Mariners Lose At Home Again

The Mariners continue having trouble 

in the current homestand losing 10-5.

Makes it 1-4 with two games remaining.

The Mariners are on must need to

win but hard to find at the moment.

Bryce Miller started and still struggling 

went only into the four inning getting two 

outs. 

Corey Seager hit a home run in the 

first inning for the Texas Rangers. 

The Rangers scored one in the 2nd.

No problem in the third though.

Bryce gave up two more in the 

4th.

The Mariners were facing a left handed 

starter which they have had trouble 

against all season.  The Mariners 

decided to start Laz Montes a left

handed bat at dh.  He hit a three run 

homer to make it close down 4-3.

Jose Ferrer came in for Bryce 

in the 4th and getting the final.

He started the 5th surrendering 

a hit though got the first out

of the inning.  Eduardo Bazardo 

came in for Ferrer. He has had

trouble giving up home runs

and he gave up two the Rangers

in the 5th.  five runs were scored.

So 9-3 and making it very hard to

come back to win.

The Rangers scored their last 

run in the 7th.  Dominic Canzone 

hit a double scoring Randy Arozarena.

in the 8th and  Randy hit a sacrifice 

fly in the 9th. Josh Naylor scored.

The Mariners ended up using six

relievers.  

Wednesday the Mariners and Rangers 

play a day game since the Seahawks 

and Patriots play in the evening. 

Kade Anderson makes the start 

He will be on a pitch count. We hope 

that he will make it through five

innings at least. 

The Mariners using six innings 

means only three who didn't 

pitch in this one.  Since Kade

is a lefty means that Seranthony 

Dominguez will likely come in

for him.  Lefty Gabe Speier who

didn't pitch either most likely 

will go too.  Closer Munoz will

likely pitch too. The Mariners 

may need to use someone who

pitched Tuesday unless they

activate a pitcher from the minors.

Depending on the score if the 

Mariners do activate another 

pitcher that pitcher could come 

in for Kade Anderson. 

The Tacoma Rainiers are at home

this week against El Paso for

the final homestand of the season.

So Mariners could bring someone 

up from there.   I thought possibly 

the Mariners could bring up another 

top prospect Ryan Sloan from

Arkansas however he started 

Sunday.  If he is called up likely 

won't be until the Mariners go

on the road to play in Sacramento 

this weekend against the A's.

The Mariners now have 17 games

remaining on the season. For the 

Mariners to make it  to 81-81 they.

will have to go 14-3. It will be hard

to do as how they are playing down

the stretch.

The Houston Astros beat the

Phillies this evening 6-5. They

have 17 games remaining as 

well. They only have to go

7-10 to reach 81wins. Though 

the Mariners are not mathematically 

out of it yet things don't look

good.  Making it as a wild card

is likely more difficult. Go M's. 

 

 

Seahawks Injury Report Into Game One

The Seahawks have three safeties on

the active roster.  Starter Ty Okada 

likely going to miss the game with a

hamstring.  

Second year safety Nick Emmanwori 

had ankle surgery during camp. He

likely play at least some of the game 

hopefully. Though listed as safety 

Nick can be seen all over the defense 

in the same manner as Devon Witherspoon.

This means that the Seahawks often

do not take players out on either passing 

or running plays by the opposition. 

The Seahawks have four safeties on the

practice squad. A team can only activate 

two players in a given week  from the 

practice squad.  There are six players 

each week that are selected from the

53 man roster not be activated for a

game. 

So the Seahawks will likely activate

two safeties from the practice squad.

Most likely Rodney Thomas II and

D'Anthony Bell who are the most

veteran of the four.  This could come

down to what the four bring to the 

table. 

Two other Seahawks players on the

53 man roster who could be inactivate

for game one is wide receiver Tory

Horton who has had to deal with a

hamstring injury and offensive lineman 

Josh Jones with a knee injury. The 

Seahawks do have ten offensive 

lineman on the roster. If he is inactive 

means they will have four remaining 

lineman as backups.  

