(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Blue Jays will try to figure out the Kansas City Royals on Saturday when the two teams meet at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays hope to follow the lead of prospect Marcus Stroman, making the first start of his Major League career, pushing Drew Hutchison back to Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers. Stroman, a 23-year-old righty, struggled in five relief appearances with the Blue Jays earlier this month, giving up nine earned runs over 6 1/3 innings while opponents hit .419 against him. In seven starts at Triple-A Buffalo this year, Stroman has gone 2-4 with a 3.03 ERA. "We want to get Stroman up here to give him a look," Gibbons told his teams official website. "And the thinking was, well back Hutchison off a couple of days. (Mark) Buehrle will start Sunday, Hutchison on Tuesday in Detroit. Weve been trying to pick some spots, give Hutch a little breather. After his last start, I thought he looked a little bit tired. We thought it would be a perfect time to give him a couple of extra days." Hutchison gave up five earned runs over five innings in his last start on Monday versus Tampa Bay. Kansas City took the first two contests of this four-game set with an 8-6 win in extra innings on Thursday and a 6-1 victory on Friday night. Lorenzo Cain nearly single-handedly led the Royals to victory on Friday, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Billy Butler also went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and Alex Gordon blasted his fourth home run of the season as well. "This is more of the offense that we envisioned coming out of spring training," Royals manager Ned Yost said. Jason Vargas earned his fifth win of the season as the starter, limiting the Blue Jays to just one run, while matching seven hits with as many strikeouts. "Vargas keeps you off-balance," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "If youre sitting on a pitch, you dont get it." Jose Bautista provided the only offense for the Blue Jays with his 14th home run of the season. J.A. Happ took the loss, laboring through 7 2/3 innings during which he gave up six runs on nine hits. Toronto has dropped back-to-back games after winning nine straight contests. Kansas City will turn to Aaron Brooks on Saturday. Brooks will be making his first MLB start, having just a single relief appearance to his name this season, his first in the majors. In his only other outing the 24-year-old let up six runs on seven hits over two innings during a 9-2 loss to Detroit on May 3. Brooks, who was drafted in the ninth round of the 2011 amateur draft out of Cal State San Bernardino, was 4-1 with a 3.12 ERA in eight games for Triple-A Omaha this season. The Royals have won three of the first five games between these teams this season. Adam Lallana Jersey . He just didnt expect them to be this good. 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CORSI% CAP HIT Mike Ribeiro Nashville C 42 9 29 38 56.2% +4.2% $1.05M Radim Vrbata Vancouver RW 38 16 13 29 51.0% +1.0% $5.0M Jarome Iginla Colorado RW 44 12 17 29 43.1% -2.3% $5.5M Mathieu Perreault Winnipeg C 43 15 13 28 55.1% +4.1% $3.0M Brad Richards Chicago C 40 9 17 26 54.8% +0.8% $2.0M David Pastrnak – The Bruins rookie had his second straight two-goal game, thriving on a line with David Krejci and Milan Lucic, as Pastrnak was on for all four of Boston’s goals in a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay. The 18-year-old was the 25th pick in the 2014 Draft, and he’s the only player taken outside the top three to play in the league this season. Colin Wilson – The Predators winger is having a breakout season and piled up two goals and two assists in Nashville’s 5-1 win over Vancouver. He has 17 points (8 G, 9 A) in the past 11 games. 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Brown – The Lightning winger had a rough night, on the ice for one shot attempt for and 12 against (7.7%) at even-strength before taking a double minor in the third for roughing Boston’s David Krejci. Goalies: Niklas Backstrom – Allowed six goals on 35 shots in a 7-2 loss at Pittsburgh, continuing the Wild’s goaltending woes. In his past five games, Backstrom has allowed at least three goals in each of his past 10 appearances. Robin Lehner – Ottawa’s goaltender gave up five goals on 29 shots in a 5-4 loss at Dallas. In his past five games, Lehner has an .857 save percentage (114 saves, 133 shots). Luongo & Montoya – Florida’s goalies took a beating, allowing eight goals on 35 shots against Winnipeg. It’s been a particularly rough stretch for Al Montoya, who has an .836 save percentage (97 saves, 116 shots) in his past five appearances. 