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Twins pitcher dominates in Royals' 4-1 road loss
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Eric Milton's timing was perfect. If only his manager's trip to the mound could've waited a little longer.
longer.
Milton pitched 7 2-3 innings — the longest outing by a Twins starter this year — and Torii Hunter hit his fifth home run yesterday, giving Minnesota a 4-1 victory against the Royals.
"For the first time as a manager, I walked out to the mound and got a staredown," Ron Gardenhire said with a grin. "I honestly was a little scared. I almost became the first manager to be knocked out."
Milton (3-1) gave up one run and four hits, striking out four
and walking none.
He's 11-2 against the Royals in his career, and his continued mastery of Kansas City came at just the right time for the Twins: one day after Minnesota's worst loss in eight years and a day before a big series against division-leading Cleveland.
Plus, it gave the Twins' surprisingly successful bullpen some much-needed rest.
"We needed a strong performance," said Milton, who was removed for J.C. Romero with two outs in the eighth after Dave McCarty's homer cut Minnesota's lead to 2-1.
"I'd like to finish the eighth. I'm not a big believer in pitch counts," Milton said. "But we got the win, that's all that matters."
Eddie Guardado struck out the side in the ninth, earning his seventh save in as many chances.
"Probably the main objective today was to give the bullpen some rest," Milton said. "I felt the same in the eighth as I did in the first. I could've thrown 150 pitches and it really wouldn't have mattered. But you know the guys behind you are going to do their job."
The Twins rebounded from their most lopsided loss in eight years, 16-3 on Wednesday, and improved to 5-1 at home entering this weekend's series against division-leading Cleveland.
Bucks' downward spiral ends
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks led the Central Division two months ago and were talking about reaching the NBA Finals.
Now, despite beginning the season with hopes of a championship, one of the league's five highest payrolls and three All-Stars, they're headed to the draft lottery for the first time in four years.
It was one of the ugliest nose dives in NBA history.
The Bucks were 26-13 as the season neared its halfway point, but they lost 17 of their last 23 games, including their last 12 on the road.
Their last hope at salvaging a playoff berth came to an inglorious end on Wednesday night with a lethargic 123-89 loss at Detroit.
they signed Anthony Mason to a four-year, $21 million contract on the eve of the season opener. He never was a good fit on or off the court.
But things actually started to go wrong for the Bucks when
"We basically ran the same offense we ran last year for 26 days," in training camp, Buckles coach George Karl said. "And then all of a sudden here comes the post-up offense. And it's a different post-up offense. It's a little bit of a slow-maneuvering post-up offense."
But Karl said Mason couldn't be blamed for all the Bucks' problems.
"I think it falls on me for changing the formula and trying to get it fitted," he said.
That task was made harder by a rash of injuries.
Mason's addition to the lineup, along with the subtraction of Scott Williams, whose jumper and demeanor were sorely missed, dragged the Bucks from a high-flying unit
that came within a shot of the NBA Finals last summer to a plodding team that had no consistent offensive identity.
Mason grumbled all season about the team's propensity for firing up shots without pounding the ball inside. Others including Ray Allen, griped that Mason had it all backward, that he need to adjust to his new teammates and not the other way around.
When injuries took their toll and things started to fall apart, Mason was brutally honest, picking up where Karl had left off when he went from ranting about their poor play during good times to raving about their heart and hustle during bad times.
Finally, a week ago, Mason acknowledged: "Maybe it's me. I'm the new guy and I haven't fit in."
Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins Chicago beats St. Louis
The Associated Press
Canadiens 5, Bruins 2
BOSTON — Donald Audette scored three goals and Saku Koivu, sidelined most of the season by cancer, assisted on two of them as the Montreal Canadiens returned to the playoffs with a 5-2 victory against the Boston Bruins last night.
lash right.
The Bruins, who finished first in the Eastern Conference, lost the home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal despite outshooting the eighth-seeded Canadiens 32-27.
Montreal, whose 23 Stanley Cups are the most in NHL history, missed the playoffs the last three seasons and Boston fell short the last two. Thursday's game started the 29th playoff series between the teams, most in the NHL.
The best-of-seven series resumes Sunday night in Boston.
The game was tied at 2 after two periods before Audette scored in the third at 2:18 and again at 10:00
Doug Gilmour and Gino Odjick also scored for Montreal. Odjick's goal completed the scoring with 2:44 left.
Like Koivu, Audette missed much of the season. He was sidelined for 49 games with a lacerated left forearm before returning March 30. Koivu resumed playing April 10 after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in September.
Bill Guerin and Joe Thornton scored for Boston.
Blackhawks 2, Blues 1
ST. LOUIS — Alexander Karpovtsev scored with 3:10 to go as Chicago beat St. Louis in the opening game of their first round Western Conference playoff series.
The defenseman had only one goal in the regular season, Oct. 11 against the Coyotes, and missed the last seven games after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery April3.
Aphra Kyle Calder, who hadn't scored in 23 games, also scored for the Blackhawks.
Game 2 is Saturday in St. Louis. Pavol Demitra scored in the second period for the Blues.
Jocelyn Thibault, a game-day decision in goal for the Blackhawks over Steve Passmore, had a strong game, making 34 saves.
Maple Leafs 3, Islanders 1
TORONTO — Tie Domi scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as Toronto rallied and defeated the New York Islanders in Game 1 of their first-round series yesterday night.
Domi, playing on Toronto's top line with Mats Sundin and Mikael Renberg, scored just his fourth career playoff goal.
The Toronto enforced played his first playoff game since being suspended for elbowing New Jersey's Scott Niedermayer in the head in the second round of last year's playoffs.
Darcy Tucker scored the tying goal, and Sundin added an emptynetter for the Maple Leafs, outshot New York 31-14.
Kenny Jonsson scored a powerplay goal in the first period for the Islanders, who made the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
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