Mariners Go 1 for 6

This wasn't hits the Seattle Mariners 

though close to it. Wednesday 

afternoon the Mariners lost  to the 

Texas Rangers 3 to 0. We hope a 

turnaround when they get home to

face the Houston Astros on Friday.

To give a grade for the road trip

I would give the pitching an A -. 

They should have won all six games

or at least five. The pitchers did 

 a good job keeping them in each

game. 

The offense I would give a D minus.

It would be an F  if it wasn't for

Cole Young and Brendan Donovan 

who actually missed a few games.

The defense wasn't much better

so I have it a D and the same for 

the coaching not setting up the

offense to succeed. 

Emerson Hancock will start Friday

for the Mariners.  Victor Robles 

went on the injured list and they

brought up   Connor Jo who can

play first base or the outfield.

Whether he was  the best choice 

we will find out.  In the 5th inning

where the Rangers had all three 

runs Jo did have a throwing error.

Woo only pitched five innings with

one run earned.  Makes sense to

take out Woo to fight another day. 

Cole Young and Mitch Garver had 

the only runs of the game. Please 

guys let the offense turn around. 

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose 4th In A Row

The Seattle Mariners could have a 

good record however now have lost

four games in a row.  Now they are 

1-5 on this road trip. Bryan Woo 

will go on Wednesday late morning 

in Texas before coming home to

take on the Astros. 

The Astros they gave four times. The

final game ends Monday afternoon 

which I have never seen before.  

Final Rangers 3 Mariners 2

Brendan Donovan again started the

game leading off with a home run.

The difference was later on George

Kirby made one mistake giving up 

a two run homer. This is something 

that  happens more frequently than

we like. The trouble though is the

Mariners can't execute when they

need to especially early on in the

season.

The only good thing is that George 

Kirby was able to pitch all eight 

innings. He thrown only 90 at the

end of the 8th. The Mariners did have

Luke Raley on the bases who got as far

as second bases.  Donovan ended the

game with a swinging bunt.

This was the fourth loss in a row

with good pitching. We hope the

Mariners can find a way to end this

steak. All four games were by a run.

Mariners Lose Series Opener To Rangers

So far not a good road trip for the Mariners.

Now  have lost 3 out of 4 with two remaining.

It is sad with the offense still struggling.

The Mariners could have easily won 3 of the 

games. 

Monday final Rangers 2 Mariners 1

The Mariners only run came on Cal's 

first home run of the season in the

first inning. Logan Gilbert went six

innings giving up the two runs. Right

now he is like Randy Johnson and

Felix Hernandez getting little run

support. Felix might be in the hall

of game of he did have more run

support. 

The Mariners had only two hits

in the game  including Cal's home

run. The other hit was by Arozarena.

Some  are saying the players who were

in the WBC are off to slow starts. We

know Cal didn't get the chance he 

should have had. The Mariners seem

to always get off to a slow start. My

opinion they need more preparation 

in spring training.

We hope the Mariners can turn it around

soon. George Kirby should start Tuesday.

Again I am tired of pitch hitting when

it comes to the platoon spots. Not

one hit today. Refsynder is 0 for 12. 

Unless runners are in scoring position 

leave whoever started in.  I won't 

repeat myself since it is happening.

The Mariners are not a good pinch hitting

team.  Go M's.

Mariners Sunday Loss

The Seattle Mariners lose Sunday

letting the game get away from 

them. 

Come Young hit a three run homer 

in the fifth to take the lead 5-3

then gave up two runs in the bottom 

of the inning.  Leo Rivas had an error.

Whad I didn't understand was the

Mariners had infield come in. 

The Mariners again had some trouble 

scoring runners on base while the 

Angels did better.

The game was tied after nine innings 

at 6-6.   In the top of the 10th Josh

Naylor was about to move Julio 

to third on a deep fly to left field.

Arozarena singled Julio in however

they couldn't bring in another run

as they did in game one. Angels batter 

was hit so runners on first and second.

They bunted the runners along.

They tied the game with a sacrifice fly.

In the 11th the Mariners weren't able 

to score. The Mariners intentionally 

walked Zero and did the same thing

with a sacrifice but then a sacrifice fly 

again to win.

