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. 

Seahawks Lose Another Preseason Game

The  Seahawks lost to the Tennessee Titans

on Sunday evening on their home field 

19-16.  

Drew Lock looked good for the Seahawks 

at quarterback.  Tight end Elijah Arroyo 

had a touchdown and another catch.

He should be the Seahawks number two

receiver. 

The second half is what cost the Seahawks 

the game with a fumble on a punt return 

and quarterback Jalen Milroe had a couple

pass interceptions. He needs to run when

the opposing team rushes him.  Take 

advantage of his speed.

In the post game coach Mike McDonald 

said they had a couple injuries including 

rookie cornerback Bud Clark had a broken 

leg and likely out for the season.

The Seahawks final preseason game

will be next Friday in Kansas City

against the Chiefs.  Go Hawks. 

Seattle Mariners Blown Out By Cubs

We were hoping the Mariners would sweep 

the Chicago Cubs however it wasn't meant 

to be.

Final  Cubs 19 Mariners 2

The Cubs we do find out they are pretty 

good hitting team. If the Mariners hadn't 

had two walk offs the Cubs probably 

would have swept them instead. 

Before the game we found out that

Brendan Donovan had to go on the

concussion injured list. He was hit 

in the head during batting practice 

on Saturday. This is a tough loss

for the Mariners since he had been

the Mariners best hitter since returning.

It reminds me that I was hit  in the

back of the head by a swing when

I was catching. I still feel it on my

head of the stitches. I didn't catch again.

Back then there was no concussion 

protocol.

The highlight for the Mariners was that

Randy Arozarena lead off the game

with another home run.  The Mariners 

second run was in the second inning.

Nineteen unanswered runs. 

The Mariners used two position  players

in the 8th and 9th inning where the Cubs

scored 12 runs. Certainly elevating their

stats. Sound like the Mariners position 

player era has to be over 100. Also a

good reason to forfeit the game.

Now the Mariners will take on the Phillies 

on Monday.

The Seahawks are coming up.  I hope

we don't see the punter or kicker play

quarterback in this game.  

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Randy Arozarena Is the Man Saturday Evening

Kade Anderson made his major league 

debut which was good for the most part 

however Randy Arozarena was the man

for the Mariners.

Kade Anderson ended up pitching 

for the  Mariners into the sixth inning

getting two outs. He unfortunately 

gave up  three runs.  Two were off

home runs in the sixth inning.  He

gave up only five hits with three runs.

Anderson three a few more pitches

than he had in double Arkansas.

The Mariners should have taken him

out after the fifth or certainly giving

up one hit the sixth. Kade look like

he belongs.

Arozarena led off the first inning 

with a home run. He stole a home run

from the Cubs to before they tied the.

game in the fifth.  The  Mariners took a 

lead again briefly in the bottom of the

5th.

The Cubs three runs in the top of the.

sixth with two home runs off Kade.

The Mariners brought in Carlos Vargas 

fir the first time of the season for

Kade. He gave up the third run. He

shut down the Cubs in the 7th though.

Neither team scored again until the 

bottom of the 9th. It looked like the

Cubs all the way since they got the

Mariners first two outs.   The excitement 

happened with Weston Wilson who took

Brendan Donovan spot who had gotten 

hit in the head by a ball in the batting

cave.  By the way Donovan will be ok.

Wilson got a hit .

Leo Rivas the Walkoff hitter Friday night

got a hit to drive in Wilson to make

the Mariners down by one.  Arozarena 

came to the plate again. Randy hit

a walk off home run for the Mariners.

Now the Mariners have won the series 

going into Sunday.

There is no doubt that Randy Arozarena 

is Kade Anderson's best friend for his

major league debut that he won't forget. 

Final Mariners 5 Cubs 4

Oh by the way the Astros and Rangers 

both lost.  Mariners down three now.

Go M's 

Mariiners Win Opener of New Homestand

It took the Mariners ten innings to beat

the Chicago Cubs at home  6-5. 

The Cubs got off to a good start

hitting two home runs off Emerson 

Hancock  to make it 3-0.

Emerson settled down not giving up

another run when he left with two

outs in the sixth inning.

The Mariners tied and took the lead 

in the second inning when Cal Raleigh 

hit a three run homer.  Brendan Donovan 

hit a single to drive in the go ahead run.

He is hitting .379 in his last seven games.

He could be a key the rest of the way.

Arozarena drove in a run in the 5th

to make it a two run lead. Unfortunately 

the Cubs had two more home runs in

the 8th and 9th to tie. 

The Mariners  were able to hold the

 Cubs in the 10th.  Victor Robles bunted

Randy Arozarena moving to third. Julio

wasn't able to get a hit out of the infield.

Leo Rivas though singled up the middle 

to win with Arozarena scoring.

Before the game the Mariners activated

Carlos Vargas who had been out all 

season after being on the injured list.

He didn't get into Friday's game however

should help the bullpen. We could see

him in Saturday's game.

JP Crawford  is going to do a rehab for

the Tacoma Rainiers Saturday and Sunday.

Monday we will see whether he is added

onto the roster.  

Saturday Kade Anderson is going to make

his major league debut for the Mariners.

Right now Ryan Woo isn't going on the 

injured list so may start in this homestand.

Does this mean the Mariners go back to

a six man rotation or do the piggy back 

which they did a little in July. How Woo

along with Bryce Miller and George Kirby 

pitching recently the piggy back  could 

be the way to go.

September 1st the rosters expand so the 

Mariners could go to the six man rotation 

as well as eight pitchers in the bullpen.

It will work if the starters can go six innings

regularly.  Go  M's.

News came out Friday that Seahawks 

lost  wide receiver in the joint workout 

with the Titans. It looks like he will be

out for the season. Also wife receive

Troy Horton be out for a while too.

This means two receivers will make

the opening day roster who may not

have otherwise. Go Hawks. 

Seattle Seahawks Travel To Nashville

The Seahawks are in Nashville Tennessee 

to take on the Titans on Sunday in their

second preseason game.

The Seahawks left early for the two 

teams are doing joint practices. This

is something thing they have done 

recently. Some have been on the 

road as well as at home.  This allows

to feel going against an opponent 

than just practicing against each other. 

The Seahawks signed Trevon Diggs

a cornerback early in the week to 

add depth to the team.  In his six

seasons in the NFL and the Dallas 

Cowboys Diggs played two full seasons

in 2021 and 2022.  Since then he has

played strangely.  Last year he played 

eight games with the Cowboys and

one with the Green Bay Packers. 

The Seahawks have made other moves

during camp.  Most the players will

likely be on the practice squad  if they

stick around.

Losing to the Cowboys I am sure the

Seahawks want to win this one though

defending the Super Bowl is more 

important.  Go  Hawks. 

Myles Gaskin who is one of Washington 

Huskies greats spent most of his  NFL 

seasons as a running back with the 

Miami Dolphins and spent a little time

with the Seahawks announced that he

is retiring from the NFL. We wish him

the best.