Mariners Shut Out Saturday Afternoon

The series between the Mariners

and the Royals is even now. 

Final Royals 5 Mariners 0 

The Mariners offense has struggled 

in this series with the only runs scored

in the series opener on a  two run 

homer by Steve Garver. In that one

Logan Gilbert into six innings getting

two outs and the Mariners didn't give

up a run.

Saturday's game the Royals scored

three runs in the first inning making

enough to win. George Kirby went

six innings giving up nine hits. What

is common though he didn't give a

walk. He is one of the top pitchers

in the majors not giving up a lot of

walks. He surrendered all five runs

however only three earned. Kirby is

now 5-4 on the season. The Royals

we're aggressive on the bases too.

They have been struggling scoring 

runs this season so they decided to

change things up.  Kirby only had

three strike outs in the game. Love

for him in that regard.

The Mariners have struggled against 

left handed pitching however in this

one they faced a right hander. Stephen 

Kolek went a complete game giving up

four hits to the Mariners. He walked

only one however had only two strike 

outs. He started out in May where his

first two starts he gave up 8 runs

but in the last two games including

this one shutouts in both although

in last start he went six and one-third 

innigs.

Luke Raley had three of the four hits

while Cole Young had the fourth hit.

Everyone else was shut out. 

Bryan Woo will start Sunday for the

Mariners and face another right hander

Seth Lugo.  He has a 1-4 record with

bad luck with 3.68 earned run average.

Lugo has only given up two home runs

in his ten starts. The Mariners a home run

hitting team may have to turn that around

if they expect to win. Go M's. 

Washington State Cougars Football For 2026

The Washington State  Cougars and

the Oregon State Beavers are the 

only remaining schools in the new

Pac-12 Conference.  How both schools 

do this coming season will give national 

recognition or not. 

Jimmy Rogers who was the Cougars 

head coach moved on during the 

off-season to Iowa State. The Cougars 

lost 37 players to the transfer portal 

with many going to Iowa State.  The

Cougars hired Missouri offensive 

coordinator Kirby Moore who was

born and raised in Washington.

The Cougars have 28 players transferred 

in to help replace those who left. The

Cougars have four starters who came in

the transfer portal along with four on

second string on offense. The big change

is on defense where eight starters on the

depth chart and seven second string at

this point.  The Cougars offense has 

always had a better reputation than 

the defense. With so much change on

the defense side will that show an

improvement. We will see won't we. 

The head coaching change the Cougars

have only 14 incoming freshmen. At

this point none of them are listed  on

the first three strings. It will be interesting 

to see how that effects them the next 

few years. Of those 28 transfers in

only four on offense and four on defense

are starters so in another year the Cougars

mostly likely won't have to deal with as many

to come in. Of course it will depend on how 

good the team is in 2026.  The Cougars 

have seven in special teams with four as

regulars. Go Cougars. 

Mariners Win Opening Game On Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners didn't have much

of am offense Friday evening in Kansas 

City against the Royals.

Final Mariners 2 Royals 0

Mitch Garver was the hero for the

Mariners hitting a two run homer

in the 7th inning.  Garver hasn't 

had a good season at the plate 

but does not better on the road.

This was Garver's second home

run on the season. Both happened 

in the last seven games. His batting 

average is .177. Before Cal Raleigh 

went on the injured list he was 

hitting.260 on the road.  He hasn't 

played a lot of games though fewer 

when Cal was playing. He was playing 

about once a week so not easy to

hit playing only so often.

He actually done well walking. He has

15 walks while only 11 hits. Garver 

has struck out 24 times. His on base

percentage is .333 so he knows how

important to walk and let others drive

him home.  He has scored ten runs 

which is good.  

Not sure when Cal Raleigh will return

though he should be eligible to come

off the injured list soon.

The Mariners faced a lefty which the

team has had trouble with all season.

The Mariners Mariners use a platooning

system in right field and designated 

hitter.  The right handed bats haven't 

done well so far this season.

Victor Robles came off the injured list

and played several games at Tacoma

on rehab assignment.  He played right 

field having two at bats without a hit.

Late in the game Luke Raley pinch hit

without a hit.  

Rob Refsynder who the Mariners signed

as a  free agent during the off season

to face lefties struck all three times. 

Dominic Canzone pinch hit late in

the game for him. So right field and

designated hitter they were zero for

seven. 

The Mariners rested first baseman 

Josh Naylor as well. I didn't really 

understand this move when it was 

the first game of the series and 

road trip. Fortunately the pitching

along with Garver's home run gave

them the win. Patrick Wisdom who

recently activated from the injured

list played first base without a hit

either. 

Logan Gilbert started and pitched

five and two thirds innings giving 

up two hits while walking two and

striking out six. Much better than

his last outing where he gave up 

seven runs in a Mariners loss.

Eduardo Bazardo came in with 

runners on base and got the

last out with the grounder to

Colt Emerson who stepped on

third base.  He came back to

to pitch the 7th striking out 

three batters.

Matt Brash pitched the 8th inning 

which is often his custom. He

did have a little trouble giving up

two hits however got out of it.

Andre Munoz came in and took 

care of the Royals.

Saturday afternoon George Kirby 

will pitch for the Mariners. He

has had a good season overall.

He has a 5-3 record with an era 

of 3. 45. In recent outings last

Sunday was his toughest giving

up six runs against the San Diego 

Padres. He and Gilbert's outings.

was a major reason they were 

swept at home to the Padres.

After this series the Mariners 

go to Sacramento to take on

the A's.  The Mariners are two

games behind the A's right now.

