Drew Hutchison takes to the mound tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays continue their series with the Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium. Hutchison is 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA in five starts and has recorded three straight no-decisions and tossed six innings of two-run ball with nine strikeouts in last Thursdays 11-4 loss to Baltimore. Hutchison has been reached for just four runs in his past three starts and won his only career start against Kansas City on April 21, 2012. He gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings of a 9-5 win. The Blue Jays will be without third baseman Brett Lawrie in the lineup tonight, Juan Francisco will take his place. The Blue Jays have lost five of their last six games and reliever Brett Cecil was dealt the loss after Kansas Citys big inning. Sergio Santos allowed three runs in relief and starter Dustin McGowan was reached for three runs -- two earned -- in six innings. "We just got hit tonight," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of his relievers. Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion both homered for Toronto. Melky Cabrera, who was 2-for-5 with two RBI, has 41 hits this season, the most by a Blue Jays player before May 1 in team history. The Royals will counter with Yordano Ventura, who is coming off eight scoreless innings of a 5-0 win at Baltimore last Friday, striking out eight batters to go along with two walks. Ventura lasted just four innings and gave up four runs in his previous start and is 2-1 with a 1.80 earned run average in four starts. The young right-hander has never faced the Blue Jays and is 0-1 in two starts at home. Kansas City had a six-run eighth inning thanks to a two-run double by Salvador Perez and a two-run single from Omar Infante. Jarrod Dyson and Norichika Aoki provided RBI hits in the big inning for the Royals, who have won two straight and three of four games. "We never give up. Thats the motto in here is to never give up and to always play like were in it," Dyson said. Perez also homered and finished with four RBI. Aaron Crow threw a scoreless eighth inning for the win and Jason Vargas was bailed out for the no-decision after he permitted five runs and 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings. Toronto won four of six games against Kansas City a year ago and is 10-5 in the past 15 matchups between the two clubs. Gilbert Perreault Jersey . I kept my eyes focused up on the camera during each approach. I just tried to stay focused on my form, as I didnt know what the ball reaction was. I was quite emotional at the end. I did not actually see any of the shots in the game until I got home and watched the video. Dale Hawerchuk Jersey . - After three days of light, make that very light, workouts, Team Irvin and Team Carter are ready for tonights Pro Bowl. http://www.authenticsabrespro.com/ . Solomon Elimimian did not make the trip with the team after suffering what appeared to be a right leg injury in the teams regular season finale against the Calgary Stampeders. 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A video tribute in the first period that started with boos from the fans turned into mostly cheers by the conclusion.It was expected, but I understand, St. Louis said of the boos. They care. Theyre good fans. I was very flattered by the ovation, and I wanted to give them the proper thank you.Some fans booed each time St. Louis touched the puck. A key member of Tampa Bays 2004 Stanley Cup championship team, St. Louis left the bench after the video and skated in a small circle to salute the sellout crowd of 19,204.You definitely knew he had the puck, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.Tampa Bay went ahead 3-2 when Steven Stamkos skated behind the net and got his second assist of the night setting up Callahan, who beat Henrik Lundqvist from in close at 10:17 of the second.It was cool to come out and play, Stamkos said. It was as close as youre going to get to a playoff atmosphere during the regular season.Callahan, who had an assist of his own, also notched two goals in Tampa Bays 5-1 win in New York last week.Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov had the other Tampa Bay goals, and Ben Bishop improved to 7-0-0 against the Rangers.Neew York got goals from Mats Zuccarello, Dan Boyle and Rick Nash.dddddddddddd St. Louis, who did not have a point, was minus-5 in the two games against the Lightning.In my estimation, theyre probably one of the best teams in the NHL, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. We were ready for this game. Our guys knew what to expect. They made a couple more plays defensively and offensively than we did, and at the end of the night that was the difference.Stamkos opened the scoring at 5:25 of the first. The goal ended the Rangers scoreless streak at 128 minutes, 16 seconds. They had shutout wins over Philadelphia and Montreal following the Nov. 17 loss to Tampa Bay.After Zuccarello scored from the slot 9 minutes in, Boyle put the Rangers up 2-1 with a power-play goal 2:04 later.With Nash serving a double minor, Callahan pulled the Lightning even at 2 with 2:26 left in the first.Shortly after St. Louis failed to score on an in-close chance, Kucherov made it 4-2 at 9:38 of the third.Nash cut the Rangers deficit to 4-3 with 7:11 left.NOTES: St. Louis remained two points shy of becoming the 81st NHL player to reach 1,000 points. ... Nash got his 300th assist on Zuccarellos goal. ... Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman (broken finger) could play in the next week. ... Rangers D Ryan McDonagh (separated shoulder) might return as soon as this weekend. ... Lightning rookie F Jonathan Drouin was a healthy scratch for the second time in the last six games. ... There was a video tribute and a moment of silence before the game for former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, who died this week. 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