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.

Mariners Lose Critical Game

The Seattle Mariners who needed to

win this series at home against the 

Athletics lost for the second straight 

 night.  Final Athletics 7 Mariners 6

The Mariners started it off by scoring 

 two runs in the bottom of the 2nd 

inning however it was short lived.

In the 3rd inning Logan Gilbert who

has been their best starter recently 

and looked good in the first two innings

gave up four home runs and five runs.

In the bottom of the third Cal Raleigh 

hit a home run to tie.  The 4th inning

neither team scored. Unfortunately 

Gilbert gave up two runs and left

with two outs in the fifth.  One of

the two runs scored Laz Montes

crashed into the right field fence

with the batter gettings a triple.

He ended up scoring the second 

run.  Laz stayed in the game however

when Logan left the game they took

Laz out the same time for precaution.

The X-ray showed being negative.

He might be back in the series. If so

probably be as dh. 

The bullpen did a good job not

giving up a run at all. A good sign

after struggling  recently.

The Mariners scored a run in

the 8th to make it close.  Munoz 

pitched the 9th getting all three 

batters.

In the bottom of the 9th Patrick

Wisdom lead of pinch hitting.

Not a good move in my opinion.

Randy Arozarena walked Wisdom 

was out. Dominic Canzone hit 

s short grounded for the second 

out. The only good thing Arozarena 

moved.  Julio who has struggled 

at the plate popped out to end the

game.

The Mariners will need to win

the final two games of the series 

to have any chance to make the

playoff. Let see what happens. 

Look At Seattle Seahawks First Opponent

The Seahawks start their season against 

the New England Patriots who they beat 

in the Super Bowl.  Expect both teams 

ready to go. 

The Patriots are expected by the experts 

to win at least ten games.  They are playing

eight teams who were in the playoffs last

year including the Seahawks and division 

rival Buffalo Bills.   The Seahawks are

expected to win around  11 games. 

It looks like backup running back TreVeyon 

Henderson maybe among the injured and

likely won't play. We will have see.

It will be interesting how the Patriots come

out. Quarterback Drake Maye is expected 

to have a stellar season. The Mariners plan 

to have that after week one.  They confused

him in the Super Bowl so he will likely be 

better than in that game. The Seahawks will

have other plans.  Best to stop the running 

game so he will have to throw more. The

Seahawks top defense players like Devon Witherspoon will be on different sides of

the ball and Leonard Williams will look to

stack the line too.  A big keys is on first

and second down.  Turnovers be at a

minimum. 

The Patriots acquired AJ Brown in the 

off-season be someone for the Seahawks 

look at.   The Patriots have a new defensive

coordinator in   Zak  Certain. Also they.

have former Seahawks Dre'mont Jones.

Since it is a copy league could see some

looks like the Seahawks. Most likely a lot 

of  teams will.

The Seahawks with their new ownership 

group they have added 12 additional 

coowners.  Not a big surprise with the

cost of the team.  We will hear more 

from the new owners than Paul Allen 

or his sister Jody.  I don't think a big

deal.  Go Hawks. 

Mariners Lose Opener To A:s

The Seattle Mariners scored three runs

in the first inning however it was silent

until the sixth when they scored a run 

again..

Out new folk hero Laz Montes drove in

the last run of the first. The A's scored

a run in the second too.

Kade Anderson went five innings giving

up four runs. Mistake I believe made was

not taking him out after two runners got

on base in the 5th.

Final Athletics 7 Mariners 4 

Outside of that the Mariners struck out 18 times 

A couple innings had runners in scoring position but 

couldn't come through. 

Friday Logan Gilbert will pitch. Don't know yet for the

A's.  Go M's.

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Laz Montes Should be in the Lineup Thursday

Laz Montes had a great opening game

when he started for his first game on

Wednesday night walking, single and 

home run with 2 rbis.  

Some fans and media were upset 

that he didn't start against a lefty on

Wednesday against the Red Sox.

Fortunately the Mariners won which

they have had problems winning

against lefties.  Maybe having Montes

in the clubhouse and on the bench

helped anyways.

The Mariners start a four game series 

against the A's starting Thursday evening.

Thursday  the A's are starting a right

hander in the game so we should see 

him starting. I expect he will dh again.

I look forward to see him in the outfield 

at some point. 

Friday and Saturday games it hasn't been

announced who will start for the A's.

Sunday's game the A's are starting a lefty.

Depending how Montes is playing it

would be nice to see him in the game.

Comes down to starting as well. 

When it comes to Brendan Donovan no

news yet whether he will be activated 

today or in this series.  Stay tuned.

Go M's. 

Update Montes is in right field while 

Canzone at dh.      No  Brendan Donovan 

yet. What is taking so long.