Was this a bad coaching mistakes 

that cost the Mariners the game 

it seems so.  

Now the Mariners to Texas  to face

the Rangers to turn things around.

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose At Great Odds Saturday

The Seattle Mariners lost to the LA Angels 

1-0. Emerson Hancock struggled a bit

 in the first inning and gave up a home

run to shortstop Zach Neto to lead off

the bottom of the first. After that first

inning Hancock was amazing and lasted

until two outs in the seventh inning when 

Eduardo Bazardo came in and finished 

the game.

The amazing thing and this would  not

happen times in a career of an outfielder

than in one game. Right fielder Jo Adell

robbed the Mariners of three home runs.

Each one looked like a home run and 

Adell was able catch all three over the

frnse. The first one was to  Cal Raleigh 

then Josh Naylor. The final one was

the most amazing one of all. JP Crawford 

looked like he was going to tie the score

in the top of the 9th. Adell actually went

diving into the stands to take the ball

Zaeay. JP  just staired not believing what 

had happened. 

Sunday the final game of the series 

the Mariners will see if they can win it.

Luis Castillo will start. Brendan Donovan 

didn't play Jose dr he could be back in

the lineup. He is day to day

 Go M's.

WSU and Washington Huskies Transfer Portal

Freshman Ace Glass who was the 

WSU Cougars best player announced 

he was going to enter the transfer 

portal. I would say not a big surprise 

though it will be a big loss for them.

This is for a team that will try to 

build their team up and this will make

it harder.

The surprise move into the transfer 

portal was on the Huskies. A team 

that should be competing in the Big

Ten next season though it is a tough

conference for college basketball. 

Talented guard who is getting better 

and a local player from Tacoma 

Washington Zoom Diallo announced

he is going to enter the portal. I hope

the Huskies convince him to stay. 

I can understand player who want

to transfer for lack of playing time

or the program is having a change

at the coaching spot.  This must

be an underlying trouble with Zoom.

I believe the biggest trouble with

the portal is coaches recruiting 

players from other schools. If

a player wants to move on need

of change of scenery as well so

be it.  NCAA need to put in rules

that this can't happen.  This

wouldn't have happened. This

is most unfair for the students,

alumini and fans for the schools.

Coaches need to only recruit 

incoming freshmen only and 

bring those in who have entered

the portal.  I can understand that 

each player are free agents after

a season is over and now it is a

business. I can understand hiring

sn agent to however unlike the

NBA these agents should have a 

limited role. It is like a lawyer who

is hired so his client is covered

under his rights.  This is my opinion.

Mariners Win In Ten

The pitching was really good for 

the  Mariners and Angels for nine

in jngd. Going into extra innings 

the score was 0-0.

Cole Young hit a triple scoring

Luke Raley. After Cal was out the

Angels walked Julio who ended up 

going to second. Josh Naylor singled

driving in Young and Julio. In the

bottom of the 10th Mike Trout was 

moved to third however an out

happened. Trout scored on a fly out.

The Angels were still down by 2.

Gabe Speier who was pitching 

struck out the final batter on a call

3rd strike. Final M's 3 Angels 1

 Bryan Woo pitched fantastic giving 

up one hit, one walk and struck out 

six. Matt Brash pitched the 8th

followed by Munoz in the 9th and

then Speier.  Brash struck out 2

while Munoz struck out 3. The M's 

were able to record 21 straight outs

to end the game. Both Naylor and

Arozarena both had two hits which

is good. 

Brendan Donovan had to leave

the game hurtinh his leg. See how

it is Saturday. Leo Rivas took his 

spot.

Down on the farm  the Arkansas 

Travelers lost again to Midland 

5-4. Kade Anderson pitched well

in his professional debut. He 

pitched four innings. He gave up

five hits,  one walk and six strike

outs. Kade didn't give up a run. 

Midland actually scored all five 

runs in the 9th inning. Ryan Sloan 

will pitch Saturday. 

The Tacoma Rainers lost 10-5

at home against El Paso. The 

Rainers had four runs in the 

first inning after El Paso did. 

Saturday the two teams will 

play a double header.