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(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees hope to continue their home mastery of the Texas Rangers this evening when the two clubs continue their three-game set from Yankee Stadium. Catch all the action live on TSN2 at 7pm et/4pm pt. New York won the opener of this series in thrilling fashion on Tuesday, as Ichiro Suzuki hit a solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yankees to a 4-3 triumph. Tanner Scheppers (5-1), who pitched a scoreless eighth, stayed on to pitch the ninth. After Brett Gardner was caught stealing for the second out, Suzuki smacked a 1-2 pitch over the wall in right. "Its a great win for us," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Coming off an off day and being able to beat a pretty great pitcher. I think its a pretty big win." Gardner, Jayson Nix and Travis Hafner also hit solo homers for the Yankees, who have won three of four overall and beat the Rangers for the 16th time in their last 21 meetings in the Bronx. New York starter Hiroki Kuroda allowed three runs -- two earned -- on five hits while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings. Mariano Rivera (1-1) tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up the win. Leonys Martin hit a pair of solo homers for the Rangers, who had a five-game winning streak stopped. Mitch Moreland added an RBI. Texas starter Yu Darvish gave up three runs on seven hits while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings. "They swung the bat to beat us," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "You hate to loss a ball game. They beat us with four swings of the bat, four solo home runs." On Wednesday New York will rely on veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte, who has lost his last two starts since earning career win No. 250. Pettitte lost to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, as he was hit for five runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings to fall to 5-5 to go along with a 4.20 ERA. "I just need to be better," Pettitte said afterward. 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Patrick Sharp scored twice and Patrick Kane, Bryan Bickell and Nick Leddy also connected to lead Chicago to a 5-2 win over the Devils on Monday night.EDMONTON - It didnt take long for Mason Raymond to make an impact with the Calgary Flames.Raymond recorded his third career hat trick as Calgary spoiled the home opener of their provincial rivals, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Thursday.The Flames signed the 29-year-old Cochrane, Alta., native to a three-year deal this year in hopes he could help replace some of the offence taken out of the lineup by Michael Cammalleris free-agent departure.Raymond said that while he appreciated the personal accomplishment, he felt it was more important to get the victory with the team starting a six-game road trip in Edmonton.Those two points were huge for us, he said. It got us in the win column and trending in the right direction. We let them back into it after a good start, but we battled back hard and that showed some character.Flames forward Mikael Backlund said Raymonds performance was a good sign, especially considering the new Flame was limited to just a pair of pre-season games because of a lower-body injury.It is great for him, great to see him get those goals, he said. Just like me, he missed most of camp, so it is nice to see him get a confidence boost.Jiri Hudler and T.J. Brodie also scored for the Flames, who avoided losses on consecutive nights to improve to 1-1.Karri Ramo made 38 saves to record the win in the Calgary net.I was lucky a few times, Ramo said. It was a real battle for us. We figured it out at the end and we kept on battling and working harder than them. That is how it is going to have to be the whole year. We have to be the harder working team.Teddy Purcell and Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers, who are 0-1.Thats a frustrating way to start the season, said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. I thought we had a ton of good in our game. ... Our power play was excellent.Im not going to walk out here and say we played crappy, because we didnt. But we lost the game and thats unacceptable.Hall said it is important that the team recognize how they did dominate the game for most of the first and second periods.We feel like we came with the right game plan and for the most part executed. That (slow start) happens, he said. I thought we did a pretty good job of recovering and sticking to our game plan throughout the game. We definitely gave up some Grade A chances, thats for sure, but hope to shore those up and keep doing the things we did well.Calgary silenced the home crowd early with a goal three minutes into the game when Joe Colborne made a nice feed to Mark Giordano in the slot. Giordanos shot was tipped by Raymond past Edmontoon starter Ben Scrivens.dddddddddddd It was Raymonds 100th career NHL goal.Exactly a minute later, the Flames went up 2-0 as Sean Monahan got the puck on a defensive miscue behind the Edmonton net and passed in front to Hudler, who scored on Calgarys third shot of the game.Edmonton got back into the game with seven minutes left in the first period with a power-play goal. David Perron made a long pass to Purcell at the opposite face-off dot and he blasted a shot past Ramo.The Oilers outshot Calgary 14-7 through the first 20 minutes.Edmonton tied the game with eight-and-a-half minutes remaining in the second period as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins criss-crossed with Hall on a two-man advantage and Hall unleashed a rocket into the top corner to make it 2-2.The shots favoured Edmonton 25-11 at the end of the second period.Calgary managed to regain the lead four-and-a-half minutes into the third period as Lance Bouma made a nice chip pass to send Raymond away on a partial breakaway. Raymond beat Scrivens high to the glove side for his second of the game.The Flames put the game away with five minutes remaining as Hudler saw Raymond charging hard to the net and sent it in front for a tip-in to complete the hat trick.Brodie made it 5-2 on a scramble in front of the Edmonton net in the final minute on a Calgary power play.Both teams return to action on Saturday as the Oilers begin a three-game trip in Vancouver against the Canucks while the Flames play the second game of their six-destination road swing in St. Louis.Notes: The Oilers had the added pressure of playing in front of the 1984 Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup-winning squad, in town to celebrate their 30th anniversary of their first of five NHL titles in a seven-year span. Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, and Lee Fogolin dropped the puck before the game and will be featured in a special gala celebration on Friday at Rexall Place. a€| The Flames announced on Thursday that 2014 fourth overall pick Sam Bennett will undergo shoulder surgery next week and is expected to miss four to six months after getting injured in the pre-season. a€| The third overall pick from 2014, Leon Draisaitl made his debut for the Oilers. a€| Calgary made a pair of significant lineup changes after its 4-2 loss in Vancouver on Wednesday. Raphael Diaz replaced Dennis Wideman on defence and David Jones played up front in place of Brian McGrattan. a€| The Flames won three of the five games in the season series against Edmonton last season. .. Oiler defenceman Jeff Petry started the game after missing the entire pre-season. ' ' '