Seattle On The Road

The Seattle Mariners are now back on.

the road for three games against the

Angels and Diamondbacks before 

back home.

The Angels are much like the

Nationals and Orioles who they

just played being inconsistent.

The Angels though play even

worse at home than the Mariners.

They are 10-18 on the season

in Anaheim. Playing better on

the road like the Mariners.

The Diamondbacks are just

like the Mariners just slightly

bad at home and better on the

road. It would be nice for the

Mariners to sweep the Angels

like they did the Padres earlier

on the road. I would take two

out of three against both.

Winning Friday night will be

the key. Always winning an 

opening series  is good to

happen. Bryce Miller starts

and making his second start

since coming off the injured

list. The first start he went

only four innings so it would

be nice if he can go five at

least this time..

The Mariners need to score

some runs early in the game

would help a lot. Also that

Cal Raleigh isn't the only

one producing runs. Seeing

Julio continue getting better

at the plate. Important for

him getting hits with runners

on base and getting on base

when he is up early in the

game. 

So.let's see a good road trip

that can lead to a good home

stand in a week. Go M's.

Mariners Swept

As you can imagine the series against

the Baltimore Orioles at home was a

sure disappointment.

On Thursday afternoon the Mariners lost 4-3 in another one run game.

It wasn't much different than game two.

Cal Raleigh was the offense once again. He drove in Julio in the third inning after the Orioles had score

in top half of the inning.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer in

the bottom of the fifth to take the

lead. It didn't last long since the

Orioles hit a two-run homer followed 

by a solo shot in the sixth..  After

that neither scored a run. 

This is another series the Mariners

should have won at home. The

Mariners seem to play at the level

of their competition.  

The hardest thing for the

manager to do is knowing when

to take out the starting pitcher

and today was one of them.

What is difficult to is to make out 

the line up as well.

Now the Mariners see if they can

stop the bleading and beat the

Angels in Anaheim. Until next .

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Mariners Another Loss At Home

The Mariners continue to struggle

at home losing to the Orioles 3-2.

The Mariners now have a 16-16

record st T-Mobile Park while

16-12 on the road.

Things wouldn't be so bad if

they didn't lose against the

Orioles and the Nationals

who are both having poor 

seasons just like they did

against Toronto as well.

The other trouble they continue

having trouble against left handed

pitching as well. The Mariners need

to add another bat at  first base

at least or if another infield spot

Dylan Moore could play first base

or bring up Tyler Locklear. 

The Mariners will look to make

a trade before the deadline at 

the end of July. We hope sooner

then later.

Emerson Hancock pitched good

going five and two-third innings

giving up a solo home run before

leaving. The bullpen gave up

the other two runs in the 7th.

This still comes down to the

offense not scoring earlier or

getting a key hit later in the

game. Rowdy Tellez after

pitch hitting earlier for Solano

ended the game with a fly out

to right field. He just didn't

have enough to get a double

off the fence or a home run.

The Mariners had two runners

on base so both likely would

have won the game.

Thursday afternoon the Mariners

will try to avoid a sweep to the

Orioles with Bryan Woo on the

mound for the Mariners. Also

helps the Orioles are starting

a right hander.

The Mariners head to take

in the Los Angeles Angels

in Anaheim for three game

series followed by another

at Arizona. We hope for

favorable playing both teams.

The Angels come back from

playing the Red Sox in Boston.

We hope that with having a

long flight will help the Mariners

at least on Friday. Of course

winning Thursday will help too.

Go M's.

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