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San Jose, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Antti Niemi made 24 saves and three different players scored for the San Jose Sharks in a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Tyler Kennedy, Patrick Marleau and Tommy Wingels all scored and Justin Braun tallied two assists for the Sharks, who have won two straight. Roman Polak provided Torontos lone goal and James Reimer stopped 39-of-41 shots in his teams third straight loss. San Jose has won its last four games against the Maple Leafs. The Sharks got on the board with two goals in an 11-second span during the first period. Brenden Dillon took Brauns pass across the blue line and sent the puck down to Kennedy, who lifted a shot over a sprawling Reimer from the right side of the net 8:55 into game It was a great play by Dillon there, Kennedy said. I think were clicking a little bit. Marleau roared down the right wing and backhanded a shot on net. The puck trickled through the pads of Reimer into the crease, where the Toronto netminder knocked it into his own net for a 2-0 game at 9:06. The play was reviewed and deemed to be a good goal. Mike Santorelli skated around the left circle and had his shot ricochet off the end boards right to Polak, who wristed it into the net with 8:03 to play in the opening stanza. The Sharks outshot the Maple Leafs 17-4 during the second period, but the score was still 2-1 heading into the final frame. Toronto pulled Reimer with over a minute to play and Wingels scored into the empty net with 44.2 seconds remaining to account for the final margin. Game Notes The Maple Leafs are 1-4-0 since interim coach Peter Horachek replaced Randy Carlyle ... San Jose is 8-1-0 in its last nine game against Toronto ... Sharks forward Logan Couture had a game-high seven shots on net. 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Joe Carter Jersey .J. -- Omar Cummings helped the Houston Dynamo advance to the MLS Eastern Conference finals.SAN DIEGO -- Brandon McCarthy threw seven superb innings and Alfredo Marte drove in two runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks survived a ninth-inning rally for a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. The Diamondbacks handed San Diego its fourth straight loss as the major-leagues worst offensive team avoided its third shutout in four game with three runs in the ninth. McCarthy (1-5), who tied his career high with his fifth straight loss in his last start, gave up three hits, including two doubles to Seth Smith, and allowed just one runner to reach third base. He struck out six and walked one. The Diamondbacks, who came into the game with the majors highest ERA at 5.03, had their scoreless innings string snapped at 24 innings when J.J. Putz allowed a one-out single to Smith and an RBI double to Yasmani Grandal. Addison Reed then surrendered Jedd Gyrokos two-run homer. After getting an out, Reed gave up Cameron Maybins double and walked pinch hitter Will Venable. Reed ended the game by getting Xavier Nady on a flyout for his eighth save in nine chances. The Padres scored more runs in the game then they had in their previoous three games combined.dddddddddddd San Diego entered the game last in the majors in runs per game, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and was tied for the worst batting average at .213. Ian Kennedy (2-4) allowed three runs on 11 hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. Kennedy is 1-1 with a 6.06 ERA in three starts against his former team. The Diamondbacks went ahead 2-0 in the second on Miguel Monteros leadoff homer and consecutive doubles by Chris Owings and Marte. Arizona tacked on one run in the fifth on three straights singles, including Owings RBI hit to left, and another in the seventh on Martes infield single. Owings and Montero each had three hits to lead the Diamondbacks 14-hit attack. Notes: McCarthy had received only one run of support while on the mound in his previous four starts. ... Arizona won its fourth straight road game to up its road record to 8-7. The DBacks are 3-15 at home. ... Montero played his 800th game, the fourth player to reach that mark with the Diamondbacks. ... DBacks LHP Wade Miley (2-3, 5.36 ERA) will oppose Padres righty Tyson Ross (3-3, 3.68) in Sundays series finale. ' ' '