Monday Morning Sports

The Seattle Mariners have Monday off 

and play the Houston Astros for two

beginning on Tuesday. The Tacoma 

Rainiers season ended on Sunday. 

I would like to see the Mariners make 

a possible roster move since all their 

minor league teams are done for the

year. They do have a few players

from double A and down who are 

playing in the Arizona Fall League.

I would like the Mariners to activate

a player that may be asked to spring

training and take off a bench player

or reliever who isn't expected back

next year. 

The San Francisco 49ers beat the

Miami Dolphins with almost the 

same as the Seahawks over Arizona.

They are tied for the division lead.

The L A Rams will play home to the

New York Giants on Monday night 

football.  A win would make them

tie with the Cardinals at 1-1.

This week the Seahawks will prepare

to play the Washington Commanders

in the road next Sunday. The Washington 

Huskies the same for University Minnesota

next Saturday and the Washington State

Cougars against Arizona the same.

The Huskies, the Cougars and Gonzaga

men's basketball team are or will start 

practices soon.  The nonleague games 

will begin late October or early November.

The Seattle Kraken will begin their

regular season on October 1st going

on the road to Calgary. Currently they

are playing preseason games. Last

season the Kraken were disappointing 

and missed the playoffs. They hope

to bounce back this coming season.

Have yourself a wonderful day and

may you enjoy the sports you watch

and any you may play. 

Seahawks Dominate Second Half

The first half of Sunday's game at Arizona

was a dead heat though the Seahawks 

could have scored another touchdown 

near the end of the first half. Some reason

they ran the same play on 4th down where

the Cardinals stopped before the end zone.

I am sure the Seahawks felt and should 

have gone in. I would have tried another

play going the other way making a fake 

first and Drew Lock running in. Anyway 

good game in the end.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a touchdown 

in the first quarter. It was the first of

the in the game. The Cardinals scored 

in the second quarter to tie it.

End of the half Seahawks 7  Cardinals 7

The Seahawks had the ball first in the 

second half with Jaxon having his

second td at 12:25 in the 3rd quarter.

The Seahawks were able to have an 

interception that led to a field goal 

at 6:47 of the third quarter. Jaxon

had his third touchdown about the 

same time in the 4th quarter.

Rookie Jadarian Price ran the ball for

the Seahawks 13 times for 52 yards.

He had to leave the game early in the

4th quarter having a chest injury. On

the sideline he looked ok so with the

big lead Emanuel Wilson who the 

Seahawks signed as a free agent before

the season.

Wilson ended up running the ball 21 times

for  92 yards. Didn't help the Cardinals 

to have the ball. The Cardinals had the 

ball for only six minutes so the defense 

was on the field a lot. Certainly helped 

the Seahawks defense too.

Drew Lock threw for 235 yards. He had 

no interceptions and was sacked once.

He had the three touchdowns to Jaxon

Smith-Njigba who had nine catches total.

Seven other receivers caught at least one

catch in the game.

The Seahawks last score and touchdown 

was at 1:11: remaining when tight end 

AJ Banner took a direct snap and went in

for one yard. 

Next week the Seahawks will be in

DC to take on the Commanders.

There is a possibility that Sam Darnold

will play if things go well bin practice 

this week. If he does thanks Drew.

Go Hawks.

Mariners Win Take Series

The Seattle Mariners beat the Rockies 

Sunday afternoon in Colorado 2-1.

A great pitching matchup at Coors Field 

where runs happen often.

Kade Anderson had his best game so

far. He went seven innings giving up

three hits, no walks, seven strike outs 

and no runs. Mariners be in good position 

if he does this often next season. 

Andre Munoz gave up a home run in the

9th inning.  He had to leave the game

hurtin his right leg after walking the ball.

Ironically Eduardo Bazardo who recently 

has given up several home runs came

in for him. He walked a batter but struck

out two to end the game. 

Dominic Canzone no doubt was the hitter

of the game.  In the 4th he singled with

Randy Arozarena coming home. In the

6th he hit a double driving in JP Crawford.

Canzone had two of the Mariners four

hits. Crawford had one that he scored on

and Julio the second. Arozarena walked

before his score.

The Mariners have Monday off before

facing the Houston Astros on Tuesday 

and Wednesday.  The Astros and Rangers

both lost Sunday so the Rangers are still 

up by a game. The Mariners will help in

one way or another to who wins the 

division. I am sure they hope that they

keep the Astros out. Go M's. 

Colorado Rockies Even Series Against Mariners

The Seattle Mariners started out well 

where Cal Raleigh hit a two run homer 

in the first inning. It was his 23rd on

on the season. Cal has been hitting 

much better since August. Having an

injury that cost him about a month

had been a disappointing season 

like for most of the Mariners.

In the third inning Randy Arozarena 

who is one of the Mariners who has

had a good season hit a solo home 

run making it 3-0. Unfortunately the

Mariners didn't score anymore runs.

The Mariners haven't won too many

games when scoring three runs or 

less. 

Bryce Miller who has been struggling 

on the mound for the last couple of

months after having a good season 

though he did spend a little time on

the injured list. He went five and one-third 

inning giving up only four hits however

a run by the Rockies was scored on a

throwing error in the bottom of the

third.

