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. 

Second Week Seahawks Practice

Monday the Seahawks started their second 

week of practice. First preseason game is

11 days away on Saturday August 15 at

home at Lumen Field against the Dallas 

Cowboys.

The Seahawks stsrting lineup will be

much like the team that played in the

Super Bowl outside of a few spots .

The big change will be at running back. 

George Holani and first round pick 

Jadarian Price will have most of the

reps when the season begins. Emanuel 

Wilson a free agent signing should be

the third running back.

Velus Jones Jr. could be the 4th running

back. On Monday he showed how well 

he can run pass routes as well. A player

in his position the versatility to play wide

receiver helps and he is good on special 

teams. Let you know how some of the 

other players doing. Expect some new 

players in backup roles. Go Hawks!

Mariners Make A Trade Monday

Monday the Mariners made one trade 

for a right handed bat where they have 

had trouble against lefties all year. 

The Mariners had the day off though.

The Mariners traded for outfielder 

Taylor Ward from the Baltimore Orioles.

Taylor will be a free agent so who 

knows whether the Mariners will retain

or not. 

Mariners fans and players are familiar 

with him since he played several years 

with the Los Angeles Angels. President 

Jerry Dipoto and general manager Justin

Hollander  are real familiar since they 

drafted him when they worked for the 

Angels before coming to Seattle. Justin  

said that he should be in the lineup most 

everyday whether in left field, right or dh.

With the Orioles he was a lead off hitter

much of the season.  He is one of the 

top players to walk on the season. Not 

sure he will be with the Mariners though

he could against lefties.  Right now Cole 

Young is the lead off hitter and has done

a fine job. Brendan Donovan is expected 

to be activated from the injured list on

Tuesday. He began the season as the

lead off hitter so he could go back to

the spot.

Both Donovan and Young both hit lefthanded 

so one could be against righties.  We could 

see Young bat fifth of sixth in the order. 

Donovan could be down there somewhere 

against lefties.  Ward could be near the 

bottom of the order against righties though. 

Ward is batting .246 which about the same

as his career and league average.   

The Mariners traded Alex Hoppe who is

a low lever reliever along with two minor 

league pitchers. Lefty Josh Simpson was

activated after Luis Castillo was traded

to the White Sox late Saturday. He will

likely stay when newcomer Seranthony

Dominguez arrives which he is expected 

on Tuesday.  

Emerson Hancock scheduled to pitch 

on Tuesday for the Mariners. I am sure

he is glad that he us sticking around.

With now five man rotation the Mariners 

are going with Hollander says that he 

isn't on the roster as of yet last year's 

number one pick who is in Arkansas 

is listed as the sixth starter so if someone 

goes down he likely be called up. September 

1st the roster will increase to 28 so he

likely be the guy.

Another good reason to have Taylor Ward 

Hollander said that Luke Raley maybe 

done for the season after being put on

the injured list last season. If he does

return it will be late September likely. 

So we see all things go beginning Tuesday.

Go M's.

 

Mariners Win The Series Sunday

The Mariners won another walkoff win.

It shouldn't have happened this way

on Sunday.

George Kirby pitched seven innings 

of shutout baseball.  Cole Young

started with a hit in the first inning.

He was four for five on the day.

He and Arozarena scored on

a double by Naylor.  Cole singled

in the 6th inning bringing in

Colt Emerson. 

In the bottom of 7th Cal hit a three run 

inning putting them ahead 6-0. Thought 

it was safe but not any means.  Bazardo 

gave up another hone run with a runner

on base. Jose Ferrer came in for him

however gave up a three run homer. 

Some reason the Mariners like one run 

games. Munoz gave up a run in the 

9th to tie on a homer too. Not great

for high leverage relievers.

In the bottom of the 9th Josh Naylor 

had a single. Cal struck out.  Victor

Robles singled with Naylor going to

third. Robles did advance to 2nd base.

