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CALGARY -- If it aint broke, dont fix it. Ito Smith Jersey . That was the prevailing sentiment from the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday night, who in an increasingly familiar storyline, won 4-2 over the Calgary Flames despite being outshot by a wide margin. James van Riemsdyk scored a pivotal short-handed goal and Jonathan Bernier made 41 saves as the Maple Leafs won their third in a row and increased their lead atop the Atlantic Division despite being outshot for the 11th game in a row. "Right now, the way were playing, were winning and I think its hard for a team to change what were doing," Bernier said. "Were scoring some big goals, were getting some huge blocked shots, and some good PK and a good PP and thats a huge thing for us." With Toronto playing on consecutive nights and the Flames having had three days off, the game started predictably with Calgary going to the attack immediately. However, despite peppering Bernier for 15 shots, they trailed 2-0 after the first thanks to an opportunistic Leafs offence that connected twice on seven shots against Karri Ramo. The key goal was scored by van Riemsdyk with four seconds remaining in the period. "A couple games ago, I had a similar chance and I just tried getting over the blue-line and taking a wrister," van Riemsdyk said. "This time, I saw we had a 2-on-2, there wasnt much time, so I thought Id try to kick it wide and Jay (McClement) made an unbelievable pass underneath the triangle of the defenceman and I just tried to throw it on net as quickly as possible." While Calgary drew back to within one goal on two occasions, Toronto did not relinquish the lead the rest of the night. It was Torontos first victory in Calgary since Dec. 27, 2002. The Leafs had lost their last seven visits to the Scotiabank Saddledome. "(Bernier) was definitely huge for us. Our goaltending has been great all year and we seem to get outshot every night but our goalies give us a chance and we are getting some timely scoring and thats been our recipe so far," said van Riemsdyk. Joffrey Lupul, Mason Raymond and Paul Ranger into an empty net -- also shorthanded -- rounded out the scoring for Toronto (10-4-0). The Leafs wrap up their three-game road trip through Western Canada on Saturday in Vancouver. Matt Stajan and David Jones scored for Calgary (5-5-2), which lost at home in regulation for the first time (3-1-1). The Flames wrap up a three-game homestand Friday against Detroit. "Its just so frustrating right now. I thought we played a pretty good game from the top on down but that was one heck of a performance from Bernier," said ex-Leaf Joe Colborne, who led all Flames forwards with a season-high 23:54 in ice time. "We were going to the net hard, we were creating secondary rebound chances and it was just one of those nights where things arent going to go in." Entering the night, the storyline was Phil Kessel, who had seven goals and 10 points in the previous four games to climb into a tie for second in the NHLs scoring race behind Sidney Crosby. However, the Flames -- like they blanked Alex Ovechkin in their previous game -- were also able to hold Kessel off the scoreboard. "I felt that we had a good game. We are not very pleased with the result but I dont know what we could have done more," said Flames coach Bob Hartley. "Offensively we generated a lot. Our forechecking was good. Our puck decisions in the offensive zone were very good but Bernier basically stole the game away from us." As is always the case when Toronto visits Calgary, the Saddledomes sea of red turned into a mixture of blue and red with plenty of very vocal Toronto supporters on hand. With Toronto clinging to a 2-1 lead, the visiting fans got something to cheer about 5:59 into the third period when David Clarkson took the puck to the net and while he was stopped, Raymond was right there to tuck in the rebound. Scoring against Calgary is nothing new for Raymond, a native of nearby Cochrane, Alta. Its his 11th career goal against the Flames, the most hes scored against any team. Calgary fought back to within one again when Jones deflected Kris Russells point shot at 14:39 of the third, but they could not get back to even despite getting a man advantage with three minutes left when Clarkson was sent off for boarding. It was the second boarding penalty of the night for Toronto. In the second, Carter Ashton sent Flames defenceman Derek Smith head first into the boards from behind, an incident that resulted in a fight between Ashton and Sean OBrien, who jumped in to Smiths defence. Smith left the ice on his own, albeit slowly. He did not play the rest of the period but he returned in the third. Notes: During the last 11 games, Toronto has been outshot 400-266... The assist was Clarksons first point with the Maple Leafs. Suspended by the NHL for the first 10 games of the season, he had been blanked in his first three games... C Mikael Backlund was a healthy scratch for the Flames with rugged winger Tim Jackman