Washington Huskies Open Training Camp

The Washington Huskies start training 

camp on Thursday. The season opener

begin in one month on Sunday September 

6 at Husky Stadium at 1 pm Pacific Time.

The Huskies take on the Washington State 

Cougars in the Apple Cip on that day.

It is interesting to start the season this

way. In the past while both were part 

of the Pac-12 they would play the last game

of the season generally.

The Huskies are ranked 7th in the  Big Ten

and nationally #19. The Huskies will play

every game in September at home. The 

last game of the month will begin the

schedule of the Big Ten against Minnesota.  

The Huskies are considered a top 20

nationally on defense. Last year they

were 15th in scoring defense and 12th

against the run.  They should be around 

that once again.

On offense Desmond Williams Jr returns

as the quarterback. He has a talented 

group of receivers though young in

experience.  Last year's top receiver

Denzel Boston  left early to the NFL 

being drafted by the Cleveland Browns 

in the second round.

The big question on offense is  the running 

game as last year's top running back Jonah 

Coleman graduated. Jonah was drafted in

the 4th round by the Denver Broncos. He is 

getting high praise by their coaching staff.

The Huskies will have to depend on all new

guys.  The Apple Cup will show where tgey

go there.

The Huskies are favored over the Cougars

by 21.5 going into the game.  The Cougars

are playing in the new Pac-12 with mostly 

schools coming over from the Mountain 

West. It will no longer be them and Oregon 

State who were thesst standing of the

Pac-12. 

The Cougars have a new head coach Kirby

Moore who was offense coordinator at 

Missouri. It will be interesting for the first

time head coach.  Not only WSU has a new

coaching staff they will have a lot of  new

players too.  Kitvy won't name his starting 

quarterback until a week before the opening 

game. They have three candidates.

Moore is familiar as he grew up bin Prosser 

Washington. A wide receiver he played his

college ball at Boise State who will be one

of the new schools in Pac-12.  In fact they

are favored to win the conference.

Going into this season the Cougars Cougars 

are figured to end in 5th in the Pac-12. 

Here we will recap each game the Cougars

and Huskies play over the season. We hope

success for both teams.  Make our job

a lot easier. Lol 

 

Mariners Even Series

Wednesday night the Seattle Mariners 

beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2. 

Neither team scored a run until Julio

Rodriguez hit a three run homer. Canzone 

was intentionally walked in front him.

Didn't they learn anything from the Reds 

when Cal hit a home run.

Bryan Woo another good game going

7 innings giving up three hits, one walk

and struck out five. 

Gabe Speier was kicked out in the

game in the 8th inning for hitting a

Tiger intentionally with two outs.

Ridiculous call. Bazardo comes in

and gives up another home run.

Colt Emerson hits home run in

the bottom of the 8th. Munoz struck

out two in the 9th for another save.

The batting order was the same as 

Tuesday's game. Taylor Ward had 

his first Mariners hit.

Thursday will be afternoon game.

Bryce Miller will pitch.

Mariners are two and a half behind Astros 

The Rangers won Wednesday while 

the Astros lost.  Go M's.

Mariners Lose Tuesday Night

The Seattle Mariners lost the opening 

game of the series to the Detroit Tigers

8-0. We hope what happened against

the Twins winning the final two games.

Please don't make them walkoffs.

I am not into too many one run games

Newcomer reliever Seranthony Dominguez 

gave up four runs in the 9th. We hope

the worst game he pitches in a Mariners

uniform. They were going to lose anyway.

Detroit starting pitcher is a good one.

He went seven innings. He gave up

three of  four Mariners hits.

The Tigers scored three runs in the 3rd.

A throwing error by Colt Emerson gave

one run thst wasn't earned. 

The Tigers scored one run in the 5th.

Emerson Hancock went six innings.

He gave up three earned runs. 

On his return Brendan Donovan didn't 

get a hit and neither Taylor Ward.

We hope to   see a better game on

Wednesday.

Bryan Woo will start on Wednesday 

night for the Mariners. The Tigers

are expected to go with the bullpen.

The Mariners used all three low

leverage pitchers in this one.

Besides Dominguez the other 

high leverage pitchers didn't 

pitch so should be available. 

Go M's.   

 

 

Seattle Mariners Make Moves Tuesday

The Mariners made several moves before

Tuesday night's game against the Detroit 

Tigers.

Reliever Seranthony Dominguez and outfielder 

Taylor Ward both acquired before the trade

deadline. We could see both of them in this

game.

Dominguez will team with Bazardo as two 

of the high leverage right-handers along 

with Munoz. Dominguez may close when 

Munoz has a game off. Ward will play left

field, right field or dh. 

As expected Brendan Donovan was activated 

from the injured list. He will likely play third

base until JP Crawford returns. After that 

he may play second base, left, right and dh

as well. Cole Young who has played more 

than any position player  may have  a day off 

on occasion.  Both Ward and Donovan 

are in Tuesday's lineup. 

