Great Saturday: Leafs, Yankees Win

It’s not often that I have a doubleheader win but yesterday was one of those days as the Yankees continued their power barrage defeating the Tigers 10 -6 and the Maple Leafs stayed alive with a 4 – 2 win over the Ottawa Senators.

Yankees – If April is Mark Texiera’s worst hitting month then how he has started this season could bode well for an MVP type year for the smooth fielding first baseman.  Texiera’s second home run in two games catapulted the Yankees to a lead they never relinquished.  Alex Rodriguez and Russell Martin each homered and Derek Jeter had two hits moving that much closer to 3,000.

A.J. Burnett had an ok start going 5 innings and allowing 3 runs.  He cruised over the first 4 innings but then ran into trouble in the 5th.  What was encouraging was that instead of blowing up he actually beared down and limited the Tiger damage.  However, as far as I’m concerned the jury is still out.

Phil Hughes is on the mound against Maz Scherzer today at 1pm.

Leafs – They just won’t go away.  The Maple Leafs jumped out to a 2 – 0 lead, gave it away but took control by scoring twice after the Sens tied it to defeat Ottawa 4 -2 and stay alive in their improbable playoff run.  Joffrey Lupul continues to impress as he was a force in the Senator zone all night and assisted on Tyler Bozak’s goal which put the Leafs ahead 3 – 2.

Phil Kessel opened the scoring getting his 30th goal of the season.  The young right winger had a very solid game for the Leafs and now has 61 points, the highest point total in his career.  James Reimer was solid in net, making big saves when he needed to and Dion Phaneuf was a tower of power on the Leaf blueline.

The Leafs moved 4 points closer to Buffalo and are 3 points behind the Rangers.  The Rangers are in Philly today at 12:30 and Buffalo faces Carolina down south at 5pm.  Today should be interesting.

The Leafs are next in action Tuesday at the ACC against Washington