Colorado Rockies Even Series Against Mariners

The Seattle Mariners started out well 

where Cal Raleigh hit a two run homer 

in the first inning. It was his 23rd on

on the season. Cal has been hitting 

much better since August. Having an

injury that cost him about a month

had been a disappointing season 

like for most of the Mariners.

In the third inning Randy Arozarena 

who is one of the Mariners who has

had a good season hit a solo home 

run making it 3-0. Unfortunately the

Mariners didn't score anymore runs.

The Mariners haven't won too many

games when scoring three runs or 

less. 

Bryce Miller who has been struggling 

on the mound for the last couple of

months after having a good season 

though he did spend a little time on

the injured list. He went five and one-third 

inning giving up only four hits however

a run by the Rockies was scored on a

throwing error in the bottom of the

third.

This is where it began to crumble Carlos 

Vargas came in the sixth and got the two

remaining outs however pitching again

the 7th he gave up two runs and then

Jose Ferrer came in and surrended 

two more runs. Neither team scored 

after that. This has been a problem 

for the Mariners all season not able

to score more runs when needed

after early in the game. The bullpen

has had issues especially since

July. 

Outside of Canzone no other left

handed hitter had a hit against a 

lefty. Though he didn't get a hit

Laz Montes had his first start to

face a lefty handed pitcher. Though

he didn't get a hit I am glad he had a 

shot.  Michael Arroyo started at 2nd

base and batted 7th.  He had two 

hits in the game. Maybe he is one 

of the guys who will play against

a left handed starter next year.

The Mariners have seven games

left on the season. They are six 

games out of first place with seven

to go. The Rangers are now in

first place one game ahead of the

Astros. 

The Rangers and Astros have no

games against each other in the

remaining schedule. The Mariners 

do face the Astros in Tuesday 

and Wednesday in Seattle so they

could make the difference.

The Rangers play Sunday against

Toronto then they face the New 

York Mets for three then finish

the season against the Minnesota 

Twins.  The Astros face the Atlanta 

Braves on Sunday after losing on

Saturday. After the two games

against the Mariners they finish

up against the Athletics so they

certainly have a shot to win the

AL West.

Sunday the Mariners will start Kade

Anderson so hopefully he will pitch

better than his last outing. The 

Rockies will have a right handed

starter so Lez Montes should be in

again. The Mariners have done better

against them than the lefties especially 

on the road.  Go M's..

Washington Huskies Win Third in a Row

The Washington Huskies played better

Saturday late afternoon beating Eastern 

Washington  48-13.

The Huskies had their best game of the

three. In the first quarter the Huskies.

had two touchdowns and Eastern Washington 

had a field goal in between them.

In the second quarter Eastern Washington 

had a touchdown early on making it

Washington 14-10. The closest they got

in the game.  They had an interception 

where the Huskies were in the area to

score. Huskies qb was hit while releasing 

the ball.  Desmond Williams Jr had  to

be checked out before coming back in.

The Huskies defense were able to stop

Easter Washington without getting a

first down.  The Huskies were able to

end the quarter with two touchdowns 

and a field goal.  Wide receiver Rashid

Williams who missed last weeks game

had a touchdown catch in both the first

and second quarter. At half the Huskies 

lead 31-10.

At the 10:44 of the third quarter EW 

kicked a field goal. At the 3:08 left

the Huskies had a one yard run. This

was just after tight end  Baron Naone 

came up short on 75 yard pass.

Score  Washington 38 EW 13

In the 4th quarter  EW had another 

field goal and the last score they 

had in the game at 13:07.  The 

Huskies had a field goal at 5:57.

On 3rd down they just missed a

touchdown. It looked the receiver

came up short however it was 

ruled an incomplete pass.

At the 3:40 the Huskies brought 

in backup quarterback Elijah Brown.

He threw a shovel pass to wide

receiver Trez Davis for a two yard

touchdown at 1:10 remaining in

the game and that was it.

On the sidelines head coach Jedd 

Fisch after the game. It was 

improvement however they will

need to do better next week at

home in the opening game against.

Minnesota next Saturday. Go Dawgs.

Washington State Cougars Win Home Opener

The Cougars won by a land slide 48-7.

The first half  wasn't quite this way

being up 14-7 at half however the

more talented team prevailed.

The Cougars had three touchdown 

in the third quarter with quarterback 

Pinnick throwing for two and a 58 

yard run on top of that. The defense 

had a lot do with it as well.

It became a laugher in the 4th quarter

when the Cougars ran back two punt

returns by two different returners which

seldom happens.

The Cougars had 525 total yards with

two running backs going over 100 yards

and 329 rushing yards total . Duquesne 

had only 180 total yards with only 75

yards passing and completing only

50 percent of their passes.

The only areas to improve is in  scoring 

in the first half and reducing penalties 

from eleven down.

The Cougars will play Arizona next 

Saturday in their final nonleague game.

Though this game gave hope the Cougars

will need to continue to improve. Go Cougs.

Coming up will be the Washington Huskies 

game which is happening right now and

the Mariners in Colorado against the Rockies. 

