Seahawks Final Preseason Game

The Seattle Seahawks final preseason game

is on Friday at Kansas City against the Chiefs.

The Chiefs have already announced that 

quarterback Patrick Mahomes will not

start or play in the game.  Also former

Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III 

will not play either because of a swollen 

ankle. 

The Seahawks are figured to quarterback 

Sam Darnold and the starting lineup and

go at least one series. Probably see Drew

Lock after that.   We will see running back

and first round pick Jadarian Price in his

first time playing in a Seahawks uniform.

Wednesday the NFL owners approved 

the sale of the Seahawks to the Kholsa

family.   We thank the late Paul Allen 

and his sister Jody for saving and making

the Seahawks inti one of the strongest 

teams in the NFL and birth the 12th man. 

This Sunday the Seahawks will have to

trim the roster from 90 to the 53 man 

roster for the opening day roster. Often

the day of  trimming  isn't necessarily 

how the roster will look when the Seahawks 

start the season on Wednesday September 

9 against the New England Patriots.

Some of the players that don't make the

opening roster will be part of the practice 

squad. With other teams trimming their

roster we could see the Seahawks acquiring 

a player or two from another team. The 

Seahawks have 12 picks at this point 

going into next year's draft so a player 

could be acquired in that fashion. Go

Hawks. 

Added news the Seattle signed defensive 

tackle Leonard Williams to a three year extension. He is considered the best in the NFL. He is

32 years old so likely his last one. 

Latest news the starting lineup now will not play

against the Chiefs. It looks like Jalen Milroe will play quarterback most of the way. Could be a tactic 

to trade him. 

Mariners Get Shutout By Phillies

We were hoping the Mariners would complete 

a sweep Wednesday afternoon however it 

didn't happen.

Final. Phillies 6 Mariners 0

Is Bryan Woo shoulder hurting?  He lasted

four innings. He gave up all six runs. 

The bullpen went five innings of Shutout 

pitching.  Good job.

Phillies had a good lefty pitcher on the mound.

The Mariners went with their right handed

hitting lineup.  Mariners had two hits 

Arozarena and Pareda. 

Who wasn't in the lineup Canzone, Naylor 

and Young.  

 Best  news the Mariners win the series. 

How many wins do the Mariners need to win

the AL West.  It is a down year. 

Now onto Toronto and Boston. No game 

on Thursday.  Go M's 

The Seattle Mariners have 29 Games Remaining

The Mariners have 29 games remaining 

including the afternoon game against 

the Phillies. We hope for a sweep.

The Mariners are 7-3 in their last ten games.

It is important they stay in the same course.

Starting Friday they play three against the

Blue Jays in Toronto followed by three 

against the Red Sox in Boston. 

I figure if the Mariners go 21 and 8  in

these last 29 games they will have 85

wins.  They may make the playoffs 

with a couple less wins but can be

difficult.  In September  they have 

a series against both the Rangers 

and the Astros. Important to win

both. 

The way the Mariners played  on this 

homestand is how they will bneed to 

play the rest of the way. Go M's. 

The Apple Cup Coming Soon

The Washington State Cougars and Washington Huskies play in only eleven days from now. 

Quite amazing it will be September 6th. 

The Cougars the students are in school while 

the Huskies won't start for about a month

from now.   There will be a lot of alumni 

from both schools in attendance.  So it 

will be noisy game to start with at Husky 

Stadium in Seattle.

The Huskies are a 22 point favorite but

the Cougars will be optimistic to beat

their big brother.  Not sure that will 

happen but a good game would be nice.

A state rivalry is nice however it would 

have been nice if both teams had a couple

games played already. 

The Cougars have a new coach like the

Huskies did when they joined the Big Ten.

Now they are part of the new Pac-12.

That will be a new experience to coming

up.  Oregon State who is the other returning 

school has a new head coach as well. They

had a tough seasonast year.  Both the Cougars

and the Beavers played each other twice.

Each won a game.   Hope  to see the Beavers 

have a better season too.  

