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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to end the 2014 calendar year on a high note when they shoot for a fourth straight victory in a New Years Eve battle Wednesday at Buffalos First Niagara Center. The Lightning have won three straight for the first time since a four-game run from Nov. 22-Dec. 1, posting recent victories over Pittsburgh, Carolina and Toronto to complete a perfect three-game homestand. Tampa hopes to keep heading in the right direction on the road, although Jon Coopers club has managed just one win in its last six tests away from Central Florida. All told, the Lightning are just 8-7-3 as the guest this season and they suffered a 2-1 shootout loss when they visited Buffalo on Dec. 2. Tampa was able to follow up that defeat with a 5-0 home rout of the Sabres just two days later and the Bolts have claimed four of the past six meetings in this series. Tampa, which is tied with Montreal for the Atlantic Division lead, scored three unanswered goals to earn a 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs on Monday. Steven Stamkos 20th goal of the season broke a 2-2 deadlock, and the Lightning also got goals from Ryan Callahan and Valtteri Filppula. Ben Bishop made 21 saves on 23 shots against him. Tampas franchise goaltender is questionable for tonight after sitting out practice on Tuesday with a nagging lower-body issue. Bishop, who is 18-6-2 with a 2.29 goals against average this season, missed four games earlier this month due to injury. On Tuesday, Tampa Bay recalled goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy from its AHL affiliate in nearby Syracuse in case Bishop is unable to suit up. However, the Lightning said Bishops absence from practice on Tuesday and Vasilevskiys call-up were merely precautionary measures. Tonights test marks the start of a four-game road trip for the Lightning, who will continue the swing Friday in Pittsburgh. The Sabres begin a brief two-game homestand after losing for the fifth time in six games with Mondays 5-2 loss in Ottawa. Bobby Ryan scored three goals for his fourth career hat trick to help the Senators breeze past Buffalo. Zemgus Girgensons and Mark Pysyk scored for the Sabres, while Jhonas Enroth gave up four goals on 35 shots. We made mistakes that led to their goals and didnt make it tough enough for them, Sabres head coach Ted Nolan said. Uncharacteristic game for us. The setback dropped Nolans club to 4-12-1 on the road, but they hope to rebound in Western New York, where the Sabres are 10-8-2 this season. Walter Payton Jersey . Brooks replaces right-hander Yordano Ventura, who left his last outing with a sore elbow. Ventura is expected to miss one start. Brooks has made one relief appearance for the Royals this season, allowing six runs in two innings in a May 3 loss to Detroit. 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With the pitchers spot on deck and knowing Milwaukee was out of position players, the Orioles intentionally walked power-hitting Mark Reynolds with two outs and no one on base in the 10th. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke then sent up Gallardo -- a starting pitcher who was 1 for 14 this season -- to bat for reliever Francisco Rodriguez (2-1). Gallardo drove a 2-0 pitch from T.J. McFarland (0-1) to deep centre field to win it. Reynolds earlier hit his 12th homer. The Brewers blew an early 5-0 lead, but tied it at 6 with two outs in the ninth on an infield single by Jonathan Lucroy. Lyle Overbay singled to open the ninth and Jean Segura sacrificed pinch runner Elian Herrera to second. Ryan Brauns ground out sent Herrera to third, and he scored when Lucroy hit a chopper and barely beat third baseman Manny Machados throw to first. The Orioles took a 6-5 lead in the seventh on pinch hitter Steve Pearces three-run homer. Nelson Cruz hit his major league-leading 17th homer in the Baltimore fifth. He walked to open the seventh, and an error by Segura on his flip from shortstop set up Pearces homer off Matt Garza. The Brewers, who blew a 6-4 lead in the ninth inning on Monday and lost to the Orioles in the 10th, powered their way to early lead.dddddddddddd Carlos Gomez hit a three-run homer and solo shots by Reynolds and Khris Davis, all off starter Wei-Yin Chen, made it 5-0 through the fourth. NOTES: Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez, on the disabled list since May 13 with a left hamstring injury, fielded grounders before the game. "It felt good. I took like 20-25 groundballs," he said. "I am going to take it day by day and when I am ready, I am ready." ... Brewers reliever Jim Henderson, on the DL with inflammation in his right shoulder, received a cortisone injection. "Hopefully that clears it up a bit more," said Henderson, who experienced discomfort in his shoulder during his minor league rehab assignment on Friday. "We need to free it up and be pain-free and then well be good to go, really. Im going to just ice it and make sure the injection stays in there and does its work. Then we can get back to strengthening it and exercising again." ... Gomez extended his hitting streak to eight games. ... Lucroy doubled in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to nine games, the Brewers longest this season. ... Prior to the game, the Orioles activated 1B Chris Davis from the paternity list and optioned C Steve Clevenger to Triple-A Norfolk. Davis went 0 for 4. 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