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Mariners Win the 9th

The Seattle Mariners won the series opener

over the Rockies on Friday night.

The final was 5-4.

The Mariners seem not often to make it 

easy on themselves. 

JP Crawford led off with a home run in

the first inning. With two outs Naylor 

singled to make it 3-0.  The Rockies 

scored four unanswered runs through

the sixth inning . In the 7th  Canzone 

hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game 

In the 9th Laz Montes hit a towering

home run. He is one of the missing 

players have needed on the season.

Like his countrymen Randy Arozarena 

he knows when something needs to

happen. We hope to see more of  it

next year.  

The Rockies  were able to get a single 

off Munoz  then stole second. The 

trouble he got picked off by Munoz 

trying to make it to third.  Before that

it looked like the Rockies would at least

tie the game.  Good for the Mariners.

Bryan Woo had some trouble getting 

started  in the first inning however

gave one run.  When he left the game

with one out in the 6th inning. He did

give up ten hits however not easy to

pitch in Colorado.

The Rangers won while the Astros lost.

So a  tied for first at the moment. Bryce 

Miller will start on Saturday. We hope he

doesn't fail. Go M's. 

 

 

Preview. Seattle Seahawks at Arizona

Sam Darnold will be out for the game

this weekend. Reports are that his 

injury will keep him out for three to

six weeks. Without more news on it

we could say four weeks would be back.

Drew Lock will start for the Seahawks 

against the Cardinals. Since he has

been practicing with the first unit he

will be prepared to play. He will feel 

more comfortable. 

Jalen Milroe will be now be the backup

quarterback. Most likely won't play

unless Drew gets hurt. Ty Okada cornerback

will miss game two as well.  Nick Emmanwori 

did have some practice this week however

be a game time decision if he plays or not

Cardinals tight end Trey McBride is someone

to reckon with. The Cardinals use him like

a eude receiver sometimes. His physical 

size Nick Emmanwori is the best Seahawks 

player to go one on one. If Emmanwori isn't 

able to play it will be harder on the defense

Good news Tory Horton practiced this week

so he will be back after being out for some

time last season and last week. So he should 

be the 4th receiver and be on special teams.

He is a talented player.

The Seahawks are favored in Arizona at

4.5 points. Both teams won their season

openers do they are tied along with the

49ers after week one. Since it is  a divisional

game it is important to win though at this

time of the year not as much for the Seahawks 

For Arizona playing at home it will be more

difficult for them if they lose. Splitting a series

between two division members is the most

important though taking both is more ideally. 

Cardinals cornerback Garrett Williams is

ruled out in this game. They have six players 

currently are questionable

The important thing for the Seahawks Drew

Lock has very few turnovers  and less 

penalties that could stall them on offense

and or allow the Cardinals to stay on longer.

Go Hawks. 

Preview Duquesne at Washington State

The Washington State Cougars are at

home for the first time on the season 

at Martin Stadium. This is the first game

they are favored in too. A good thing

being at home. 

The Cougars are favored by 35.5 points

in this game. After playing against two

of the nations top defenses this will 

allows to see how the offense goes. 

The Cougars did show especially against

the Huskies they may have a very good

defense.

The Cougars opponent is 0-2 on the 

season. Opener was against Air Force

losing 34-0. Game two they lost to a

very good Youngstown State in a blow

out 70-13. So the Cougars should be 

able to correct the passing game trouble 

in this one.

The following week the Cougars are at

home against former Pac-12 opponent 

Arizona. See how this one helps them

next week. Go Cougs!

Preview Eastern Washington at Washington

This coming Saturday the Washington 

Huskies take on Eastern Washington.

The Huskies had a media conference 

on Wednesday.  Besides some coaches

there were several players speak too. 

Head Coach Jedd Fisch said that he

is confident that the offense line and

the running game is correctable. I am

not sure that is a big endorsement. 

Any way the Washington Huskies though 

they are 2-0 on the season they didn't 

match or come close to how much they

 were favored.  Against Eastern Washington 

they are favored by 42.5 points.  Just I am

skeptical they will come close  to scoring

that many points. 

In any case it would be nice if the Huskies

can run for a hundred yards to gain the

confidence in the running game. In the 

passing game quarterback Desmond 

Williams  Jr. last week  completed 26 of

41 passes for 249 yards against Utah

State. Statistically that looks good 

however he didn't throw a touchdown 

pass. The only touchdown was on a

1 yard run. The Huskies had to settle 

for three field goals. 

The Huskies sophomore receiver Dezman

Roebuck led them in receiving yards in

last weeks game. He is the closest one

to be the number one receiver. Jordan

Clay a freshman caught a 19 yards catch 

to help setup the lone touchdown. Another 

freshman wide receiver Trez Davis made 

some contributions to and sophomore

tight end Baron Naone . We will keep 

an eye on these guys during the rest

of the season.

Eastern Washington has a record of

1-2 on the season with both losses

on the road.  The lone win was at home 

in game 2 against Northern Iowa 34-24.

Obviously they have some offensive 

power however now they play against

the Huskie defense.  Go Dawgs!