http://www.thepanthersofficialstore.com/authentic-brad-nortman-panthers-jersey/ . Hosp raced down the Rosa Khutor course in 1 minute, 31.36 seconds. 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Trouba was hit in the throat by a deflected puck, while Slater suffered a broken finger. Michael Hutchinson, in just his third NHL game, was again very good, especially in the third stopping all 18 shots he faced. The Jets took a 2-0 lead after one period on goals by Michael Frolik (15th) from Trouba and Mark Stuart at 7:23, and Evander Kane (19th) from Bryan Little and Adam Pardy. Kane finishes the season with goals in back to back games, the goal being his 200th NHL point. Shots in the first were 14-8 for the Jets. The Flames got on the board early in the second on a goal from Jiri Hudler, but Carl Klingberg, with his first NHL goal, restored the two goal lead for Winnipeg. Patrice Cormier and Zach Redmond drew assists on the Klingberg goal. The Jets then ran into penalty trouble and for the first time in 10 occasions this season gave up a goal while down two men as Sean Monahan scored his 22nd of the season, and 24 seconds later the game was tied on Chris Russells seventh of the year, also a power play goal. Shots in the second were 12-5 for Calgary as the tough skate Wednesday and playing the night before seemed to be catching up to tthe Jets. http://www.thepanthersofficialstore.com/authentic-brenton-bersin-panthers-jersey/. The Flames needed something out of this game to finish above .500 at home, and with aggressive fore-checking took advantage of a tired Jets team. But Hutchinson shut the door, his best save off Kenny Agostino, a glove save on a one on one situation. Paul Postma with his first of the season put the Jets back in front. Cormier, with his first career two-point game, and Anthony Peluso drew assists. The Flames pulled goaltender Karri Ramo while on a late power play, but Blake Wheeler, with his 28th, into an empty net ended it. Shots in the third were 18-8 Calgary and 38-27 for the Flames over the game. Stuart led the Jets in ice time at 24:25, Slater won 11 of 12 face-offs before leaving the game and Cormier won nine of 12. Hutchison stopped 83 of 88 shots in his three games for a save percentage of .943 and record of 2-1. Coach Paul Maurice was very proud of his squad. “With three minutes left in the second, we had nothing left. Then we found a way to win. Our goalie made some great saves. Losing Trouba and Slater did not help.” And on his team, “they played for each other. They care about each other. There is a lot of the right kind of people in the room. What excites me about this team is the room.” Exit meetings with players will be held this weekend and into next week, with all the call-ups on their way back to St. Johns, while others will be asked to compete for their country at the World Championship in Belarus in May. GM Kevin Cheveldayoff will address the media Wednesday. More on this past season, the off-season, and next season after that. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '
