Motor City Puts the Pedal to the Metal

Detroit sports started off May in a great fashion and it left their fans cheering well into the early hours of the morning.

Well it was either that or they were celebrating the fact that the "April in the D" commercials won't be played anymore. So let's see what happened. 

The Tigers finished up a sweep of the New York Yankees with an 8-4 win in New York

New York started off strong with the runs in the first, but couldn't muster much more than that throughout the rest of the game. Nate Robertson buckled down and held the Yankees without a run after the first until the fifth as he picked up the win. The heart of the lineup had a great day of hitting with 3-4-5 hitters Magglio Ordonez (3-5), Miguel Cabrera (2-4), and Carlos Guillen (2-4) combining for five RBI's and four runs. The Tigers didn't have a close game in the series as they beat up on the ailing Yankees pitching staff.

The Pistons knocked the Philadelphia 76ers out of the playoffs with a 100-77 blowout in Philly

This game got ugly early with the Pistons finishing up the first quarter with an 18 point lead. The 76ers never led in the game and only managed to put up more points in a quarter once. That was in the fourth quarter when the game was already more than out of reach.

Richard Hamilton led all scorers with 24 points, followed by teammate Chauncey Billups with 20 of his own. Andre Iguodala led his team in scoring in a losing effort with 16 points. The Pistons had some of us scared early on in the season, but they finally woke up and played up to their championship caliber style of play.

Speaking of blow-outs, The Red Wings swept the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 in a game that made Colorado fans glad that their season is over

Johan Franzen continued light the lamp as he tallied another hat-trick on his way to breaking Gordie Howe's single-series goal record. Howe scored eight goals in seven games back in 1949. The "Mule" (Franzen) scored nine goals in the short four game series.

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg continued to make Colorado defenders look like children as they dominated play in the offensive zone like they had all season. The two combined for two goals and five assists in the series finale.

Zetterberg had an acrobatic, ESPY worthy goal in the second period where he collected his own rebound while falling down backwards and took a backhand shot that bounced off of goaltender Peter Budaj and into the net. Budaj was brought in to relieve Jose Theodore who had yet another bad outing in the series.