If the Mariners can win this

series as well as against the

A's they could be in first place.

The Rangers are a half inning

ahead of the Mariners however

they are losing to the Angels 

do stays that way them and the 

Mariners are tied.  The Rangers 

play the Astros four games this

coming Monday thru Thursday 

at home. A good scenario would

be the two teams would split 

the series. 

Next weekend the Mariners be 

back home to play the Arizona 

Diamondbacks to finish the month

of May.  The Mariners start the

month of June playing three 

games against the New York

Mets who have been struggling 

so far this season. The Mariners 

then will go on another road 

trip. Go M's. 

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Look At the Tacoma Rainers

The Seattle Mariners have Thursday off 

so decided to see how the Tacoma Rainers 

have done.

The Rainers are in third place with 23-24

record on the season. In the last ten

games they are 6-4 which is a good sign

especially with the call up of Colt Emerson 

on May 17. 

Speaking of Colt Emerson he is playing 

now at shortstop as JP Crawford has

missed a couple games with injury. 

JP said that he is willing to play some

third base too. So we will see. 

The Rainier's currently on the road playing

the Bees in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday 

the Rainiers won 13-1.  

Victor Robles on rehab assignment had

two hits while driving in a run.  Brennen 

Davis who the Mariners signed as a

minor league free agent before spring

training is hitting is hitting .280. He 

had three hits in the game. The Mariners 

having trouble against lefties a lot of 

fans are calling for him to be called up.

He has nine home runs so far on the

season.  This especially true how Rob

Refsynder is hitting very low 100s. 

Most likely we will see Robles soon

possibly on this road trip.

Brock Rodden who is playing shortstop 

drove in five runs in this game.  He is

hitting .267  with seven home runs.

If the Mariners need a utility player

he could be called up however Brendan Donovan will be the primary utility player 

when he returns. He might play some

third base as well as giving Cole Young 

a day off at second base along with 

outfield and dh. We will see if he goes

on a rehab assignment before returning 

to the Mariners. Go Rainiers.

On the Mariners next day off we will see

how the double A Arkansas Travelers are 

doing. Last years top pick Kade Anderson 

last week had his first hick up on the

season last week. He should be pitching

on Friday. We will look at fellow top prospect 

pitcher Ryan Sloan too. Go Travelers. 

Mariners Win Series

Wednesday afternoon the Mariners 

beat the White Sox 5-4 to take the

series however they  made it hard 

on themselves. 

Arozarena scored three times including

a run in the second and fourth in which

the White Sox came back to tie both time.

Catcher Jhonny Pereds hit a  home run

the seventh and Arozarena hit a two run

shot as well which was a good thing

as the White Sox scored a run in the 8th

and 9th.

Emerson Hancock went five innings 

go inh up the first two runs.  He ended

up walking three while striking out four.

Cooper Criswell who seems to be one 

of the guys who comes out first in a

game. He gave up no runs. Matt Brash

made his return after being on the 

injured list. No runs were scored on him

either.

Eduardo Bazardo pitched the 8th. He gave

up a run but not earned. Jose Ferrer pitched

the 9th.He gave up a home run to the first

batter be faced and then he struck the next

three. Ferrer seems to be the guy in the

9th if Munoz isn't available. 

There is word that Gabe Speier may return

on Monday. He is making his first rehab

assignment on Wednesday evening.  

Robert Ortiz was sent to Tacoma with

the activation of Brash. Not sure who the

guy will be when Speier is activated onto

the roster. 

The Mariners will have Thursday off 

and play Friday in Kansas City against

the Royals. Logan Gilbert should the nod.

Not sure yet whether Miller and Castillo 

will piggy bank once again. Kirby and

Woo should take the mound on Saturday 

and Sunday.  Miller was outspoken after

the game that he was taken out with two

outs in the 6th inning Tuesday.  Also 

some media wondered whether Castillo 

should have pitched in the 9th after

two innings.  We will see.

JP Crawford didn't play so Colt Emerson 

did at shortstop.  In the 5th inning the

Mariners had the bases loaded with 

no outs. A good opportunity to break 

open the game. Arozarena and Naylor

each popped out. The Mariners did 

what they usually did was bring in 

Refsynder to pinch hit for Raley which

hasn't been much success on the

season grounded out. I wonder when

they will stop that. 

Anyway we will check you later.

Any sports stories come out let you

know. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Late

The Seattle Mariners may have won

Tuesday night of they could have had 

enough runs in the first inning. 

Mariners scored a run in the first

inning when they loaded the bases.

Patrick Wisdom hit a ball deep short

and the White Sox were not able to

complete a double play. Julio Rodriguez 

scored the lone  run.  The Mariners 

didn't have another run or hit in the

game. They continued having trouble 

against lefties. 

Bryce Miller pitched well going five

and two-thirds innings. He only gave

up one hit, one walk and no runs.

Miller struck out seven too. 

Jose Ferrer came in to get the 

fine out striking out the batter

with tying run base. 

Piggy backing Luis Castillo came

in struck out the side in the 7th.

In the 8th the White Sox first hitter

grounded to Naylor. Former Mariner

Jarred Kelenic had a single. The

final two batters flied and grounded 

out. Though still things did look

going into the 9th. Castillo walked 

and hit a batter. They brought in 

Munoz who gave up a couple hits

but both runs went to Castillo.

In the bottom of the 9th the White

Sox struck out the side.

Another game where the Mariners 

had good pitching but no run

support.

Wednesday afternoon Emerson

Hancock will start and see if the

Mariners can take the series.

Go M's.