Mariners Lose In Walk Off Fashion

The Seattle Mariners offense did the job

Friday night against the Houston Astros.

however the Mariners pitching wasn't 

there. 

It is a bit ironic since the offense has

been the trouble much of the season. 

Final Astros 10-7.  George Kirby gave

up five runs  in four two-thirds innings. 

The bullpen did a good job until

Andre Munoz came and he gave up

five runs including a walk off three-run

homer.  

News was that the Mariners were sending

down shorstop Colt Emerson to triple A 

Friday morning instead he went on the injured

list.  Infielder Brock Rodden who played

shortstop. In the 8th inning he had his first

major league hit with a double scoring Weston

Wilson to tie it 5 -5. In the tenth he hit a 

sacrifice  fly to make it a two run lead. A

good way to start it out. 

The struggle most of the season is that

it has been the hitting has been bad 

and the  pitching good but now when

it counts both are not working together.

We hope Saturday they can both do well.

Go M's. 

First Camp Scrimmage For Washington Huskies

The Washington Huskies football team 

have about a week of practice after starting 

camp on August 6.  They have their 

scrimmage Saturday night. The first game

will be on Sunday September 6. 

College football season for the Washington 

Huskies  begins in three weeks from this

Sunday on September 6.   The Apple Cup 

against the Washington State Cougars 

it will be the first time to start a season.

The Washington Huskies will be big favorites

against the Cougars who have a new head

coach as well as a lot of new players as well.

The first game of the season is never known

how it will go. The game could be a lot closer

or a blow out.  

The Huskies will have quarterback Desmond Williams Jr  to start for the second straight 

year and third into the program.  He is familiar 

with most of the wide receivers and tight end.

The running game will be interesting although 

the Huskies have  had good ones throughout 

their history. Most likely they will get the running 

game going however we will see a few passes 

in the first series.  Jonah Coleman was the 

starting running back but he has now graduated 

to the NFL and so coach Jeff Fisch the opportunity 

to start someone else.  Go Dawgs. 

Mariners End Losing Streak

It was a close game for the Mariners 

and Yankees however it means 

Seattle is not further out in the race.

Thursday afternoon the Mariners beat 

the Yankees 1-0  in New York. Logan

Gilbert went six innings for the Mariners 

giving up only four hits while walking

one batter and striking out  seven.

The Mariners had only five hits in the

game. The one run happened in the 

second inning when Weston Wilson

hit a home run. This meant a tight 

rope for the Mariners which has been

going on a while.  

The bullpen did not give up a hit in

three innings though Eduardo Bazardo 

did struggle with two walks. Jose 

Ferrer who has had his ups and downs

took care of the Yankees as he fsce the

top of the order against lefties. Finally 

Munoz who has had little pitching time

as of late got through the 9th. 

How the bullpen has done lately the

critics wonder why he can't come

in earlier in games.  When Scott 

Servais was manager Munoz would 

come in the 7th or 8th inning depending 

on the matchups. The same was for

Paul Sewald when he was the closer. 

Since Matt Brash went on the injured

list and the Mariners went with six

starters before the deadline the bullpen 

was in better place. Bazardo having 

trouble as of late it has been hard along

with the offense not scoring enough 

runs.

The Mariners now go to Houston to

take on the division leading Astros.

Last year and earlier this year the M's 

have had their number. The Mariners 

do have the tie breaker  if the two.teams

end in time for first place. As we know

the Mariners haven't played the way to

get that done. This weekend would 

make it a lot better if the Mariners can

beat the Astros in Houston.

The Mariners are currently down by five

games so if they sweep the Astros that

would help a whole lot.  The Rangers 

are down to the Astros by a game. The

Angels have won two games while the

Rangers one. So another loss would be

nice. The Rangers play the A's on the 

road this weekend.

We wish the Mariners can take this

series as it is important. After that

the Mariners play  the Brewers in

Milwaukee.  They do have  Monday

off before taking on the Chicago

Cubs at home. Go M's. 

Mariners Lose After Good Start

The Mariners were beaten 10-5 to the 

Yankees Wednesday evening making

it six losses in a row.

