Mariners Offense Struggles Again

It was another big night where the unvailing 

of the Mariners top 50 players in the 50 years. 

This didn't help the Mariners out offensively.

Loved watching the ceremony.

Final Rays 3  Mariners 2

Josh Naylor was the Mariners offense on

the night. He had a home run in the second

and another in the 7th.  The Rays had two

runs in the 6th inning after tying in the 4th.

Both runs were unearned on a fielding error.

George Kirby event five innings giving up

the one run.  Michael Rucker was in so he

recorded the loss.

The Rays lost their starter before the game

so they went with seven relievers which

besides Naylor the Mariners couldn't take 

advantage. Let's see what happens Sunday 

afternoon. Go M's.

. Mariners Almost Shutout Friday

The Seattle Mariners still continue having

trouble scoring runs even after the recent

trade line. 

The Mariners lost Friday night to the Tampa 

Bay Rays 2-1 in Seattle on current homestand.

This is the 24th time they have scored one 

run or less this season.  They have been 

shutout 11 times in the season. Julio

Rodriguez hit a home run in the bottom 

of the 9th with two outs. Close call right. 

The Mariners are 3-3 so far in August

and 3-4 on this home stand with two

games remaining. The Mariners are now 

4 games behind the Houston Astros.

The Mariners team batting average for

August is .225 slightly below the .229

for the season the worst in baseball.

In their last ten games hitting .217.

George Kirby will start Saturday night

for the Mariners. Before the game the

Mariners will unvail the top 50 players

in Mariners history as it is their 50th

year. Most of the those players will

be on hand.

Logan Gilbert pitched into the 7th

getting two outs before Bazardo 

got the last out. Both runs by the

Rays were solo home runs in the 

2nd and 3rd innings. 

Jose Ferrer pitched the 8th giving

up one hit. Seranthony Dominguez 

pitched the 9th and looked better

than his first outing. This time one

hit, one walk and struck out two.

Now we see on this special night

the Mariners can break out of their

hitting slump. Go M's.

Mariners Blown Out Thursday Afternoon

After Wednesday win and  Gabe Speier kicked

out I thought the Mariners would have played

more of an inspired game. 

Final Tigers 11 Mariners 0

Bryce Miller had a tough first two innings

giving up three runs in the first inning

and then one in the second. He was able

to go five innings and didn't give up anymore 

runs. 

Michael Rucker pitched the 6th with no

runs. Colt Wilcox gave up four runs in

the 7th with one unearned. He had to

leave with two outs because of his oblique.

Sure he will go in the injured list. 

Josh Simpson took his spot. He pitched 

the 8th as well as finishing the 7th. 

The Mariners put in outfielder Victor Robles  

to pitch the 9th. He gave up three runs.

Now the Tampa Bay Rays come to town.

This weekend they celebrate the 50th

anniversary of the Mariners. We hope 

better baseball will be played. 

Friday night after the game will be the 

home run contest led by Ichiro. The 

game won't be shown on Mariners TV

which was not a good move. The home 

run contest will be. 

Saturday will be the unvailing of the

Mariners all time 50 players. We will

know some it will be interesting to see

who else is.  Go M's. 

PS manager Dan Wilson was suspended 

for a game and Speier for three though

hopefully go to no more than two. A

goid game for Dan to set out. 

.

Washington Huskies Open Training Camp

The Washington Huskies start training 

camp on Thursday. The season opener

begin in one month on Sunday September 

6 at Husky Stadium at 1 pm Pacific Time.

The Huskies take on the Washington State 

Cougars in the Apple Cip on that day.

It is interesting to start the season this

way. In the past while both were part 

of the Pac-12 they would play the last game

of the season generally.

The Huskies are ranked 7th in the  Big Ten

and nationally #19. The Huskies will play

every game in September at home. The 

last game of the month will begin the

schedule of the Big Ten against Minnesota.  

The Huskies are considered a top 20

nationally on defense. Last year they

were 15th in scoring defense and 12th

against the run.  They should be around 

that once again.

On offense Desmond Williams Jr returns

as the quarterback. He has a talented 

group of receivers though young in

experience.  Last year's top receiver

Denzel Boston  left early to the NFL 

being drafted by the Cleveland Browns 

in the second round.

The big question on offense is  the running 

game as last year's top running back Jonah 

Coleman graduated. Jonah was drafted in

the 4th round by the Denver Broncos. He is 

getting high praise by their coaching staff.