Stuart Fairchild who was brought up

when Luke Raley went on the injured 

list pinch run for for Naylor who took

a tumble. Colt Emerson who is hitting 

well again hit a single to score Fairchild 

for the win. Had the Mariners lost it 

would have been very disappointing. 

The trading deadline line is Monday 

afternoon so let's see who the Mariners

acquire. George Kirby in his post game 

said he likes it here and like to stay for

a long time. See it happens. Go M's.

Seattle Mariners Trade For Reliever

Later Saturday the Mariners made their 

first trade before the trading deadline.

They traded starter Luis Castillo to the

Chicago White Sox in sort of a surprise. 

The White Sox didn't seem like to be

a partner. It seems they were  in for

a starter to make the playoffs. Also

they are going to pay the rest of Luis 

contract as well.  This saves the M's 

$30 million.  

The primary player among three acquired 

by the Mariners  is reliever Seranthony

Dominguez. He has been used by the

White Sox as a closer. This gives the 

Mariners a setup reliever for the 8th

inning and can close when Andre Munoz 

isn't available. Dominguez is under 

contract for another year as well and

option for 2028.  

The second player is Nolan Jones a left

handed hitting outfielder.  Nolan didn't 

hit well last year for Cleveland though 

this year was plahing for the White Sox

triple A team hitting .257 batting average.

Jones has 14 home runs and 59 rbis.

He likely will go to triple A Tacoma.

The Mariners may be in line to trade 

still for another righthanded bat. 

The third player acquired by the Mariners in 

this trade is catcher Boston Smith as a

prospect.  Smith was drafted last year in

the sixth round  by the Washington Nationals 

then traded to the White Sox. Smith is

batting left handed and hitting .298 in

his first season on professional ball.

He has 22 home runs. He is considered 

athletic so he can play third base and 

the outfield. Certainly gives the Mariners 

versatility where they play him.

So we will see where the Mariners will

go  about another trade fo acquire a 

right handed bat. Emerson Hancock 

and George Kirby are probably off 

the table but never can say never.

Having a five man rotation and eight

man relievers with five high leverage 

sounds good. Matt Brash maybe 

back in three weeks so that will add 

another high leverage reliever. 

The Mariners may add another reliever

from Tacoma until Dominguez reports. 

Sunday afternoon the Mariners and Twins 

have the third and final game of the

series. George Kirby is scheduled to

start. We will see how that goes.

Important game for the Mariners to win.

The Mariners are 54-58. They are three 

games behind the Houston Astros who 

have won nine out of their last ten games

while the Mariners are 3-7. Go M's. 

 

Mariners Win Walkoff

It wasn't the conventional way to win

a walkoff in the 9th inning but take 

it. 

Final Mariners 4  Twins 3

Randy Arozarena was the player of the 

game for the Mariners.  In the first

inning Randy Arozarena scored the

second run after Cole Young had 

the first.  The Mariners had the chance

score more. Had the bases loaded with

no outs and these two were able to score. 

Another key hit they coukd have scored

three in the first inning. 

Randy hit a home run in the second

inning to make it 3-0.  Logan Gilbert 

gave up a home run in the 5th and

6th inning. In the 7th the Twins tied

the game where after a double the 

runner was able to go to 3rd on a bunt.

On an infield hit the runner scored.

Logan Gilbert pitched seven innings

giving up the three runs on five hits.

Gabe Speier came in the 8th and

got two outs. Andre Munoz got the 

final out of the 8th and got the win

in the 9th.

Randy Arozarena hit a double in the

left field corner.  He was able to get

to third on an out by Canzone. The

Twins intentionally walked Julio to

face Cal who ended up pulling the 

ball to the first baseman who was 

able  to step on the bag. Be looked 

at Julio going to second however 

decided to get Randy at home. Randy 

did a great job heading for home 

and was safe.  Scored the last three 

runs of the Mariners. Tomorrow 

we  will  see whether Mariners win

the series.  Go M's.

Before the game Luke Raley was placed

on the injured list. Outfielder Stuart 

Fairchild was brought up from Tacoma.