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Derbyshire 199 for 6 (Madsen 76) trail Leicestershire 380 (Eckersley 117*, Parkinson 4-90) by 181 runs Scorecard Many county bowling attacks have suffered at the hands of Wayne Madsen over the years, but none more so than Leicestershires since the likeable South African made his first appearance in the County Championship back in 2009.Madsen was at it again on the second day of this Division Two match. His innings of 76 not only held the Derbyshire first innings together, just about, it saw him pass both 9,000 career first-class runs and 1,000 against Leicestershire. The only surprise, as far as Leicestershire supporters were concerned, was seeing Madsen attempt to pull a Charlie Shreck bouncer and top edge a catch into the leg side.Leicestershires first innings 380 was built on a first century of the season for Ned Eckersley. Resuming on 300 for 7, Eckersley and Ben Raine extended their eighth wicket partnership to 58 before the left-handed Raine was tempted into driving at a wide delivery from Alex Hughes, and was well caught off the outside edge by wicket-keeper Alex Mellor, standing up to Hughes medium-pace.Richard Jones played over a straight ball from very occasional offspinner Neil Broom, at which point Eckersley was in danger of being stranded on 99 - the more so because Leicestershire No. 11 Charlie Shreck came to the wicket having scored no runs at all in any of his previous seven innings.Shreck kept out what remained of Brooms over, however, and in the following over Eckersley steered left-armer Callum Parkinson into the off side for the runs he need to go to his century, which came off 223 balls and included nine fours.Shreck was left not out, again without scoring, when Eckersley, on 117, went down the wicket and tried to loft Callum Parkinson to long-on, but could not clear Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman. The 19-year-old Parkinson, making his first-class debut, finished with 4 for 90 from 33.4 overs.Derbyshire lost their first three batsmen with just 40 on the board, with all three having their off-stump knocked out of the ground. Godleman had only himself to blame, shouldering arms to a Clint McKay inswinger, but Ben Slater and Chesney Hughes both received superb deliveries that straightened off the seam from Ben Raine.Madsen has been consistency personified this season however, coming into the match having scored 860 championship runs at an average of over 60, and the right-hander hit eight fours in going to his 50 off 71 balls.Broom looked less secure, and had already played across the line on a couple of occasions when clipping Shrecks outswingers through the leg side when he got a leading edge attempting the shot again, and was well caught by Raine running back from mid-on for 33.Madsen may have been fortunate to survive a leg before shout to the following ball, but McKay returned to pick up the wicket of Shiv Thakor, pinning the former Leicestershire allrounder leg before to his third delivery.The evening session was a different story. 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"Ive gone through a full recovery," Spezza told his clubs web site. "Obviously Ive been off a long time, youre never going to be quite the same right away. Ive put in the work so its not like Im expected to play out of the blue." Spezza is a proven playoff performer, recording 51 points (17G, 34A) over 53 career postseason games. After taking the opener by a 4-1 score on Tuesday, the Penguins needed to work a bit harder for their 4-3 victory in Fridays Game 2. It was Pittsburghs fourth straight win since losing Game 4 to the New York Islanders in the opening round. The Penguins won that series in six games to advance to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2010. Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburghs first three goals of the game and completed the hat trick just 1:15 into the second period, when his sixth goal of the playoffs gave the Pens a 3-1 advantage. Ottawa trailed 4-2 after 40 minutes, but Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored 2:01 into the third period to make it a one-goal game. 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Brenden Morrow registered Pittsburghs other goal, which ended up being the deciding tally for the Pens, who have a 2-0 lead in a series for the first time since sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals en route to their last Stanley Cup title. Kyle Turris and Colin Greening also scored once for the Senators, who fell to 2-3 on the road in the 2013 playoffs. Craig Anderson allowed three goals on 21 shots before being removed following Crosbys third goal early in the second. Robin Lehner, making his first career postseason appearance, stopped 20-of-21 shots in relief. "We were not ready to match [their start]," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean admitted. "Catch-up hockey is losing hockey. We have to make sure were ready for the next game at the start." The seventh-seeded Sens hope to get off to a better start Sunday in front of their home fans. Ottawa was 15-6-3 at Scotiabank Place during the regular season and was 2-0 as the host in its opening-round win over the second-seeded Canadiens. Pittsburgh was 2-1 on the road against the Isles in Round 1. During the regular season, the Pens had identical 18-6-0 records at home and on the road. Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday in Canadas capital city. ' ' '