Mariners Lose Critical Game

The Seattle Mariners who needed to

win this series at home against the 

Athletics lost for the second straight 

 night.  Final Athletics 7 Mariners 6

The Mariners started it off by scoring 

 two runs in the bottom of the 2nd 

inning however it was short lived.

In the 3rd inning Logan Gilbert who

has been their best starter recently 

and looked good in the first two innings

gave up four home runs and five runs.

In the bottom of the third Cal Raleigh 

hit a home run to tie.  The 4th inning

neither team scored. Unfortunately 

Gilbert gave up two runs and left

with two outs in the fifth.  One of

the two runs scored Laz Montes

crashed into the right field fence

with the batter gettings a triple.

He ended up scoring the second 

run.  Laz stayed in the game however

when Logan left the game they took

Laz out the same time for precaution.

The X-ray showed being negative.

He might be back in the series. If so

probably be as dh. 

The bullpen did a good job not

giving up a run at all. A good sign

after struggling  recently.

The Mariners scored a run in

the 8th to make it close.  Munoz 

pitched the 9th getting all three 

batters.

In the bottom of the 9th Patrick

Wisdom lead of pinch hitting.

Not a good move in my opinion.

Randy Arozarena walked Wisdom 

was out. Dominic Canzone hit 

s short grounded for the second 

out. The only good thing Arozarena 

moved.  Julio who has struggled 

at the plate popped out to end the

game.

The Mariners will need to win

the final two games of the series 

to have any chance to make the

playoff. Let see what happens. 

Look At Seattle Seahawks First Opponent

The Seahawks start their season against 

the New England Patriots who they beat 

in the Super Bowl.  Expect both teams 

ready to go. 

The Patriots are expected by the experts 

to win at least ten games.  They are playing

eight teams who were in the playoffs last

year including the Seahawks and division 

rival Buffalo Bills.   The Seahawks are

expected to win around  11 games. 

It looks like backup running back TreVeyon 

Henderson maybe among the injured and

likely won't play. We will have see.

It will be interesting how the Patriots come

out. Quarterback Drake Maye is expected 

to have a stellar season. The Mariners plan 

to have that after week one.  They confused

him in the Super Bowl so he will likely be 

better than in that game. The Seahawks will

have other plans.  Best to stop the running 

game so he will have to throw more. The

Seahawks top defense players like Devon Witherspoon will be on different sides of

the ball and Leonard Williams will look to

stack the line too.  A big keys is on first

and second down.  Turnovers be at a

minimum. 

The Patriots acquired AJ Brown in the 

off-season be someone for the Seahawks 

look at.   The Patriots have a new defensive

coordinator in   Zak  Certain. Also they.

have former Seahawks Dre'mont Jones.

Since it is a copy league could see some

looks like the Seahawks. Most likely a lot 

of  teams will.

The Seahawks with their new ownership 

group they have added 12 additional 

coowners.  Not a big surprise with the

cost of the team.  We will hear more 

from the new owners than Paul Allen 

or his sister Jody.  I don't think a big

deal.  Go Hawks. 

Mariners Lose Opener To A:s

The Seattle Mariners scored three runs

in the first inning however it was silent

until the sixth when they scored a run 

again..

Out new folk hero Laz Montes drove in

the last run of the first. The A's scored

a run in the second too.

Kade Anderson went five innings giving

up four runs. Mistake I believe made was

not taking him out after two runners got

on base in the 5th.

Final Athletics 7 Mariners 4 

Outside of that the Mariners struck out 18 times 

A couple innings had runners in scoring position but 

couldn't come through. 

Friday Logan Gilbert will pitch. Don't know yet for the

A's.  Go M's.

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Laz Montes Should be in the Lineup Thursday

Laz Montes had a great opening game

when he started for his first game on

Wednesday night walking, single and 

home run with 2 rbis.  

Some fans and media were upset 

that he didn't start against a lefty on

Wednesday against the Red Sox.

Fortunately the Mariners won which

they have had problems winning

against lefties.  Maybe having Montes

in the clubhouse and on the bench

helped anyways.

The Mariners start a four game series 

against the A's starting Thursday evening.

Thursday  the A's are starting a right

hander in the game so we should see 

him starting. I expect he will dh again.

I look forward to see him in the outfield 

at some point. 

Friday and Saturday games it hasn't been

announced who will start for the A's.

Sunday's game the A's are starting a lefty.

Depending how Montes is playing it

would be nice to see him in the game.