The Mariners started off well in the 

first inning with a homer run by Arozarena 

and Rodriguez for three runs.

In the second the Yankees scored a run

and in the 3rd inning Canzone hit a

a  home run to make it 4-1. In the bottom 

of the 3rd the Yankees scored two runs

making it 4-3.  

In the 5th Josh Naylor  singled making it 

5-3. In the bottom of the 5th the Yankees 

tied it.  In the 7th the Yankees scored

three runs against the bullpen and two 

more in the 8th.

The hitters did well for a change but the 

pitching did not. Maybe this is a start

to something. Tomorrow they play a

day game. Go M's. 

Seahawks Fullback Out For Season

Robbie Ouzts who was going into his

second season with the Seahawks is

going to miss this while season.

He was placed on injured reserve for

a neck injury. 

Last season he missed the final five

games and the playoffs. A talented 

player the Seahawks drafted out of 

Alabama. The Seahawks were wanting 

to expand his role beyond just being 

a blocking with running or catching the

ball. I remember seeing in the preseason 

and be very impressive. Now it is a question 

whether he will have a career or not.

Brady Russell who was his backup may 

move into his role. He has played some

tight end for the Seahawks as well as 

playing very well on special teams. The

question can be or anyone be as good

as Robbie. We will have to see if the 

answer comes or not.

Zach Charbonnett won't be available for

several weeks to be back for the Seahawks.

He likely will miss four weeks at least. Zach

is bigger and different than the other running

backs. When he returns he likely will split 

time with first round pick Jadarian Price.

With Zach my question could the Seahawks 

go with two running backs at the same time.

Zach could work like being a full back. The 

question is how good a blocker is Price or

any other running backs. I am not sure the

Seahawks have even talked about it. I

guess we will see. 

The Seahawks have their first preseason 

game on Saturday at home.  So it could

be answered or stay tuned.  Go Hawks!

Mariners Continue Their Struggle

The Mariners continue to struggle in

the hitting department again in the 

opening game Tuesday night against 

the Yankees in New York. 

Final Yankees 4 Mariners 1

Yes the same score as was Sunday's 

game against the Rays. 

The Mariners scored  first with a solo 

home run by Randy Arozarena in the 

sixth inning.  Bryan Woo went five innings

giving up three hits and a walk. He threw

92 pitches for the reason he didn't go

further.

Jose Ferrer pitched the 6th doing a good 

job. Mike Rucker came in the 7th. He gave.

up a double, two singles and a walk. He

got one out. The Yankees scored  two runs.

Bazardo came in and gave up two hits

that allowed the final two runs. Both runs

though went to Rucker. 

Bryce Miller will start Wednesday for the

Mariners. We hope for a recovery from 

his last two outings and that the Mariners 

get out of their funk hitting wise. The M's 

won't have much to celebrate other wise.

Go M's. 

Washington State Cougars Football Day 5

Tuesday is day five for the Cougars as they 

prepare to take on state rival Washington Huskies 

on September 6.   The game doesn't have the

same meaning as it used to be as the Huskies are now in the Big Ten and the Cougars begin play in

now the new Pac-12. 

 The Cougars are hoping eventually the new

Pac-12 will match up the old one but it could

take some time especially with the transfer

portal.  

The Cougars have a new coach in Kirby Moore.

A native of Washington you would hope he

sticks around for a while. This will be his first

year as a head coach.  If he has success over

the next three or four years another school or

the NFL could call.  

At this time the Cougars are ranked third in

the Pac-12 on the offense side. A lot of that

has to do with some returnees and the fact

that Moore was an offensive coordinator too.

The offense has 7 of 11 return players for 

supposed tgeir first unit. The second team

shows the same at the moment. The Cougars

haven't named their starting quarterback 

although transfer  Caden Pinnick is expected 

to be the one. Right now they are ranked number

three offense in the conference.

The defense  had a good day on Monday so

that is good sign. For the Cougars to have

success the defense has to be good too.

The defense is opposite of the offense where

most of the players have transferred in

so probably take time to play together.

The Cougars have history of throwing the

ball on offense. At times they score early 

and then the defense blows it. We hope this

does change. Go Cougs!