Outfielder Stuart Fairchild was designated 

for assignment with activation of Ward.

A bit of a surprise outfielder Rob Refsynder 

and catcher Mitch Garver were released.

Neither one met up with the expectation.

Catcher Jhonny Pereda was recalled 

from Tacoma.  He played  along with 

Garver when Cal Raleigh was on the

injured list.  In 19 games he hit .270.

Anything like that will help the Mariners.

Go team. 

Second Week Seahawks Practice

Monday the Seahawks started their second 

week of practice. First preseason game is

11 days away on Saturday August 15 at

home at Lumen Field against the Dallas 

Cowboys.

The Seahawks stsrting lineup will be

much like the team that played in the

Super Bowl outside of a few spots .

The big change will be at running back. 

George Holani and first round pick 

Jadarian Price will have most of the

reps when the season begins. Emanuel 

Wilson a free agent signing should be

the third running back.

Velus Jones Jr. could be the 4th running

back. On Monday he showed how well 

he can run pass routes as well. A player

in his position the versatility to play wide

receiver helps and he is good on special 

teams. Let you know how some of the 

other players doing. Expect some new 

players in backup roles. Go Hawks!

Mariners Make A Trade Monday

Monday the Mariners made one trade 

for a right handed bat where they have 

had trouble against lefties all year. 

The Mariners had the day off though.

The Mariners traded for outfielder 

Taylor Ward from the Baltimore Orioles.

Taylor will be a free agent so who 

knows whether the Mariners will retain

or not. 

Mariners fans and players are familiar 

with him since he played several years 

with the Los Angeles Angels. President 

Jerry Dipoto and general manager Justin

Hollander  are real familiar since they 

drafted him when they worked for the 

Angels before coming to Seattle. Justin  

said that he should be in the lineup most 

everyday whether in left field, right or dh.

With the Orioles he was a lead off hitter

much of the season.  He is one of the 

top players to walk on the season. Not 

sure he will be with the Mariners though

he could against lefties.  Right now Cole 

Young is the lead off hitter and has done

a fine job. Brendan Donovan is expected 

to be activated from the injured list on

Tuesday. He began the season as the

lead off hitter so he could go back to

the spot.

Both Donovan and Young both hit lefthanded 

so one could be against righties.  We could 

see Young bat fifth of sixth in the order. 

Donovan could be down there somewhere 

against lefties.  Ward could be near the 

bottom of the order against righties though. 

Ward is batting .246 which about the same

as his career and league average.   

The Mariners traded Alex Hoppe who is

a low lever reliever along with two minor 

league pitchers. Lefty Josh Simpson was

activated after Luis Castillo was traded

to the White Sox late Saturday. He will

likely stay when newcomer Seranthony

Dominguez arrives which he is expected 

on Tuesday.  

Emerson Hancock scheduled to pitch 

on Tuesday for the Mariners. I am sure

he is glad that he us sticking around.

With now five man rotation the Mariners 

are going with Hollander says that he 

isn't on the roster as of yet last year's 

number one pick who is in Arkansas 

is listed as the sixth starter so if someone 

goes down he likely be called up. September 

1st the roster will increase to 28 so he

likely be the guy.

Another good reason to have Taylor Ward 

Hollander said that Luke Raley maybe 

done for the season after being put on

the injured list last season. If he does

return it will be late September likely. 

So we see all things go beginning Tuesday.

Go M's.

 

Mariners Win The Series Sunday

The Mariners won another walkoff win.

It shouldn't have happened this way

on Sunday.

George Kirby pitched seven innings 

of shutout baseball.  Cole Young

started with a hit in the first inning.

He was four for five on the day.

He and Arozarena scored on

a double by Naylor.  Cole singled

in the 6th inning bringing in

Colt Emerson. 

In the bottom of 7th Cal hit a three run 

inning putting them ahead 6-0. Thought 

it was safe but not any means.  Bazardo 

gave up another hone run with a runner

on base. Jose Ferrer came in for him

however gave up a three run homer. 

Some reason the Mariners like one run 

games. Munoz gave up a run in the 

9th to tie on a homer too. Not great

for high leverage relievers.

In the bottom of the 9th Josh Naylor 

had a single. Cal struck out.  Victor

Robles singled with Naylor going to

third. Robles did advance to 2nd base.

Stuart Fairchild who was brought up

when Luke Raley went on the injured 

list pinch run for for Naylor who took

a tumble. Colt Emerson who is hitting 

well again hit a single to score Fairchild 

for the win. Had the Mariners lost it 

would have been very disappointing. 

The trading deadline line is Monday 

afternoon so let's see who the Mariners

acquire. George Kirby in his post game 

said he likes it here and like to stay for

a long time. See it happens. Go M's.