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The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched their place in the Stanley Cup final with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the deciding seventh game of their Eastern Conference play-off series.The Penguins begin the best-of-seven championship on Monday when they host the San Jose Sharks, who beat the St Louis Blues in six games in the other NHL semi-final.The third period was electric. It was the loudest Ive heard a building in all my years in this league, said Penguins coach Mike Sullivan of the crowd of 18,600 at the Penguins Consol Energy Center. Pittsburgh is back in the Stanley Cup final for the fifth time overall, and the Sharks are in it for the first time in franchise history.It is going to be fast hockey, said Penguins forward Sidney Crosby of the next round.American right winger Bryan Rust scored both goals for the Penguins, who will be playing in their first final in seven years, having won three of the first four they appeared in.We are having a lot of fun. One more to go, Rust said. Bryan Rust (c) of Pittsburgh caused Tampa Bay problems all night Rookie goalie Matt Murray stopped 16 or 17 shots as the Penguins finished off a comeback from a 3-2 series deficit to deny the Lightning a return trip to the finals.Murray is now 11-4 in the playoffs after heading into the postseason as the teams backup netminder.Tampa Bay got an emotional lift from the surprise return of captain Steven Stamkos, who played for the first time since March 31 after developing a blood clot near his neck. But his impact Thursday was minimal.Rust is one of the Penguins young guns who are battling for ice time behind superstars Crosby and Evgeni Malkin -- the lone holdovers from Pittsburghs 2009 Stanley Cup winning team. The Pittsburgh Penguins with the Prince of Wales Trophy after the 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning After a scoreless first period in which shots and scoring opportunities were scarce, everything changed in the second period. Rust beat Tampas Russian netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy after being left by himself in the lightning zone at 1:55.Canadian forward Jonathan Drouin managed to tie it midway through the period with his fifth of the playoffs.Rust answered just 30 seconds later with his fifth of the playoffs.Besides missing Stamkos for most of the series, Tampa Bay also had to play without Vezina Trophy finalist goaltender Ben Bishop, who has been out with an undisclosed injury since the first period of game one.Also See:Transfer CentreLatest transfer newsTransfer bettingPaper TalkFake Bulls Jerseys . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Bulls Jerseys 2020 . 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Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. BALTIMORE -- The three members of the Baltimore Orioles voted onto the All-Star team staged their own version of the Home Run Derby. Chris Davis hit his 35th homer, Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy each had a three-run shot and the Orioles beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5 Friday night. Davis upped his major league-leading home run total with a two-run drive in the second inning. Only Barry Bonds (39 in 2001), Mark McGwire (37 in 1998) and Reggie Jackson (37 in 1969) hit more homers before the All-Star break. Jones connected in the third to put the Orioles up 5-3, and Hardy went deep in the sixth for a five-run cushion. It all added up to Baltimores third straight win, even though Toronto outhit the Orioles 14-9. "But we got some big hits with people on base," manager Buck Showalter said. Its been that way all season for the Orioles, who lead the majors with 128 home runs -- including a combined 68 by Davis, Jones and Hardy. All three long balls came off Buehrle, who had allowed only two homers in his previous 11 starts. "Thats what they do in a great park to hit home runs," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "They had the two big three-run homers, but youve got to expect here thats going to happen. You have to go toe to toe. We had a lot of hits, but we just didnt score a lot." Not enough, anyway. After Hardy connected, Baltimore was going to be tough to catch. "That was huge," Davis said. "Anytime you can give your pitcher a little bit of room to work and the bullpen doesnt have to be on pins and needles the whole game, its big for everybody." Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman (11-3) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings. He has won seven of his last eight starts, thanks in part to some solid backing from the Baltimore offence. "These guys grind out at bats all ballgame long, every day. Its fun to watch," Tillman said. "Ive said it a hundred times -- the quicker you get these guys back in the dugout and in the batters box, the more is going to happen." After Torontos Adam Lind hit a two-run double off Tommy Hunter with two outs in the ninth, Jim Johnson needed one pitch to get his 32ndd save.dddddddddddd Buehrle (5-6) surrendered eight runs and nine hits in six innings to fall to 0-5 against the AL East this season. The last time the left-hander allowed eight earned runs in a game was July 12, 2009, against Minnesota. "It was obviously a bad pitch to Davis in the second inning, (but) anybody else doesnt hit that ball out," Buehrle said. "Thats why hes so good. Hes strong as a beast. Yeah, Id like to have that back, but if it was against somebody else its probably a fly ball out." And the other two? "The one to Jones, it was in the dirt," Buehrle said. "And obviously the one to Hardy, it was meant to be a sinker but it really didnt sink too much." J.P. Arencibia and Edwin Encarnacion homered for the Blue Jays, who have lost 12 of 18 since an 11-game winning streak. Jose Bautista struck out four times, three against Tillman. Toronto went up 2-0 in the second inning when Colby Rasmus doubled and Arencibia connected for his first homer in 18 games since June 18 and No. 16 on the season. Davis answered in the bottom half with an opposite-field drive to left after Jones led off with a double for the first of his three hits. The home run gave Davis 88 RBIs, breaking Boog Powells franchise record of 86 before the All-Star break. In the third, Encarnacion snapped a 1-for-11 slump with his team-leading 24th homer, a solo shot to left. Again, the Orioles responded in the bottom half. After Manny Machado and Nick Markakis singled with one out, Jones hit his 17th homer to put Baltimore ahead for good. Hardy hit his 16th of the season after Jones and Davis singled to open the sixth. NOTES: Toronto failed to sign Phil Bickford, the 10th overall selection in last months amateur draft. That means the Blue Jays will get a No. 11 pick next year. ... The Orioles selected the contract of RHP Jairo Asencio and designated RHP Jair Jurrjens for assignment. ... Jason Hammel, who is 4-1 lifetime against Toronto, will start for the Orioles on Saturday. Todd Redmond will pitch for the Jays. ... Twelve of the 50 runs allowed by Tillman this year have come in the second inning. ... The Blue Jays have lost eight of 11 on the road. ' ' '