This is where it began to crumble Carlos 

Vargas came in the sixth and got the two

remaining outs however pitching again

the 7th he gave up two runs and then

Jose Ferrer came in and surrended 

two more runs. Neither team scored 

after that. This has been a problem 

for the Mariners all season not able

to score more runs when needed

after early in the game. The bullpen

has had issues especially since

July. 

Outside of Canzone no other left

handed hitter had a hit against a 

lefty. Though he didn't get a hit

Laz Montes had his first start to

face a lefty handed pitcher. Though

he didn't get a hit I am glad he had a 

shot.  Michael Arroyo started at 2nd

base and batted 7th.  He had two 

hits in the game. Maybe he is one 

of the guys who will play against

a left handed starter next year.

The Mariners have seven games

left on the season. They are six 

games out of first place with seven

to go. The Rangers are now in

first place one game ahead of the

Astros. 

The Rangers and Astros have no

games against each other in the

remaining schedule. The Mariners 

do face the Astros in Tuesday 

and Wednesday in Seattle so they

could make the difference.

The Rangers play Sunday against

Toronto then they face the New 

York Mets for three then finish

the season against the Minnesota 

Twins.  The Astros face the Atlanta 

Braves on Sunday after losing on

Saturday. After the two games

against the Mariners they finish

up against the Athletics so they

certainly have a shot to win the

AL West.

Sunday the Mariners will start Kade

Anderson so hopefully he will pitch

better than his last outing. The 

Rockies will have a right handed

starter so Lez Montes should be in

again. The Mariners have done better

against them than the lefties especially 

on the road.  Go M's..

Washington Huskies Win Third in a Row

The Washington Huskies played better

Saturday late afternoon beating Eastern 

Washington  48-13.

The Huskies had their best game of the

three. In the first quarter the Huskies.

had two touchdowns and Eastern Washington 

had a field goal in between them.

In the second quarter Eastern Washington 

had a touchdown early on making it

Washington 14-10. The closest they got

in the game.  They had an interception 

where the Huskies were in the area to

score. Huskies qb was hit while releasing 

the ball.  Desmond Williams Jr had  to

be checked out before coming back in.

The Huskies defense were able to stop

Easter Washington without getting a

first down.  The Huskies were able to

end the quarter with two touchdowns 

and a field goal.  Wide receiver Rashid

Williams who missed last weeks game

had a touchdown catch in both the first

and second quarter. At half the Huskies 

lead 31-10.

At the 10:44 of the third quarter EW 

kicked a field goal. At the 3:08 left

the Huskies had a one yard run. This

was just after tight end  Baron Naone 

came up short on 75 yard pass.

Score  Washington 38 EW 13

In the 4th quarter  EW had another 

field goal and the last score they 

had in the game at 13:07.  The 

Huskies had a field goal at 5:57.

On 3rd down they just missed a

touchdown. It looked the receiver

came up short however it was 

ruled an incomplete pass.

At the 3:40 the Huskies brought 

in backup quarterback Elijah Brown.

He threw a shovel pass to wide

receiver Trez Davis for a two yard

touchdown at 1:10 remaining in

the game and that was it.

On the sidelines head coach Jedd 

Fisch after the game. It was 

improvement however they will

need to do better next week at

home in the opening game against.

Minnesota next Saturday. Go Dawgs.

Washington State Cougars Win Home Opener

The Cougars won by a land slide 48-7.

The first half  wasn't quite this way

being up 14-7 at half however the

more talented team prevailed.

The Cougars had three touchdown 

in the third quarter with quarterback 

Pinnick throwing for two and a 58 

yard run on top of that. The defense 

had a lot do with it as well.

It became a laugher in the 4th quarter

when the Cougars ran back two punt

returns by two different returners which

seldom happens.

The Cougars had 525 total yards with

two running backs going over 100 yards

and 329 rushing yards total . Duquesne 

had only 180 total yards with only 75

yards passing and completing only

50 percent of their passes.

The only areas to improve is in  scoring 

in the first half and reducing penalties 

from eleven down.

The Cougars will play Arizona next 

Saturday in their final nonleague game.

Though this game gave hope the Cougars

will need to continue to improve. Go Cougs.

Coming up will be the Washington Huskies 

game which is happening right now and

the Mariners in Colorado against the Rockies. 

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Mariners Win the 9th

The Seattle Mariners won the series opener

over the Rockies on Friday night.

The final was 5-4.

The Mariners seem not often to make it 

easy on themselves. 

JP Crawford led off with a home run in

the first inning. With two outs Naylor 

singled to make it 3-0.  The Rockies 

scored four unanswered runs through

the sixth inning . In the 7th  Canzone 

hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game 

In the 9th Laz Montes hit a towering

home run. He is one of the missing 

players have needed on the season.

Like his countrymen Randy Arozarena 

he knows when something needs to

happen. We hope to see more of  it

next year.  

The Rockies  were able to get a single 

off Munoz  then stole second. The 

trouble he got picked off by Munoz 

trying to make it to third.  Before that

it looked like the Rockies would at least

tie the game.  Good for the Mariners.

Bryan Woo had some trouble getting 

started  in the first inning however

gave one run.  When he left the game

with one out in the 6th inning. He did

give up ten hits however not easy to

pitch in Colorado.

The Rangers won while the Astros lost.

So a  tied for first at the moment. Bryce 

Miller will start on Saturday. We hope he

doesn't fail. Go M's.