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He had 17 points (9 G, 8 A) in 96 career NHL games and wasn’t exactly tearing up the AHL, with 13 points (7 G, 6 A) in 31 AHL games. SHORT SHIFTS Lightning LW Ondrej Palat had a pair of assists in a 4-3 loss at Boston; he has 15 points (1 G, 14 A) in the past 10 games…Lightning C Steven Stamkos scored a pair of goals, giving him five goals in the past five games. Stamkos has 25 goals, one behind league leaders Tyler Seguin and Rick Nash…Bruins C David Krejci had a couple of assists in Boston’s 4-3 win, giving him nine points (1 G, 8 A) in the past eight games…Bruins D Torey Krug picked up a pair of assists, and has eight points (2 G, 6 A) in the past eight games…Bruins LW Milan Lucic had a goal and an assist; he has six points (3 G, 3 A) in the past four games…Penguins C Sidney Crosby recorded three assists in a 7-2 win over Minnesota, giving him nine points (1 G, 8 A) in the past five games…Penguins C Evgeni Malkin had a pair of assists, and has eight points (3 G, 5 A) in the past five games…Penguins LW David Perron picked up a pair of goals and an assist, and has six points (3 G, 3 A) in his past five games, with 20 shots on goal in four games since joining the Penguins…Oilers LW Benoit Pouliot scored both Edmonton goals in a 4-2 loss to St. Louis; he has five goals in six games since returning from a broken foot…Blues C David Backes registered a goal and an assist against Edmonton, giving him 10 points (6 G, 4 A) in the past four games…Blues RW Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist vs. Edmonton; he has nine points (4 G, 5 A) in the past nine games…Predators C Mike Fisher recorded a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win against Vancouver; the veteran centre has 14 points (8 G, 6 A) in his past 15 games…Predators C Mike Ribeiro added a couple of assists, giving him eight assists in the past six games…Senators RW Mark Stone had a pair of assists in a 5-4 loss at Dallas; he has five points (2 G, 3 A) in the past five games…Stars LW Erik Cole had a goal and an assist in the win over Ottawa, giving him nine points (4 G, 5 A) in the past eight games…Sharks C Logan Couture registered a pair of assists, and has nine points (2 G, 7 A) in the past seven games. Jets D Dustin Byfuglien scored two goals and added an assist in an 8-2 win over Florida. In his past 20 games, Big Buff has 20 points (8 G, 12 A)…Jets D Tobias Enstrom had a pair of assists, and has four points in three games since returning to the lineup…Jets RW Michael Frolik had a couple of assists against Florida, giving him 14 points (3 G, 11 A) in the past 16 games…Jets C Mark Scheifele picked up a pair of assists, and has five points (1 G, 4 A) in the past four games…Jets D Zach Bogosian was on for five even-strength goals for and none against in the win vs. Florida. Bruins RW Reilly Smith had a stellar possession game (17 shot attempts for, 2 against, 89.5%) in the win vs. Tampa Bay…Red Wings C Stephen Weiss and RW Teemu Pulkkinen had identical possession numbers (10 shot attempts for, 1 against, 90.9%) against Buffalo. Red Wings G Petr Mrazek stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 3-1 win at Buffalo…Islanders G Jaroslav Halak stopped all 27 shots he faced in a 3-0 win over the Rangers…Avalanche G Calvin Pickard stopped 44 of 46 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss at Carolina. FANTASY FOCUS Four games tonight, four players to consider for your lineup: Sergei Gonchar – The Habs veteran blueliner has three assists in the past four games and played a season-high 23:58 last game. Rob Zepp – Apparently the Flyers are poised to start the 33-year-old journeyman tonight (ahead of Ray Emery) against Washington. Kyle Palmieri – Ducks winger has nine points (4 G, 5 A) in his past 10 games; a quality secondary offensive contributor. Dustin Brown – It hasn’t been much a season, or season-and-a-half, for Brown when it comes to offensive production (43 points in 112 games since the start of 2013-14), but he does have four assists in the past five games and is seeing more ice time now that Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson are out of the lineup. Much of the data included comes from www.war-on-ice.com, www.puckalytics.com, www.hockeystats.ca and www.naturalstattrick.com Scott Cullen can be reached at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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