The Seahawks  have ten defensive 

lineman on the roster so we could 

see one of them inactive and the

same goes for linebackers and 

edge rushers.  

Generally the Seahawks start two

inside and outside linebackers each

with three lineman.  Again with the 

versatility of Witherspoon and 

Emmanwori one or the other could

come inside on any given down.

They could come in on the rush. 

Though there are others who have

dealt with nagging injuries the rest

should be ready to go.  

Washington Huskies Lose Top Two Running Backs

Sunday's Apple Cup the Washington Huskies 

running game didn't look so good. Was that.

the Cougars defense or the Huskies need

more work at the position?

Monday head coach Jedd Fisch announced

that the Huskies number one running back

Quiad Carr will be out for some time as he 

had surgery to his hand. Jayden Limar who

transferred from Oregon is the second running

back who grew up Seattle is a senior and

injured an elbow. Depending on their return 

Carr could add another year to eligibility 

and Limar could come back next year too.

Trey Cooley a graduate student attended

Troy last year but injuries caused him to

miss the season. Previous be was at 

Georgia Tech and Louisville. He will 

get most of the carries as  his two backups

are  freshmen in Brian Bonner Jr. and 

Ansu Sanoe.  At least they all should

get playing time in practice before this

Saturday's game against Utah State. 

Utah State is one of the new teams in

the Pac-12 conference.  They were beat

by Idaho State  29-17.  Turnovers were 

the major for the loss..Idaho State is

a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Utah State isn't considered a good team

getting the running game  going will be

important. The Huskies first three games

are none league then they begin the 

Big Ten conference at the end of September 

against Minnesota also at Husky Stadium.

Seeing comments from some Huskies fans

they didn't think much of coach Jedd Fisch 

play calling.  Being the first game I am

sure he was trying to feel out the Cougars 

defense. We could see more of quarterback 

Desmond Williams Jr. running the ball too.

Since the passing game didn't start out 

good for the Huskies against the Cougars

maybe passing first could be a good idea.

It may open holes for Desmond and Trey.

Go Dawgs. 

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What Should The Mariners Now

We all know that the series the Mariners 

had just with the Athletics is the low

point of the season. We expected them

to win three out of four however it the

A's instead. They looked more like what

the Mariners should have.

At least Bryan Woo went eight innings 

of shutout baseball giving up one hit.

That was a good thing since the offense 

muster up two runs on seven hits. The

Mariners actually looked good in the 4th

inning with the two runs however went 

silent after that. 

The Mariners brought infielder Michael 

Arroyo up from triple A Tacoma. Since

they were facing a lefty he started in

place of  Cole Young. He did have the

opportunity to drive in some runs with

the bases loaded but struck out. He

must have watched too many Mariners 

videos. Give him the benefit of the doubt

being his first game. 

The Mariners start a three game series 

against the Texas Rangers beginning on

Tuesday. The Mariners are 67-77 with

18 games remaining on the regular season 

schedule. Finishing 81-81 the Mariners have 

to win 14 games.  Doesn't look good.

The Mariners long winning streak was in

late May win they won 8 straight. They have 

to begin there to have a fighting chance.

The Rangers are four games ahead of the 

Mariners so sweeping them would be ideal.

The Mariners play next weekend against

the A's in Sacramento. The Mariners need 

to do what they almost did to them in

Seattle by sweeping them. That would be

six of the eight.  

The minor league seasons are almost

over. Ryan Sloan seems to be the best

one to bring up next.  He could be in

the bullpen and the Mariners could use 

him as a piggy back with Kade Anderson.

We do know the Mariners will need to

make changes during the off-season 

no matter what these last 18 games

go.  The changes should start with

the front office and working their way

down.  For many fans selling the team 

might be the best place to start.

