George Kirby Struggles Again

George Kirby plus the Mariners offense

struggled again in the opening of the

series against the Baltimore Orioles.

This is Kirby's third start and loss

on the season. He threw a lot of

pitches in the first inning and 

fortunately gave up one run. He

settled down going five innings

and giving up two runs. 

Final Orioles 5 Mariners 1

The Mariners offense struggled

in May after having a good April.

June has started the same. 

The offense doesn't  have to

be as good as April however

better than May. 

The Mariners are struggling 

at home especially against 

weaker teams. We hope they

can rebound against the Orioles.

Emerson Hancock starts Wednesday

followed by Bryan Woo on

Thursday afternoon for the Mariners.

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Football

The Washington Huskies football is about to get into summer practice 

to get ready for upcoming season.

On the offensive side they have 

three transfers in expected to start.

One is Omari Evans to go with 

Denzel Boston and Kevin Green

Jr. at wide receivers. Carver Willis

at left tackle. Geirean Hatchet 

returns at right guard next to his

brother Landen at center. The 

Huskies have inexperience as

backups along the offensive line.

The Huskies have two new players

each on the defensive line, linebackers

and defensive backfield through the

transfer portal as well. 

We will see this coming season

whether they match up with the

rest of the Big Ten.  Go Dawgs!

Mariners Win Pitching Duel

Sunday was another great matchup

between the Mariners and the Twins.

The Mariners could have won all

three games or lost all three that

is how tight it was again.

Luis Castillo went six innings 

shutting out the Twins on four

hits. At the end of six neither

team had scored.

In the 7th inning no other than Cal

Raleigh hit a home run to take the

lead. The Mariners only had one 

hit before the homer.

The score stayed until the 9th

when the Twins were able to

get a run  off of Munoz once

again. In the bottom of the

ninith  Julio got on a infied

hit then after Cal struck out

he stole second and went

to third on a throwing error.

Randy Arozarena got a hit

to score Julio and the  ball

game.

This series for sure felt like

a playoff..We will likely see 

moreike this but we  hope

for some easy ones too.

The Houston Astros won 

Sunday over Tampa Bay 

1-0.  The one run was in

the first inning. Talk about

another close one. The 

Mariners are a half game

ahead of them.

The Rangers are four behind

the Mariners while the Angels

are six and the A's the .

The Mariners have Monday off. 

Mariners Win Extra Innings

The Seattle Mariners snapped their

losing streak playing in third straight

extra innings.

Saturday night the Mariners finally

able to win again in extra innings.

Mariners number two prospect Cole Young was called up making his

major league début. 

Young not only got his first major league hit in the game he drove

in the winning run on a fielder's

choice in the 11th inning. I expect

most players in their debut don't

do this in their first game.

Young will be playing second base

for the most part and we hope for

many years ahead. Leody Taveras

layed down a bunt to move Mitch

Garver over to third. Miles Mastro-buino pinch run for him.  Young a left handed hitter pulled the ball to first

base and the Twins were unable to

get Miles at the plate. 

Mastrobuino and Dylan Moore will 

be bench players now for the most

part for the next few weeks anyway.

Luke Raley is expected to go out 

on a rehab assignment this coming

week so should see him back in

the next  week or so. It will be

interesting move they will make 

than. 

Cal Raleigh and JP each hit two-run

homers to put the Mariners in 

position for the win.

Bryce Miller came off the injured 

list to start the game. He went

four innings. He said in post game

that his arm stiffs up when the

temperature goes colder. Most

likely see him go as long as he

can over his next several starts.

Luis Castillo goes Saturday 

afternoon to see the Mariners

can win the series. He has

been on and off in last several

starts. The Mariners have 

Monday off before playing

the Baltimore Orioles for 

three beginning Tuesday. 

Go M's

Mariners Different Team Same Results

Friday night the Seattle Mariners 

faced the Minnesota Twins at

home. The results turned out

the same.