Comes down to starting as well. 

When it comes to Brendan Donovan no

news yet whether he will be activated 

today or in this series.  Stay tuned.

Go M's. 

Update Montes is in right field while 

Canzone at dh.      No  Brendan Donovan 

yet. What is taking so long. 

Mariners Take Series

The Seattle Mariners took care of the

Boston Red Sox beating them 8-3.  

Though he wasn't able to finish the

5th inning  Bryce Miller did pitch better

than over the past month. He gave up

seven hits however one run and gave 

up only one walk. Jose Ferrer came 

in to get the final out in the 5th.

Mike Rucker gave up two runs in

the second inning he pitched. Maybe

they should have taken him after giving 

up a hit. Runs can come in spurts in

Fenway Park. 

Seranthony Dominguez pitched the

8th  and Cooper Criswell who recently 

returned from the injured list. Neither 

one gave up a hit or walk. For the 

Mariners to win in September these

two could be a key coming out of the

bullpen as well as Carlos Vargas. This

will help Bazardo who has struggled 

recently.

The Mariners scored their runs in

two innings.  The 3rd and 6th they

scored four runs in each. The Mariners 

didn't hit a home run either. Played.

small ball which is easier to do in

Fenway Park.  They have had harder 

trouble at T-MOBILE.

The bottom three in the batting order

did the job scoring five runs. Though

he didn't get a hit  Cole Young batting

6th did score a run. Weston Wilson, 

JP Crawford and Jhonny Pereda 

certainly did the job. The Mariners gave

Cal the day off. Pereda keep playing 

like this maybe the Mariners can give 

Cal a couple days off a week. 

The top four of the order Arozarena, Canzone 

Julio, and Naylor each drove in a run.

Canzone and Julio each scored too.

Although it was a losing road trip it was

better than it could have been. The Mariners 

are four and a  half behind the Astros 

who are ready  to play the White Sox.

The Mariners come home to play four

against the A's beginning Thursday.

It would be nice to win three out of 

four though since wins are important 

in September.  Kade Anderson starts

Thursday followed by Logan Gilbert, 

George Kirby and Bryan Woo. Go M's. 

The Apple Cup Coming Up This Sunday

The last time the Huskies and  the  Cougars 

played in Husky Stadium the Cougars won 

in 2024.  Things have changed a lot for 

both teams.

Jedd  Fisch was new to the program and

he had a lot of new players to Seattle.

The Huskies just joined the Big Ten.

This time  things were close to what 

happen to the Huskies in 2024. There is

a new Pac-12 along with   new  head 

coach and a lot of players transfered 

out of Washington State. 

Steve the moment the new Pac-12 isn't as 

good as the Big Ten. With a school like

Boise State who is favored to win the 

conference it could become really good

too. 

Tree

A few months ago Jedd Fisch said that

head coaches should stay as long as 

there contract. If he stands by his word

he can be in Seattle for a while. 

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

team doesn't start practice for about three

more weeks. He is busy trying to recruit

for both 2027 and 2028 for incoming 

freshmen.  

We see how the team will be this coming 

season.ast year they had to deal with a 

lot of injuries.  Go Dawgs.

Seahawks Face Patriots Next Wednesday Night

Although the Seahawks dominated the

New England Patriots winning by 16 

points in the last Super Bowl the Seahawks 

right now are favored by only 3.5 points 

in the opening game next Wednesday 

night at Lumen Field in Seattle. 

I can only think the 3.5 point favorite since

it is opening  game of the season and or 

the Seahawks are being disrespected.

The Seahawks have a few players  no

longer on the roster especially starters. 

Most notably is running back Kenneth Walker 

III. Of course he had a great games in the

playoffs especially the Super Bowl and

we will have to see how the running game

goes.

Jadarian Price first round pick is the notable 

change replacing Ken Walker. George Holani 

who played sparingly is in for Zach Charbonnett 

who will be out for several games as he recovers

from his surgery.   The offensive line  being

together should improve in the running game.

Sam Darnold second season as the starting 

quarterback should improve. The question 

should be how much.  The starting receivers

who ended  the season return as well.

The Seahawks defense should  improve 

after another year under head coach 

Mike MacDonald.  Though they play 

a standard defense we can see some new

wrinkles and unexpected changes.

If I were a betting man I would put money

down that the Seahawks will win by more

than 3.5 points.  Any additional news before

next Wednesday we will let you know. 

Go Hawks.