The Seahawks were sold at $9.6 billion.

The San Diego Padres and the Angels 

were sold for a couple billion below the

Seahawks do this could be a good time.

We are hoping the Sonics will return

to the NBA. 

The Mariners showed this weekend 

that the fans are going to games despite

losing.  I am sure most of the season 

fans were hoping for the team they were

expecting. Without some turnover it

would be hard to see fans coming at the

same rate at the beginning of the season.

At this point with having to sign a new

collective bargaining agreement we have 

no idea when the season begins. At least

with the front office and coaching staff 

that could happen soon.

We do know that Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez 

and Josh Naylor will be the big three to 

return. Also the season Dominic Canzone 

and Cole Young too.   Kade Anderson will 

be there too along with Colt Emerson.

Andre Munoz out of the bullpen. The Mariners 

will have to work on the rest of it.  Most of

the starting rotation will return though they

haven't done will in the past month. Someone 

could be traded however with the CBA 

it is hard to know how much time they will

have to do so we will see.

Besides these last 18 games the next

six months should be interesting for

the Mariners. We hope the season will

begin around April 1.  Not a joke I hope. 

Washington Huskies Win Apple Cup

First thing can next year the Apple Cup 

not be the opening game of the season.

The Washington Huskies offense didn't 

look like it will be. Most of the game the

Huskies defense was good. 

Final Washington 24  Washington State 10

The best quarter was the 4th quarter.

More excitement than in the other three

It looked like a bad opening game and

not so much as a rival game.

The Huskies are the better team however

the Cougars looked good on defense.

Lack of a running game other than qb

Desmond Williams Jr.   Also penalties 

killed them. 

The Cougars offense was inconsistent 

until the 4th quarter however they had

 turnovers. 

I think both teams will be better as the 

season goes on.

Washington plays Utah State next Saturday 

in Seattle at 12:30pm.  Utah State lost to

Idaho State Saturday 29-17.  The Huskies 

should win easily if they can run the ball

and lose the penalties.

The Cougars will play Kansas State on

their field next Saturday at 9:00 am

Pacific time.  Kansas State beat Nicholls 

Saturday 71-3. The Cougars are much

better than Nicholls however it will be

a challenge and show how good they are. 

Mariners End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners beat the A's in a disappointing 

series on Sunday 2- 0 taking only one of four 

games. 

Bryan Woo may have had his best game of

the season. He went eight innings  giving 

up one hit while walking two and striking 

out nine. Andre Munoz got the save in

the 9th giving up no hits. 

The  Mariners scored both runs in the 4th

inning when they hit five singles in a row.

In all they had seven hits.

The Mariners brought up rookie  Michael 

Arroyo and he made his debut. He played 

second base however had no hits. 

Patrick Wisdom was sent to Tacoma.

The Mariners have Monday off then

have a three game series against the

Texas Rangers. The Mariners really 

need to sweep them to stay in contention 

for the playoffs. 

Mariners Lose Again

For the third game in a row the Seattle Mariners 

lose to the A's at home.  The final 6-2. 

The Mariners didn't score a run until the 

8th and 9th.  Jeffrey Springs went seven

innings giving up only two hits both to 

Cal Raleigh. Gave up no runs.  I heard 

excuses that he has always pitched well 

against the Mariners though this season 

his era is over six runs a game. Last night

they faced a pitcher who hasnt had a good

season either. 

George Kirby went six and two-thirds giving

up four runs with three being earned. Mike

Rucker gave up the other two runs when he

came in for Kirby.

Cal actually had three hits so another one

after Springs left the game. The Mariners 

had a total of six hits. 

The A's have the worst bullpen in the majors

so not a surprise the Mariners were able 

to score at the end.  Arozarena, Canzone 

and JP Crawford had the other hits. Not a

big surprise.  Canzone had the only rbi.

We hope the Mariners will have some dignity 

to win the final game of the season. Go M's.