Mariners Continue Their Struggle

The Mariners continue to struggle in

the hitting department again in the 

opening game Tuesday night against 

the Yankees in New York. 

Final Yankees 4 Mariners 1

Yes the same score as was Sunday's 

game against the Rays. 

The Mariners scored  first with a solo 

home run by Randy Arozarena in the 

sixth inning.  Bryan Woo went five innings

giving up three hits and a walk. He threw

92 pitches for the reason he didn't go

further.

Jose Ferrer pitched the 6th doing a good 

job. Mike Rucker came in the 7th. He gave.

up a double, two singles and a walk. He

got one out. The Yankees scored  two runs.

Bazardo came in and gave up two hits

that allowed the final two runs. Both runs

though went to Rucker. 

Bryce Miller will start Wednesday for the

Mariners. We hope for a recovery from 

his last two outings and that the Mariners 

get out of their funk hitting wise. The M's 

won't have much to celebrate other wise.

Go M's. 

Washington State Cougars Football Day 5

Tuesday is day five for the Cougars as they 

prepare to take on state rival Washington Huskies 

on September 6.   The game doesn't have the

same meaning as it used to be as the Huskies are now in the Big Ten and the Cougars begin play in

now the new Pac-12. 

 The Cougars are hoping eventually the new

Pac-12 will match up the old one but it could

take some time especially with the transfer

portal.  

The Cougars have a new coach in Kirby Moore.

A native of Washington you would hope he

sticks around for a while. This will be his first

year as a head coach.  If he has success over

the next three or four years another school or

the NFL could call.  

At this time the Cougars are ranked third in

the Pac-12 on the offense side. A lot of that

has to do with some returnees and the fact

that Moore was an offensive coordinator too.

The offense has 7 of 11 return players for 

supposed tgeir first unit. The second team

shows the same at the moment. The Cougars

haven't named their starting quarterback 

although transfer  Caden Pinnick is expected 

to be the one. Right now they are ranked number

three offense in the conference.

The defense  had a good day on Monday so

that is good sign. For the Cougars to have

success the defense has to be good too.

The defense is opposite of the offense where

most of the players have transferred in

so probably take time to play together.

The Cougars have history of throwing the

ball on offense. At times they score early 

and then the defense blows it. We hope this

does change. Go Cougs!

Washington Huskies Have A Return Football Player

On  August 6 the Washington Huskies training

camp. Until Sunday the players didn't wear pads.

There was observation when each unit ran drills.

This was to help the team to watch each one was

doing. Now they are going through normal drills.

Defensive tackle Ta'uta'i Uiagaleli returned as

he was given another year of eligibility by a court.

Now he is back certainly adds depth to this

group of tackles. Injuries do happen so having

him around will certainly help a good group too 

             

The Huskies have a good of players on both

sides of the ball. The offensive line first unit

looks good. The second unit will get in some

playing time to add experience and rest the 

starters. How often they get in I expect will

depend on how long they are in on each series.

An example if the offense has a series where they 

play over ten plays we could see a backup or two

on the next series. This could depend how long

the defense unit stays in too. Of course it works

the other way. 

It will be interesting to see who the running back

and wide receivers will be for both the first and

second units. Right now it is competitive. We might

not know until the Apple Cup who will start.

We will see the defensive backs and linebackers too 

Go Dawgs.

Seahawks First Preseason This Saturday

The Seattle Seahawks take on the

Dallas Cowboys this Saturday in the 

first preseason game at Lumen Field.

It is interesting in the season the

Seahawks and Cowboys will play 

again. This doesn't happen often.

We will likely not see the regulars 

in this one including quarterback 

Sam Darnold. He isn't considered 

in the top ten quarterbacks in the

NFL which is ok. The importance 

is to build on last season and cut 

down on interceptions.

The thought is this season the Seahawks 

won't go with three quarterbacks on the

regular roster. They may bring someone 

in to be on the practice squad. Most likely 

to be there in case of an injury.

Jalen Milroe a rookie last year and third

quarterback didn't play a lot however if

he has a good camp then he could be

on the opening roster. His ability to run

as well as pass the Seahawks could use

him in short yardage. It would be nice

to have him play at least one series a

game depending how the game is going.

Maybe set up somewhere in the second

half even if Darnold plays the rest of the 

game. 

Drew Lock has come into camp as

the back so he certainly could keep 

his job. Most likely he or Milroe will

be traded. The chances if the Seahawks 

released Milroe would be picked up by

someone and the same for Lock. At least 

getting a draft pick at least be nice.

Go Hawks.

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. 

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