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TORONTO -- Carter Ashton hasnt scored in 30 NHL games this season, but he knows how to put the puck in the back of the net in the American Hockey League.
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AHL games this season -- to power the Toronto Marlies to a 5-2 victory over the
visiting Lake Erie Monsters in AHL action on Sunday. "He took the game over,"
said Marlies coach Steve Spott. "You see what he can do at this level. "Hes
going to have to find that same confidence and swagger when he plays for the
(NHL parent) Maple Leafs. Here in the AHL, he does a nice job, he maintains
possession of the puck, he uses his body, uses his speed, and it becomes a
weapon for him. He just needs to find the confidence to do that at the next
level." Ashton broke a 2-2 tie -- and completed his hat trick -- during a
goal-mouth scramble when he deposited a rebound into the net past Monsters
goalie Calvin Pickard at 6:16 of the third period. Defenceman T.J. Brennan, with
his team-leading 21st of the season, gave the Marlies a two-goal cushion 45
seconds later when his point shot trickled through Pickards legs. Brandon Kozun
closed out the scoring with an empty-netter at 17:51. "Its definitely a process,
so to come back down and get these games and some good ice time, thats good for
me," Ashton said. "And we finished off our homestand with a win, so thats
great." Toronto went 7-3-0 on its 10-game homestand and improved to 33-18-4 on
the season, good for first place in the North Division. Ashtons linemates,
Spencer Abbott and Greg McKegg, collected two assists apiece in front of 4,351
fans at Ricoh Coliseum. Joey Hishon and Mike Sgarbossa replied for the Monsters,
who dropped their second game in a row to fall to 23-26-6. "Give Lake Erie
credit, they found a way to get back into it after a two-goal deficit," said
Spott, who watched the Monsters strike twice in the latter stages of the second
period after Toronto had staked a 2-0 lead. "We knew we were at home, playing
the last period of a 10-game homestand, and we wanted to take advantage of it. I
give our guys a lot of credit for the way they played the final 20 minutes."
Marlies goalie Drew MacIntyre was sharp making 26 saves, while Pickard stopped
18 of 22 shots. Toronto led 1-0 after the first period and the score was tied
2-2 through 40 minutes. The Marlies opened the scoring 53 seconds into the first
period when Ashton took a pass from Spencer Abbott in the slot, cut to the left
and whipped a wrist shot past Pickards blocker. The Monsters had some chances of
their own in the opening frame -- including a two-minute 5-on-3 power play and a
breakaway by right winger Guillaume Desbiens -- but they couldnt beat MacIntyre.
Ashton gave the Marlies a two-goal edge when he deflected Greg McKeggs point
shot past a screened Pickard at 10:02 of the second period. The advantage was
shortlived, however, as Hishon put the Monsters on the scoreboard 52 seconds
later when he redirected a slapshot past MacIntyre. Sgarbossa tied it up when he
whacked in a rebound for a power-play goal at 18:35 of the middle frame. Ashton
regained the lead for Toronto with his third goal of the game at 6:16 of the
third period, and Brennans goal 45 seconds later sealed the win for the Marlies.
Kozun capped the scoring with an empty-netter at 17:51 Toronto went 0 for 3 on
the power play while Lake Erie was 1 for 6. The Marlies and Monsters are off
until next weekend, when Toronto visits Lake Erie for back-to-back games on
Friday and Saturday.
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and is expected to miss at least four weeks.
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teams.PITTSBURGH -- Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said he sat awake in
his hotel bed Saturday night, thinking about his bullpens recent problems. He
even addressed his group of relievers Sunday morning. Dustin McGowan made those
worries a nonfactor, at least for a day. McGowan pitched three-hit ball for
seven innings, Colby Rasmus hit a grand slam and Melky Cabrera added a two-run
homer as the Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2. "We had to have that
one," Gibbons said. McGowan (2-1) allowed one run, striking out five and
throwing 101 pitches. It was the second consecutive quality start for McGowan, a
diabetic who started wearing an insulin pump on the mound in his last start. "My
blood sugar still gets erratic sometimes," he said. "But thats part of the game
for me. With the adrenaline going and everything, it does what it wants to do. I
cant control it sometimes." McGowan eclipsed the 100-pitch mark for the first
time since June 27, 2008. "Thats two outings wearing that pump," Gibbons said.
"Maybe theres something to that." It was just the fourth win in 13 games for
Toronto, which prevented the Pirates from completing their first series sweep of
the season. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and first base coach Rick Sofield were
ejected by plate umpire Greg Gibson at the end of the fourth inning for arguing
a called third strike on Jordy Mercer. The strikeout stranded two runners and
ended the inning. "I think it was pretty apparent that the low strike wasnt
going to come into play," Hurdle said. "But the fact of the matter was it got to
a point where I felt a pitch that hadnt been called a strike all day got called
a strike in, for me, a very pivotal at-bat for us." Rasmus connected in the
second inning for his fourth career slam. He also doubled and singled. The Blue
Jays held on to this early lead. Toronto wasted a 5-3, ninth-inning edge in the
series opener and a 5-0, fourth-inning advantage on Saturday night.
Josh Harrison hit two triples for the Pirates. Edinson&nnbsp;Volquez (1-3)
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April 21 against St. Louis. Volquez pitched himself into a jam in the second
inning before Rasmus stepped to the plate, issuing walks to Edwin Encarnacion
and Juan Francisco to start the inning. Brett Lawrie reached on an infield
single to load the bases with no outs. Rasmus hit a full-count curveball about
10 rows deep in the right-field seats for his seventh home run of the season,
giving the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. Rasmus said he was not necessarily looking for
an offspeed pitch in that situation. "I was just trying to be out over the plate
and throw my hands at anything because hes got a good changeup, good curveball
and a good two-seamer, and he already tried to thumb me a couple in," he said.
"I was just trying to be ready to put something in play." The slam negated an
early lead the Pirates built on Neil Walkers groundout, scoring Harrison after
his triple. Harrison also tripled in the eighth and scored on Andrew McCutchens
sacrifice fly. Torontos Jose Bautista walked in the fifth to reach base in his
31st consecutive game, the longest active streak in the majors. But he went
hitless, snapping a career-best 13-game hitting streak. Cabrera had three hits,
and extended Torontos lead to 6-1 with a two-run homer off Volquez in the fifth.
Rasmus scored another run in the eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter
Dioner Navarro. NOTES: Highly regarded Blue Jays RHP Marcus Stroman made his big
league debut, allowing one earned run and one hit while getting two outs. The
Blue Jays selected the 23-year-old Stroman Triple-A Buffalo and optioned OF
Anthony Gose. ... The Pirates plan to recall LHP Jeff Locke to start against San
Francisco on Monday night. An All-Star last year, Locke struggled in the second
half of 2013 and did not make the Pirates opening day roster. ... J.A. Happ
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