LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jonathan Quick saved his best save for the final minute, sliding deftly across his crease and snagging Joe Pavelskis shot from point-blank range to the grateful gasps of the Los Angeles Kings sellout crowd. Quicks imposing post-season presence only appears to be growing, and the San Jose Sharks are running out of time to figure him out. Quick made 24 saves in his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Kings moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals with a 3-0 victory in Game 5 on Thursday night. Anze Kopitar and Slava Voynov scored, and Jeff Carter added an empty-net goal as the defending Stanley Cup champions won their 13th consecutive home game in dominant fashion, claiming a 3-2 series lead. Quick won his 27th post-season game, taking sole possession of the franchise record from Kelly Hrudey. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner shut out the Sharks for the second time in the series, yet Quick scoffed at any suggestion hes responsible for the Kings abrupt reversal of this series momentum after the Sharks appeared to take control in San Jose. "We came out with a purpose," said Quick, who has stopped 313 of 330 shots in the post-season. "We knew what was on the line tonight, and Im lucky to play with guys who care so much about winning. Top to bottom, I thought everybody played well, but its just three wins. We know that doesnt mean anything." Game 6 is Sunday night at the Shark Tank. Quick has three shutouts in this post-season alone, adding to his club record of seven playoff shutouts, yet nobody thought this latest zero was his best number of the post-season. The Sharks lamented their lacklustre effort, particularly from the star players whose dominance had allowed San Jose to even the series with two straight wins and three straight games of largely superior play. "They tested us for the first four games, and I like the way we responded," Kings defenceman Matt Greene said. Antti Niemi stopped 26 shots for the Sharks, who have played more than 96 minutes without a goal since they appeared to be taking control of the series midway through Game 4. "Weve got to score. Its the playoffs," Sharks forward Logan Couture said. "We had enough chances to win tonight, but we have to start bearing down and scoring some goals. We werent there at the start. I dont even think we were good at any point in this game tonight. Our power play was brutal." The home team has won every game in the series, and the Kings remained unbeaten at Staples Center since March 23. Los Angeles, 25-4-1 at home this season, has won seven straight home playoff games dating to last seasons Stanley Cup clincher against New Jersey. After getting soundly outplayed to start each of the past three games, the Kings met the Sharks tempo and urgency from the beginning in Game 5. The Kings sharpened their physical game, outmuscling and outhitting the Sharks from the opening faceoff. Kopitar finally collected a reward late in the second period, tapping in a loose puck after a sustained stretch of pressure on Niemi. Voynov then scored 3 seconds after a penalty expired early in the third, firing home his fourth goal in nine games. Quick finished up from there, stopping Pavelski a few seconds before Carter wrapped it up with an empty-netter. "We were going at them pretty hard, and got sustained pressure for long periods of time," said Kopitar, who got just his second goal of the post-season. "Theres nothing new to say about (Quick). He gives us a chance every night. He makes every save he should, and a few he shouldnt, every time." San Jose substantially outplayed the Kings in the first period of the past three games, and Los Angeles cited a strong start as its key priority for Game 5. The Kings got it, albeit in a scoreless first period, outshooting the Sharks 9-6 while playing a punishing physical game that slowed down Joe Thornton and hampered San Joses relentless speed. "The power play looked like it was a little bit nervous for some reason," Thornton said. "I dont know why. It looks like we just didnt have some poise on the power play. If our power play is going good, you can see guys get some confidence. When it doesnt, you see guys kind of get down, and thats what happened tonight." The Sharks played roughly 17 minutes without a shot into the second period, but the Kings couldnt cash in several scoring chances in front of Niemi, including golden opportunities for Mike Richards and Justin Williams. San Jose got several chances of its own, notably with a 2-on-1 break for Patrick Marleau and Couture, but Quick kept everything out of his net. Niemi made a spectacular save on Carters wraparound chance late in the second period, but that play led to a long stretch of uninterrupted pressure and the go-ahead goal. Kopitars tap-in included assists for Williams and Kyle Clifford, who replaced Dustin Brown on the Kopitar-Williams line for Game 5. The Kings hope a goal will jump-start Kopitar, who didnt score a goal in the Kings final 16 regular-season games. The Slovenian centre was the post-seasons co-scoring leader last summer with 20 points in 20 games. The Kings scored again when Trevor Lewis won a faceoff against Thornton, who has dominated the circle in the series. Lewis, who scored the winning power-play goal late in Game 2, got the puck to Voynov for a long shot through traffic immediately after a power play ended, and the Siberian defenceman matched Carter for the team lead at the time with his fourth goal of the playoffs. The power play resulted from a goalie interference penalty against TJ Galiardi, who drew the Kings ire Wednesday by claiming Quick embellishes contact with opponents to draw undeserved penalties. "Well, he got his call tonight, so Ive got to be better," Galiardi said. "Ive just got to know that if theres any contact at all, theyre going to call it. They made us pay right after the penalty expired, so thats on me." NOTES: After sitting out earlier in the post-season with an injured left ankle, Jason Demers got his first action of the post-season for San Jose, which sat LW Tim Kennedy to make room. Demers, normally a defenceman, usually played forward. The Sharks are playing without injured forwards Marty Havlat and Adam Burish. ... Los Angeles dressed the same lineup as in Game 4, although coach Darryl Sutter shuffled his lines. ... Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer watched the game from seats on the glass. Wholesale Free Run Sale . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. 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There was even a bit of mystery: Did Jason Hammel try to hit Matt Tuiasosopo with a pitch, and did the right-hander deserve to be ejected? Miguel Cabreras grand slam capped an eight-run fourth inning for the Detroit Tigers, who cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak. Justin Verlander (7-4) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings to win his third straight start and improve to 8-0 lifetime against Baltimore. But his performance was secondary to that of the Detroit offence, which built a 9-1 lead in the pivotal fourth. After Victor Martinez opened the inning with a home run off Hammel, Jhonny Peralta followed with a shot to left and Alex Avila made it three in a row with a drive to centre. Hammels next pitch struck Tuiasosopo in the left shoulder, then ricocheted off the flap of his helmet. Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt immediately tossed the right-hander from the game. Hammel, who had already issued three walks, argued the ejection. So did Orioles manager Buck Showalter. But the decision stood. "Im not going to make a big deal of it. I hit him with a slider," Hammel said. "Zero intent there to hit him. Obviously I give up three home runs, but Im not the guy that answers getting hit around with hitting somebody. Thats bush league if you ask me. It was a mistake. A slider that got away." Tuiasosopo wasnt so sure. "All I know is we hit three homers off him, then the first pitch is at my head," he said. "I wanted to try to go up there and hit a fourth one, but obviously I got hit." Showalter defended his pitcher, but acknowledged that the umpires were simply doing their job. "I understand what the umpires trying to do, but its very tough for them to judge intent," the manager said. "But Ive got a real biased opinion of it, and its pretty obvious to us there was nothing intentional about it." Crew chief Jerry Layne said, "In this particular situation, everythings kind of played into what this looks like. They claim there was no intent. Three home runs and a guy gets hit, youre an umpire, what do you do?" Interestingly, Tigers manager Jim Leyland didnt believe Hammel was aiming the pitch at TTuiasosopo.dddddddddddd "In my heart, I do not think he was throwing at him," Leyland said. Tuiasosopo dropped his bat after the pitch, looked briefly at Hammel and walked to first base. "I wasnt happy about it. He got thrown out, and so he got his," Tuiasosopo said. "Im just going to go to first base. What am I going to do? Charge the mound? Then I would get in trouble, too. He got thrown out and we ended up tagging them for more. " After Hammel (7-3) left, rookie T.J. McFarland was summoned from the Baltimore bullpen. Avsail Garcia singled, Omar Infante doubled in a run and Andy Dirks walked to load the bases for Cabrera, who delivered his fourth career grand slam. It was his 200th home run with the Tigers, tying him with Bill Freehan for ninth place on the teams career list. It was the first time the Orioles have ever given up four homers in an inning, according to STATS, Inc. Detroit had not hit four home runs in an inning since Sept. 10, 1986. Prince Fielder added a sixth-inning drive for the Tigers, whose five homers were a season high. J.J. Hardy hit two home runs for Baltimore, and Nate McLouth singled twice and stole a base. Hammel gave up five runs, five hits and three walks in three-plus innings. The three walks and three home runs were both season highs. "I did not have command today," Hammel said. "Obviously, very frustrated. Cost the bullpen a lot of innings." In his first time through the batting order, Hammel gave up two hits and walked three, but Detroit could only get one run -- when Martinez led off the second with a walk and scored on a two-out single by Tuiasosopo. Hardy opened the third with a homer to knot the score at 1. The deadlock didnt last long. On Hammels fifth pitch of the fourth inning, Martinez hit a drive inside the right field foul pole, and the rout was on. NOTES: Every Detroit starter had at least one hit. .. Cabrera has 17 homers and leads the majors with 65 RBIs. ... Kevin Gausman (0-2, 11.00 ERA) makes his third major league start Sunday for Baltimore in the finale of the three-game series. Rick Porcello (2-2, 5.29) will start for the Tigers. ... Detroits starting pitchers recorded 203 strikeouts in May, the third-highest total in a single month by a major league rotation since 1900. ... It was Hardys 10th career two-homer game. He came in mired in an 0-for-11 skid. 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