Last Night's Action: Implosion in Kansas City

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Photograph of the Royals' Brayan Pena sliding past Yankees catcher Jose Molina to score the go-ahead run by Reed Hoffmann/AP
  • Royals 6, Yankees 4: Four outs separated the Yankees from a sweep in Kansas City. But Jose Veras and Phil Coke couldn't get the first of those. Damaso Marte got the first two outs in the eighth inning, but Veras walked Billy Butler before being relieved by Coke, who gave up a double, single and double before getting out of the inning. The Yankees runs came on a wild pitch, a Xavier Nady double, a double play and an error.

  • Marlins 2, Mets 1: Daniel Murphy's bat has been the darling of Mets, but his glove in left field has long been a question mark. He dropped a fly ball in the second, an error that led to both Florida runs. The Mets didn't have a base hit until the sixth inning, and they didn't score a run until the ninth. Florida won two out of three games against the Mets, who return to New York to open Citi Field on Monday.

  • Rangers 4, Flyers 3: Beating the Flyers is always good, even if it has no practical effect on the Rangers' season. The Blueshirts, who will face Washington in the first round, did deny Philadelphia home-ice advantage in its series vs. Pittsburgh.

  • Heat 122, Knicks 105: Dwyane Wade dropped 55 on the Knicks as the Heat wrapped up the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. He outscored his teammates through three quarters.

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And don't forget that by scoring a short-handed goal Brandon Dubinsky broke the Flyer's bid to be only the second team to not give up a short-handed goal for an entire season. Too bad for Philly that they play 82 games and not 81.

While I know many will argue against the need to do so, last night was also the Islanders's season finale, which marks the end of an exhaustive and dissapointing season (even by Isles recent low standards). Any other team would be decimated and despondent after losing 581 man-games in a season. Too many injuries!

I'd be curious to see if you'll even mention the announcement of the Draft Lottery from Tuesday evening. Hopefully the Isles make the most of their 48.2% chance of landing the First Overall Pick: Jon Taveres.

Even if the Isles get the First Overall Pick it is going to be a loooooong time before they contend for anything...

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