A's Beat Mariners

Tuesday night the Seattle Mariners 

lost to the A's 5-2.  The Mariners 

who had been playing better at

home lost the second night in

a row to the A's. Wednesday 

will be an afternoon game.

Logan Gilbert will start.

The Mariners continue to have

trouble when facing a lefty. 

Rob Refsynder had his second 

hit on the season as he struggles.

His hit though allowed the Mariners 

to tie the game at one. 

Jeff McNeil hit a home run in the

4th then Cal had his 4th home run

of the season to tie again 2-2

in the 5th.

Luis Castillo was only able to go

five innings however he was able

to keep the Mariners in the game.

The bullpen though surrendered 

the three additional runs. Bazardo,

Speier and Wilcox each gave up

a run. 

Cal was dh as Mitch Garver was 

the catcher.  Mitch had a single

in his first at bat but forced at

second. Cal and Julio each had

two hits. Julio drove in the first

run. 

Casey Leguimina who gave up

three runs on Monday was

designated for assignment.

Alex Hoppe was recalled from

Tacoma taking his spot. 

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Now Have Three New Players

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

basketball team has two new player 

since the last time I reported. They lost one

as well as we aren't surprised.

Freshman Hannes Steinbach who had

a great season for the Huskie declared

for the NBA. He will likely be a lottery 

pick. Too bad the Sonics aren't back

on as of yet.  On professional level 

the Seattle Storm have begun practices.

As far as the Storm goes Sue Bird is

part of the WNBA broadcast team.

I am sure you heard about her break-up.

Last week the Huskies signed former 

Gonzaga forward Steele Venters to the

roster. On Monday announced that

Ryan Beasley a point guard who the 

Huskies need signed  on too. Beasley 

played three years at San Francisco 

and last year was WCC all first team. 

Last season he averaged  13.6 points 

a game and four assets. 

The Huskies have now eight scholarship 

players. A team is allowed  15 players total. 

Tuesday April 21 is the deline to declare

for the transfer portal though no deadline.

Most college teams start the season 

mostly playing ten players however

when conference play starts in Dec

or January they go down to eight  or

nine who play regularly.  Wesley Yates III

is the primary regular player coming 

back to the Huskies. He and Beasley 

should tantem in the backcourt. 

Nathan Sommerville who was a 

transfer over last season did start 

a few games last season averaged

4.5 points a game and 2.6 rebounds.

The Huskies are hoping for a big 

improvement from him.

Nikola Dzepina from Serbia came over 

to the Huskies in December played in

14 game  is listed at.  6'10. With potential 

he could play a lot next season. 

Jasir Rencher a freshman plan in only

eight games last year is listed as a

forward for the Huskies at 6'5.  

Mady Traore is a power forward at 6'11

out of Paris France.  He played at New Mexico Sate and   Maryland. How much 

playing time  at Washington we will see. 

It will be interesting to see who the

Huskies will pick up over the next few

months. Whoever else the Huskies 

will pickup will see where they land 

as a team next season. Sprinkle fate

as the coach is in question too. 

Ten teams in the  Big Ten made the 

NCAA tournament and Michigan won

it all.  The Huskies need to be better 

than at least one of those teams. 

Go Dawgs. 

Mariners Give A Game Away

 Not the first time however the Mariners 

gave Monday's game away losing to the

A's 6-4.

The Mariners scored two runs in the

first inning beginning with a home run 

from Cal. Josh Naylor drove in Julio

to make it 2-0. In the second inning

Dominic Canzone hit a home run to

make it 3-0.

The Mariners had other opportunities.

Emerson Hancock pitched well until 

the 4th inning when he gave up a home

run. In the 5th inning he gave up two

more home runs to tie the game.

The A's had three more runs in the

8th inning with a sacrifice fly and a

single. The Mariners made it interesting 

in the 9th when Leo Rivas hit a double

to score Cole Young . 

Luis Castillo will start Tuesday night.

We hope a better game. Go M's. 

Mariners Against The A's

.Monday evening the Mariners start 

a three game series against the

A's. Emerson Hancock will start game 

one followed by Luis Castillo and Logan

Gilbert. 

Hancock has started out well. Bryce 

Miller is on rehab assignment with

the Tacoma Rainiers. His next start 

will be his second one. How many

starts will he take before being

activated. Hancock right now looks

like he should still be in the rotation.

Luis Castillo who had a bad outing 

last time could be out however

I am sure the Mariners won't do that.

Into May the Mariners could go to

a six man rotation which they did a 

few years ago.  The Mariners have

three off days in May.  They have 

15 home games and 13 road games. 

