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SPORTS Friday 27 OctOber 2017

Blues’ power play wakes up in 5-2 win over Flames

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaden empty on their previous 18 the Sabres.
Schwartz and Alex Pi- power-play chances. Serge Bobrovsky stopped
etrangelo scored second- Alexander Steen added a 34 of 35 shots to lead Co-
period power-play goals goal and three assists for lumbus (6-3-0) to its fifth win
and Jake Allen made 23 the Blues. in its last seven games.
saves to help the St. Louis It was his first points of the Buffalo dropped to 3-6-2 in
Blues beat the Calgary season after missing the first front of goalie Chad John-
Flames 5-2 on Wednesday six games with a broken son, who stopped 33 of 38
night. thumb. shots.
St. Louis has won three of its Paul Stastny scored with The Jackets power play
last four, losing only to red- 3:32 left to push the lead to had been an anemic 2-for-
hot Las Vegas in overtime. 4-2. 20, but got a goal at 12:00
Calgary had won its first Joel Edmundson added an of the first period after Zach
four road games this sea- empty-net goal with 43.9 Redmond’s hooking call.
son. seconds left. Oliver Bjorkstrand whipped
Mikael Backlund scored his second goal of the sea-
twice for the Flames. BLUE JACKETS 5, SABRES 1 son past Johnson off an
Schwartz and Pietrangelo COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — around-the-horn pass from St. Louis Blues’ Alex Pietrangelo, center, is congratulated by
scored in a span of 2:46 to Seth Jones had a goal and Jones to Sonny Milano, and Jaden Schwartz (17) after scoring as Calgary Flames’ Michael
Stone, right, skates in the background during the second period
break a 1-1 tie. an assist for Columbus to a picture perfect screen by of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, in St. Louis.
The Blues had come up help the Blue Jackets beat Boone Jenner.q Associated Press

Girardi fired the organization include
former Kansas City man-
ager Trey Hillman, a one-
Continued from Page 18 Houk (944). time Yankees special
Cashman said he and assistant who managed
An intense and driven for- owner Hal Steinbrenner in South Korea this year;
mer All-Star catcher, Gi- had spoken directly with Mets hitting coach Kevin
rardi was at the end of his Girardi this week. Long, who held the same
four-year contract and “He has a tireless work eth- role with the Yankees
said last weekend he had ic, and put his heart into from 2007-14; and former
to speak with his family every game he managed Philadelphia manager
before deciding whether over the last decade,” Pete Mackanin, who was
he wanted to return. New Cashman said. “He should a pro scout for the Yan-
York made the decision for take great pride in our ac- kees in 2008 and 2013.
him. complishments during his The 53-year-old Girardi
“Everything this organiza- tenure.” In this July 16, 2017, file photo, New York Yankees manager led a young squad on
tion does is done with care- Girardi wore uniform No. 25 Joe Girardi stands in the dug out before the second game of a a surprising run to an AL
ful and thorough consider- as a player with the Yan- baseball doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, in Boston. wild-card berth this year
ation, and we’ve decided kees from 1996-99, when he Associated Press with a 91-71 record, the
to pursue alternatives for helped win three titles, but New York changed man- agers, joining Boston and team’s best since 2012.
the managerial position,” switched to No. 27 when agers 20 times from 1973, Washington. New York beat Minneso-
Cashman said in a state- he earned the manager’s when George Steinbrenner There is no clear favor- ta in the wild-card game,
ment. job over Don Mattingly bought the team, through ite to replace him, and then fell behind Cleve-
Girardi’s 910-710 regular- and succeeded Torre after October 1995, when Torre candidates from within land 2-0 in the Division
season record with the the 2007 season — signify- replaced Buck Showalter. the organization could in- Series.
Yankees is sixth in victories ing the team’s quest for But the Yankees have had clude bench coach Rob Girardi admitted he
managing the team be- its 27th championship. Gi- just two managers in 22 Thomson, Triple-A Scranton made a mistake not ask-
hind Joe McCarthy (1,460), rardi took uniform No. 28 years since. manager Al Pedrique and ing for a video review of a
Joe Torre (1,173), Casey after leading the team to New York became the Class A Tampa manager hit-by-pitch call in Game
Stengel (1,149), Miller Hug- a World Series victory over third of the 10 postseason Jay Bell. 2 that led to an Indians
gins (1,067) and Ralph Philadelphia in 2009. teams to remove man- Possibilities from outside rally. q