Going late into the game it

was another outstanding 

pitching match up. Bryan

Woo was able to go into

the seventh. He surrendered

his third run of the game so

Matt Brash came in with

two outs and got the third

out he didn't return in the

eighth.

The bottom of the 8th Cal

Raleigh hit is 21st home

run of the season  to put

the Mariners up 6-3. It

looked like  a sure win.

Andre Munoz came in the

gsme so we thought here

we go. Unfortunately for

the first time of the season

he was hit for more than

one in a game. The Twins

scored two runs to come

within one run. Munoz

still had the chance with

two outs to save however

gave up a solo home run.

The Mariners weren't able 

to score in the bottom of the

ninth. 

Here is the tenth. Same as

Thursday night the Mariners

were touched for several

runs. The Twins hit a two-run

homer with the runner on base

in extra innings. The Twins 

loaded the bases with two.

The Mariners had a chance 

if they could get that last out.

The hitter for the Twins hit

the ball up the middle hard

however Dylan Moore couldn't

field the play cleanly so two

more runs were scored. Again

added another two runs. Final

Twins 12 Mariners 6

Once in a great moon Munoz

will be hit like on Friday night.

The Mariners show they need

a reliever who can pitch in

extra innings. This was the

first gsme Matt Bray had 

pitched in two straight games.

He likely won't pitch Saturday

of Sunday. 

The Mariners need to make a

trade or find a reliable reliever

from the minor leagues. Also

another beat or two would be

good idea. Luke Raley is expected

to do a rehab assignment with

Tacoma.  Cole Young made two

plate appearances before being

taken out. Talk online is he will

be called up to the Mariners and

it makes sense. Most likely Leo

Rivas will be sent down. He hasn't

played a lot lately.

In Tacoma's game Harry Ford was

at dh instead of catching. He had

three hits and we could see him

soon and maybe this weekend.

Trent Thorton made a rehab assignment for the Rainiers too.

We could see him back in the

bullpen too. Though he hasn't

had a great season before going

on the injured list he would be

an added plus though not the

total answer. He went one inning

and struck out too. Troy Taylor 

who is trying to make his way

back finished the game for the

Rainiers going one inning walking

one and striking out three.

We will see whether Young and

Ford be up. Saturday game is

late afternoon as it is on Fox TV.

Go M's. 

Mariners Blasted In Extra Inning

Emerson Hancock pitched well

for five innings giving up no

runs. In the sixth inning he

walked a couple batters. He

did get one out in the process.

The Washington Nationals again

went with an all left handed

hitting lineup so they brought

in Gabe Speier the lefty however

he wasn't able to hold it and

gave up a double scoring two 

runs.

The Mariners bottom of batting

order came through tying the

game in the seventh. Andre Munoz

made appearance in the ninth

inning with tie score and did

his usual good deed. The best

reliever in baseball right now.

Collin Snider pitched the 10th

and got lit up. He gave up

seven runs including a three

run homer and that was the

ball game. The Mariners did

score a single run in the bottom

of the 10th. Nationals 9-3 win.

Logan Gilbert made his first

rehab assignment going a

couple innings for the Tacoma

Rainiers. How many he has

we will see.

The Mariners now take on the

Minnesota Twins over the 

weekend. Bryan Woo starts

for the Mariners who is having

an outstanding season. Go.M's

Mariners What Day Makes A Difference

On Tuesday the Mariners took care

of the Nationals easily.

Wednesday the Nationals took

care of the Mariners winning  9-0.

George Kirby made his second

appearance of the season.

He went five innings giving up six runs including three solo  home runs.

Also walked two and struck out

four.  We do hope he turns things

around in his next start.

Mariners only had five hits with

the no runs. We hope Thursday

night the Mariners can win

the series. The Mariners will

be taking on the Minnesota

Twins over the weekend. The

Twins are tied with Cleveland

in second place in the American

League Central.They haven't

played well on the road   See

What happens. Go M's.