This means to that the summer is coming

to an end as well. The Seattle Mariners 

will be what is left. Fortunately they are

playing well at the moment after struggling 

.most of the season and still has a chance

to make playoffs.  

The Apple Cup is part of the opening of

 College football and then the Seattle 

Seahawks defending Super Bowl champions

open the Wednesday after the Apple Cup 

taking on the  New England Patriots to

open the NFL season.  This means things

here will be busy.  Enjoy your free time. 

Mariners Beat Phillies Once Again

Another exciting name between the Seattle Mariners and the Philadelphia Phillies. 

It was quite the pitching matchup however

the Mariners had enough by winning 4-1. 

The Phillies scored first in the second inning

driving in a run with a single.  Cal Raleigh 

responded with a home run to tie it in the

bottom bottom of the inning with a home

run.

In the bottom of the 6th Josh Naylor singled 

to score Julio Rodriguez. 

Im the 7th with two outs the Phillies brought

in a lefty to face left handed Dominic Canzone 

with the bases loaded  singled to left center

to score two more key runs in the 7th.

The Mariners fans  were all standing at that.

point.  George Kirby went seven and two-thirds

innings when he was lifted for lefty Jose

Ferrer who got the last out. At one point 

George  retired 15 Phillies in a row.  Munoz

came in the 9th for his 25 save of the season.

Kirby had struggled for several outing before

Tuesday night.  The Mariners will see if they

can sweep the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.

Bryan Woo will start  after getting a few extra 

days off after exiting his last game with his

shoulder.  The Mariners now are going with

six starters. When September begins they

will be able to add another reliever. Not sure

when Matt Brash will be available but.Cooper

Criswell right now is doing a rehab assignment.

He went on the injured list at the same time.

JP Crawford was activated on Tuesday and

played third base. Leo Rivas was sent to

Triple A.  Be interesting when   Brendan 

Donovan comes off the concussion injured

list.  Go M's.

Washington State Cougars Name Quarterback

Washington State Cougars named their

starting quarterback so they will begin

Caden Pinnick. He is a redshirt sophomore 

who transfered from UC Davis. 

Owen Eshleman  is the likely backup

s redshirt freshman from Oklahoma. 

Julian Dugger is the third quarterback.

His strength is running the ball. We

could see him come in at times when

the Cougars are in the red zone. I would

expect the Cougars coaching staff wait

until seeing how well they do in the red zone

as well as showing something different.

The Cougars wide receivers on the outside.

Darrius Clemons a senior and Tank Hawkins 

a junior. The slot receiver and a team captain 

will be senior  Tony Freeman.   Expect these

three to catch a lot of passes. We will see

first on September 6 when they play the

Huskies in Seattle.

At running back will Kirby Vorhees a junior

who started last year for the Cougars.

He tried the transfer portal but decided 

to come back. The backups will be

Maxwell Woods and Leo Pulalasi. 

May see some good action against 

the Huskies.  The Huskies have a good 

defense against the run so will tell us 

a lot. 

Jack Pedersen  a senior and a transfer

from UCLA should help out the offense 

too at tight end. Trey Leckner should see 

plenty of action at tight end as well as he.

has played plenty with the first unt. Beau

Baker and  Hudson Cedarland will be

number three and four. More used as

blockers. Go Cougs.

Mariners End Phillies Winning Streak

Coming into Monday night the Philadelphia 

Phillies had one nine streak straight games. 

The Phillies were able to score in the

top of the first inning however the Mariners 

had a three run homer by Julio Rodriguez 

and a two run homer by Cal Raleigh. In the

the top of the second the Phillies had another

run however that was  it. 

Final Mariners 9 Phillies 2

Cal had two more home runs in the game.

The first time any Mariners player has hit

three home runs at T-Mobile Park in a game. 

This puts Cal back in motion the Mariners

could leap frog both the Astros and Rangers.

Cole Young had a homer to cap it off.

Logan Gilbert went five innings giving up

the two runs. The bullpen shut the door.

Seranthony Dominguez pitched two innings

giving up no hits. Gabe Speier and Carlos

Vargas  no hits in one inning each. Those

three could help out the bullpen too.

Go M's.