drawing in, in his place.... Toronto D Dion Phaneuf has yet to record a point against the Flames in five career games against his former club. Falcons Jerseys . The same cant be said of last Saturdays 2-2 draw at Olympic Stadium against a very weakened New York Red Bulls side and one which had three stalwarts in Henry, Cahill and Olave back home in Harrison, NJ. Isaiah Oliver Falcons Jersey .C. -- With a chance to start over and maybe drive in any series he wanted, Juan Pablo Montoya thought long and hard about what mattered most at this stage of his career. http://www.thefaclonsshoponline.com/Garrett-Grayson-Falcons-Jersey/ . Left back Armero opened the scoring in the fifth minute when his deflected shot rolled past Greece goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis. Striker Teofilo Gutierrez poked in Colombias second goal from a deflected corner in the 58th and James Rodriguez capped it off with a low shot in stoppage time after a slick backheel flick from Juan Cuadrado.BALTIMORE -- During a season in which the Baltimore Orioles have made a habit of slugging the opposition into submission, there have been times when they have been forced to patiently carve out a victory one out at a time. Such was the case in their 4-2 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. The game lasted 3 hours, 37 minutes. Both starting pitcher failed to make it out of the fifth inning, seven relievers saw action and neither team seemed in a hurry to put an end to the drudgery. "It was a mentally challenging game because its such a grind," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "A lot of time, a lot of deep counts, a lot of catcher visits." One night after hitting five homers against the Rays, Baltimore totalled nine hits -- eight singles and an RBI double by Nelson Cruz in the seventh inning. "Coming off last night, we had such a great game and you want to kind of repeat it, but the pace of the game kind of slows your excitement down a little bit," said Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph, who had two RBIs. "Youve got to stay into it, and our guys did a great job." Baltimore, which leads the majors in home runs, improved to 12-28 when not going deep. The Orioles also extended their lead in the AL East to seven games over the New York Yankees. "I try not to look at any scoreboards yet," Showalter said. Jonathan Schoop singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning off Grant Balfour (1-6) to help the Orioles to their 10th win in 14 games against Tampa Bay. Baltimore relievers gave up one hit over the final 4 1-3 innings. Brad Brach (5-0) got four outs in relief of starter Wei-Yin Chen and Zach Britton worked the ninth for his 28th save. "These are the type of games we have to have late in the season," Joseph said. Evan Longoria had two RBIs for the Rays, who have lost seven of 10 since reaching the .500 mark on Aug. 15. Tampa Bay stranded nine, had two runners thrown out at the plate and failed to score after loading the bases in the sixth with one out and the game tied. Logan Paulsen Jersey. "Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity and then nothing happens," manager Joe Maddon said. "Its the same refrain -- inability to score with runners in scoring position." Alex Cobb gave up two runs, three hits and three walks in four innings for Tampa Bay. Cobb is unbeaten since June 23 and has a franchise-record streak of nine starts allowing two runs or fewer. The Rays got six hits in the first two innings but scored only one run, on a first-inning RBI single by Longoria. Baltimore went up 2-1 in the fourth. With two out and runners on second and third, Joseph hit a sinking liner to centre that ticked off the glove of a diving Desmond Jennings. A two-out double by Longoria tied it in the fifth and ended Chens shortest outing since June 28. But the Rays would get only one more hit after that. "We havent really played that poorly," Longoria said. "Weve played pretty well. The pitching staff has done well. I think really (we have to) just control what we can control, continue to believe and have fun." TRAINERS ROOM Rays: C Ryan Hanigan was activated from the DL after missing 38 games with a left oblique strain and C Curt Casali was optioned to Triple-A Durham. Orioles: 3B Manny Machado left the team for California to have season-ending surgery on his right knee Wednesday. UP NEXT Rays: Left-hander Drew Smyly (1-1) starts Wednesday, seeking an encore for his two-hit shutout Friday in Toronto. Smyly has an 0.64 ERA in four career appearances against Baltimore. Orioles: Rookie RHP Kevin Gausman (7-5) is 1-2 with a 7.16 ERA in four career games against Tampa Bay. UPON FURTHER REVIEW Replay was used in the third inning on, of all things, a walk. Umpires called for a crew chief review after home plate umpire Pat Hoberg awarded Nick Markakis first base. A replay of the at-bat revealed the count was full, and Markakis returned to the plate. The next pitch was a called strike three. 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