Kraken Miss Playoffs

The Seattle Kraken got off to a good 

start however it was awful in the 

secong half. 

Ron Francis who was the original 

general manager then became 

President about a year and a half 

resigned last week.  The Kraken

have had three head coaches 

so likely won't change the position 

now.  It is amazing since they did 

made playoffs once. 

It will be interesting to see what 

changes  they will make.

This last season the Seattle Storm

lost all there free agents. Have

to see how things go there too.

The Mariners at least won the two

games over the Astros in the start 

of this four game series. They are

only a game and a half out of first

place though early.  The A's lead

with 7-7 record. Hopefully the 

Mariners will win at least one of 

the two games in this series.

Mariners Make It Two

For  the second game in a row the

.Mariners beat the Astros on Saturday 

night 8-7. 

The Mariners began the game with 

a two run homer by Cal Raleigh in 

the first inning. The Astros scored

three runs in the second and third

then one run in the 4th. 

Luis Castillo who started gave up 

all seven runs on ten hits  before 

being lifted in the 4th inning with 

one out.  It looked dismall at the 

time. The Mariners used five 

relievers who gave up seven hits

however gave up no runs.

The Mariners scored five runs to

tie in the  5th inning. JP Crawford 

hit a single to drive in two runs.

Cal had a sacrifice fly to score 

Rivas then Julio had a home 

run scoring JP ahead of him. 

Everything was silent at least in

scoring until JP hit a single to 

short left field to score Rivas 

who had walked. 

Sunday the Mariners will look

to win the series with Logan 

Gilbert on the mound. 

Brendan Donovan is expected 

back on Sunday to start. How 

JP has done in these two games

I would leave him leading off

for the meantime. Go M's. 

Mariner End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners ended their five

game losing streak by beating the

Astro 9 to 6. 

It wasn't as easy as you would think

although they could have scored more

runs. The Astros who have injuries 

to their starting rotation the starter

in this game left after giving up three

runs in the first inning.  They could 

have scored at least a couple more 

runs.

It got tough in the top of the second 

inning for Emerson Hancock where 

he threw 3 to pitches in the inning.

The Astros were able to score three

runs thing the game. Hancock though

was able to survive going through

five innings.

In the bottom of  the fifth Randy Arozarena 

hit a two run to end the tie. It was into

the second level. What I thought was

funny Randy hit his helmet a few times 

right after the previous pitch. I think

he couldn't believe he didn't challenge

that pitch that was called a strike. You

have to decide fast to do so. If he

had challenged Randy might have

walked. I know the announcers didn't 

see what I did it at least didn't mention 

it. 

In the 7th inning the Mariners scored

four runs to make it 9-3. That didn't 

last long as the Astros had two straight 

singled in the top of the 8th than Yordan

Alvarez hits a three run homer to make

it 9-6.

In the top of the 9th with Andre Munoz 

in he walked two batters however he

was able to strand both runners with

with a ball hit to Rivas at who ran over 

to third and stepped on the bag to

end it. 

This is a four game series so important 

to win the first game.  Luis Castillo will

start Saturday in game two. All nine 

position players scored a run.  Ten 

Mariners were walked in the game.

In his second game Kade Anderson 

ended up striking out 11 of his first

14 batters. He ended up going five 

innings. Let's see how he goes in

his next outing for Arkansas. 

Gonzaga's Men's Transfer Portal

Gonzaga has lost five players in the

transfer portal as of now.  I am not

sure why leaving Gonzaga unless 

you feel that the team won't be as 

good in the coming season or you

want more playing time. Not making

it to the sweet sixteen might be a

a factor as well or having difficulties 

with teammates or the coaching 

staff. 

The Zags weren't good at shooting 

three pointers  so may look to pick

up a few guys there. Graham Ike 

graduation will be a key to replace.

Braden Huff will be back after 

missing the WCC schedule and  

March Madness. Leaving the WCC 

to the new Pac-12  could be another 

reason players are leaving.  Not 

playing St. Mary's or Santa Clara 

might be an issue too.

Huff will be a key player next season.

Davis Fogle had a good freshman 

season where he plays guard and

small forward will return as well

The same goes for Mario Saint-Supery 

who had a good freshman season 

to should get more playing time. 

The Zags have three others returning 

however two are walks and another 

is redshirt freshman.  They have  

three other player coming on board

that are recruits so look forward 

to look at least a couple come 

through the transfer portal.

The Washington State Cougars who

had a poor season last season has 

had several go into the transfer portal 

to. We will look to see who come 

aboard. It is important they become competitive in the new Pac-12.  See 

how Oregon State does to.

The Washington Huskies have four 

who have entered the transfer portal. 

The hardest is Zoom Diallo. We hope 

he finds a way back. They are looking 

at several players to come in so we

will at them in the next week or two

as well.  Danny Sprinkle felt he did

make some mistakes with the guys

leaving so hopefully he will grow in 

that area.  The season was difficult 

with so many players being injured

throughout the season. Tucker who

was hurt at the beginning and end

of the season said he was going to

declare for the NBA draft. I am not

sure why he should stay in college 

for a other year to be healthy whether 

st UDub or not. He could be back as

well. Go Dawgs.

NFL Draft In Two Weeks

Winning the Super Bowl the Seahawks 

have the last pick of the first round.

The Seahawks have only three picks 

so they drop down and pick up a 

couple extra picks.

The Seahawks look at drafting a

running back along with an offensive 

line and edge rusher. If they are able

to get additional picks we could see

a defensive back in the process.

If things work out the running back

could come in the second round. 

If that were the case the Seahawks 

would have two second round picks.

They could trade the second pick

in the second round and pick up 

third rounder  along with another 

pick. The Seahawks have a third

round pick but it is late so could

move down again. 

The first day will be April 23 so we

will won't see the Seahawks pick

unti late if they keep. The second

and third I believe will be on  Friday.

4th through 7th will be Saturday 

so the Seahawks won't have a

pick unless they make a trade or more.

The picks on Saturday will be guys

who would be playing special teams 

mainly and we know how much it

means to have players on special 

teams. Go Hawks!

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.