The Huskies will have to depend on all new

guys.  The Apple Cup will show where tgey

go there.

The Huskies are favored over the Cougars

by 21.5 going into the game.  The Cougars

are playing in the new Pac-12 with mostly 

schools coming over from the Mountain 

West. It will no longer be them and Oregon 

State who were thesst standing of the

Pac-12. 

The Cougars have a new head coach Kirby

Moore who was offense coordinator at 

Missouri. It will be interesting for the first

time head coach.  Not only WSU has a new

coaching staff they will have a lot of  new

players too.  Kitvy won't name his starting 

quarterback until a week before the opening 

game. They have three candidates.

Moore is familiar as he grew up bin Prosser 

Washington. A wide receiver he played his

college ball at Boise State who will be one

of the new schools in Pac-12.  In fact they

are favored to win the conference.

Going into this season the Cougars Cougars 

are figured to end in 5th in the Pac-12. 

Here we will recap each game the Cougars

and Huskies play over the season. We hope

success for both teams.  Make our job

a lot easier. Lol 

 

Mariners Even Series

Wednesday night the Seattle Mariners 

beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2. 

Neither team scored a run until Julio

Rodriguez hit a three run homer. Canzone 

was intentionally walked in front him.

Didn't they learn anything from the Reds 

when Cal hit a home run.

Bryan Woo another good game going

7 innings giving up three hits, one walk

and struck out five. 

Gabe Speier was kicked out in the

game in the 8th inning for hitting a

Tiger intentionally with two outs.

Ridiculous call. Bazardo comes in

and gives up another home run.

Colt Emerson hits home run in

the bottom of the 8th. Munoz struck

out two in the 9th for another save.

The batting order was the same as 

Tuesday's game. Taylor Ward had 

his first Mariners hit.

Thursday will be afternoon game.

Bryce Miller will pitch.

Mariners are two and a half behind Astros 

The Rangers won Wednesday while 

the Astros lost.  Go M's.

Mariners Lose Tuesday Night

The Seattle Mariners lost the opening 

game of the series to the Detroit Tigers

8-0. We hope what happened against

the Twins winning the final two games.

Please don't make them walkoffs.

I am not into too many one run games

Newcomer reliever Seranthony Dominguez 

gave up four runs in the 9th. We hope

the worst game he pitches in a Mariners

uniform. They were going to lose anyway.

Detroit starting pitcher is a good one.

He went seven innings. He gave up

three of  four Mariners hits.

The Tigers scored three runs in the 3rd.

A throwing error by Colt Emerson gave

one run thst wasn't earned. 

The Tigers scored one run in the 5th.

Emerson Hancock went six innings.

He gave up three earned runs. 

On his return Brendan Donovan didn't 

get a hit and neither Taylor Ward.

We hope to   see a better game on

Wednesday.

Bryan Woo will start on Wednesday 

night for the Mariners. The Tigers

are expected to go with the bullpen.

The Mariners used all three low

leverage pitchers in this one.

Besides Dominguez the other 

high leverage pitchers didn't 

pitch so should be available. 

Go M's.   

 

 

Seattle Mariners Make Moves Tuesday

The Mariners made several moves before

Tuesday night's game against the Detroit 

Tigers.

Reliever Seranthony Dominguez and outfielder 

Taylor Ward both acquired before the trade

deadline. We could see both of them in this

game.

Dominguez will team with Bazardo as two 

of the high leverage right-handers along 

with Munoz. Dominguez may close when 

Munoz has a game off. Ward will play left

field, right field or dh. 

As expected Brendan Donovan was activated 

from the injured list. He will likely play third

base until JP Crawford returns. After that 

he may play second base, left, right and dh

as well. Cole Young who has played more 

than any position player  may have  a day off 

on occasion.  Both Ward and Donovan 

are in Tuesday's lineup. 

Outfielder Stuart Fairchild was designated 

for assignment with activation of Ward.

A bit of a surprise outfielder Rob Refsynder 

and catcher Mitch Garver were released.

Neither one met up with the expectation.

Catcher Jhonny Pereda was recalled 

from Tacoma.  He played  along with 

Garver when Cal Raleigh was on the

injured list.  In 19 games he hit .270.

Anything like that will help the Mariners.

Go team.