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TORONTO - Phil Kessel couldn't have picked a better time to end his nine-game goal-scoring drought.

BOSTON - The Boston Bruins felt they were due for an offensive night like this.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kevin Correia cruised through seven innings and then all of a sudden, ended up with a loss.

CLEVELAND - Travis Hafner tipped his cap and soaked in the applause from Indians fans who spent 10 years pulling for him. The love ended after his first at-bat.

OTTAWA - The head of Hockey sa国际传媒 expects an answer on the NHL's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics before the start of the men's world championship May 3.

CHICAGO - Starlin Castro gave it a good ride with the bases loaded in the ninth inning. The drive might have gone out at the start of the game, but the wind had shifted and it died on the warning track.

ST. LOUIS - Shin-Soo Choo is way off the hook. The new Cincinnati centre fielder made amends for two botched fly balls, drawing a leadoff walk in a nine-run ninth inning and later delivering a three-run double as the Reds spoiled the St.

SAN DIEGO - Padres manager Bud Black, general manager Josh Byrnes and assistant G.M. A.J.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Royals fans waited almost all afternoon to see some offence. When their team finally built a rally, it came just in time to give Ervin Santana a much-deserved win.

BOSTON - The Baltimore Orioles went through the final two months of 2012 without losing three games in a row, and they never fell below .500 last season while making an improbable return to the playoffs.