Of course injuries will decide how 

the Mariners will go. At home home

games five man rotation would fit

well while six on the road. A lot would

depend on who they face as well. If

the starters can go seven innings 

six starters could go. 

I could see Hancock go back to the pen. 

He deserves to be on the roster no matter

how they go. Being the first one out of the 

pen on some games is a good idea. At

this point he looks like a high leverage 

pitcher. This would come down to how

many close games they play or not.

The A's and the Rangers are tied for first.

The Angels are third a half game back 

and the Mariners are a game and a half. 

The Astros are two behind the Mariners.

The Rangers play three against the

Pirates then next weekend against 

the A's all at home. So things could 

change by next Monday. 

The Angels play the Blue Jays at home 

followed by the Royal on the road.

The Astros who have a lot of injuries 

start out with the Guardians followed 

by the Yankees so this could continue 

to be a hard time for them.

The A's top of the lineup has gotten 

off well while the rest of the lineup 

has not. The Mariners playing better 

at home so far should have the 

advantage.  These could be close 

games too. We hope that Cal and 

Naylor can get going. I have read 

where some fans think that the 

lineup should stay the same as far

as Cal and Naylor go. The Mariners 

have to do something about the

righthanded lineup against lefties 

along with when to pinch hit when

they bring in a lefty when the righty

is starting. 

Raley is one of Mariners top hitters

right now. With Robles out I would 

start him against lefties although

moving him down the order. I wouldn't 

pinch hit for him against a lefty either

unless the Mariners have runners on

base especially late in games. Canzone 

can be a different story. I was watching 

the Phillies vs Braves game on Sunday 

Night baseball. They asked Braves 

manager Al Weiss about pinch hitting.

His answer matches what I think.

Only late in games. I am not sure

it is how Dan Wilson manages or

whether Jerry Dipoto has instructed

him. It would be nice if we knew for

sure. I hope we have a change in that

area. Go M's. 

Update: Brendan Donovan went on the 

Injured list to his groin. They brought 

up third baseman Will Wlison. I guess

they are not looking at bringing up

Colt Emerson yet.  

Mariners Win Sunday

The Seattle Mariners beat the Rangers

Sunday afternoon 5-2. 

The Mariners won the series which is

good. Now they play the A'S for three 

beginning on Monday.  Next weekend 

they play the Cardinals in St. Louis

followed ending April playing the

Twins on the road.

Rob Refsynder led the Mariners off 

with a home run. It was his first hit

this season too. In the second JP 

Crawford hit a two run homer. 

Randy Arozarena hit a two home run

to in the 5th.

Bryan Woo pitch well going seven

innings. He gave up two runs in

the seventh when he began to

getting tired. 

Gabe Speier pitched the 8th followed 

by Andre Munoz who got the save

in the 9th. 

Arozarena along with Luke Raley 

have been the top two hitters on

the season. Go M's 

Mariners End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners beat the

Texas Rangers Saturday early 

evening 7-3.

It started in the first inning. JP

Crawford led off with a double 

and Julio drove him in with a 

single. Brendan Donovan was

out and is day to day.

The score stayed the same until

the 4th when Canzone singled 

driving in Raleigh and Arozarena 

who have  been the two best

hitters so far.

George Kirby didn't pitch as

well as he did in two previous 

starts though he recorded the win..

He gave up a home run the sixth.

Matt Brash came in and finished 

the inning.  Luke Raley hit a home

run to increase the lead 4-1 in the

bottom of the sixth.

In the 8th Cole Young drove in

Raley and Canzone. Rivas hit 

a sacrifice fly to score Young.

The bottom of the order has

done a bang job this season.

The Rangers score two runs 

in the top of the 9th. Andre 

Munoz came with two outs

and the bases loaded.

He shut down the door 

Sunday afternoon Bryan Woo 

will pitch for the Mariners. 

Mariners Shut Out

The Mariners were able to beat the

Rangers four straight at home now 

they have lost four straight. 

Final Texas Rangers 5 Mariners 0

The Mariners had the bases loaded

in the first inning with one out but

couldn't bring in any runs.

Logan Gilbert went five innings plus

one out in the sixth giving up two 

runs on seven hits. Not great out

but able to limit the run. The M's 

were able to get to deGrom to go

only four innings with a lot of balls

thrown. They couldn't get to the 

Rangers bullpen either. The M's 

looked out of Sync. 

The Mariners bullpen gave up three 

runs so that didn't help either.

George Kirby will start Saturday 

late afternoon as game is on Fox.

We hope they can get going.

Brendan Donovan had to leave the

game with a hip injury so right now 

he is day to day however we will

see. Go M's.