Mariners Beat Royals Tuesday Gonzaga Men Win Too

The Seattle Mariners won a close spring

training game in Peoria Tuesday afternoon 

4-3.  The Mariners have another season 

of games with the winner by one run it

is a good idea to start in spring. We do

hope more wins with at least two run

difference with the Mariners winning 

but we can take we can get. 

Cooper Criswell had his second outstanding 

game starting in a row for the Mariners.

Criswell went three and one-third innings

giving up two hits, no runs, no walks and

five hits.  He won't be in the starting rotation 

unless  there are injuries.  He could be a

reliever starting the season. If so he would 

be a long reliever. Emerson Hancock though

right now looks to be the first guy to start 

if the Mariners need a starter.

The  Mariners scored a run in the second 

inning and two more in the fourth.  The

Royals tied the game on a three run

home run in the sixth inning off a Mariners 

minor leaguer. The Mariners scored the

4th run in the bottom of the sixth.

The Mariners bottom of the order did

most of the damage.  The four runs 

didn't include any home runs.

The Mariners play the Colorado Rockies 

Wednesday in Peoria. No scheduled 

starting pitcher as of yet however the

Mariners could start Kade Anderson 

once again. If so we could Ryan Sloan 

pitch as well. Go Mariners!

In college men's basketball Gonzaga beat

Santa Clara in the West Coast Conference 

championship game  79-68. The game 

wasn't as easy as the score shows. 

Santa Clara led by four points at halftime.

The Zags didn't take the lead until

halfway in the second half. 

Mario Saint-Supéry led the Zags with

21 points. What helped the Zags as

he made 6 of 12 shots all 3 point shots.

That doesn't happen often especially 

on the Zags. Tyon Grant-Foster came

off the bench with 20 points. He made 

seven of eleven from the field but only

two out of three from three point line.

Graham Ike the team's leading scorer

on the season had 15 points. Santa 

Clara was able to stop Ike with having

four rebounds but the rest of the

players made up for it.

Winning the West Coast Conference tournament the Zags qualified for the

NCAA tournament. We will find out

on Sunday who will play in the

tournament. 

Washington Huskies play USC Trojans 

in the Big Ten Tournament first round 

Wednesday morning at 11:30 am.

The Huskies beat the Trojans twice 

on the season so see if they can do

it a third time.  Huskies are the 12th

seed while Trojans are 13. Go Dawgs!

Gonzaga In WCC Tournament Championship

Gonzaga men's beat Oregon State 

in the semifinals of the WCC 

Tournament Monday 65-56.

They play Santa Clara who beat

St. Mary's in an upset 76-71.

The Zags led by 14 at halftime.

The closest the Beavers got 

in the second half was ten points.

The Zags shot 48.2 percent from

the field while the Beavers shot 

33.8. Neither team shot well from 

beyond the 3 point line. Most of

the season the Zags were not a 

good 3 point shooting team.

Graham Ike had 24 points for the 

Zags. He made 10 of 17 from the

field. Ike had 11 rebounds as well.

No one else scored in double figures.

The Beavers had two  players  in double

figures scoring.  Together they had 

one more point than the Zags.

Santa Clara shot better than St.Mary's

from the field. The difference was three

point shooting. Only kept St. Mary's 

in the game was foul shooting.

The Zags defense will have to stop

Santa Clara from making 3 point shots.

Go Zags!

Seahawks Free Agency and Mariners Lose Monday

The Seahawks ended up losing Ken

Walker III  as expected and it was 

to the Kansas City Chiefs who signed

him to a three contract. If it wasn't 

for the loss of Zach Charbonnett for 

next season to injury it may not have

been as big of a deal.  We do hope

we see Zach before the end of next 

season.

The Seahawks lost a couple of defensive 

players to including defensive back

Colby Bryant to the Chicago Bears.

He did quite well moving from corner 

to safety as  well as staying healthy.

The beginning of his career he had the

problem being healthy. 

The Seahawks resigned cornerback 

Josh Jobe to a multi year contract 

as they did punt returner/wide receiver 

Rashid Shaheed.  The contract for

Shaheed was $17 million a year. Expect 

the Seahawks use him in multiple ways.

We might see him more out of the 

backfield though his punt returner can

make big difference in field position.

The Seahawks likely lose a few more 

and add as well. They will likely sign 

or trade for a running back. Drafting 

a running back possibly in the second

round is a possibility.

In baseball the Mariners lost Monday 

afternoon in walkoff fashion to the 

Diamondbacks 2-1. Arizona had a 

runner on second with two outs when

pop fly went beyond Colt Emerson 

at short. The game would have ended

in a tie otherwise. 

Bryan Woo started the game for the

Mariners and was happy with his 

outing.  Woo went four innings give

up one run in the 4th inning. Brendan Donovan did well getting two hits 

in the game. He is looking good 

so far. JP Crawford made his first

start at shortstop in the spring. We

hope he will be ready to go when

the season begins. Go M's.

George Kirby Looks Good In Mariners Loss

The Seattle Mariners lost to the 

Milwaukee Brewers Sunday afternoon 

6-3. 

The Mariners scored first on a Leo

Rivas two run homer in the second 

inning. Rivas at this point looks 

like to be their utility player.  He

likely play second and shortstop 

most of the time. Shortstop would

depend on whether Colt Emerson 

is on the opening day roster or not.

Even if Colt starts the season in

the minors he will be on the Mariners 

at some point in the season. 

George Kirby started and pitched three 

plus innings giving up two hits including 

a double in the fourth to the first hitter.

Troy Taylor who is struggling came in 

to replace Kirby. He got an out then 

gave up a single that drove in a runner 

that was recorded as a run to Kirby.

Troy then gave up a three run home run

before being lifted. He was given the

loss in the game. 

Josh Simpson who the Mariners 

acquired from the Miami Marlins

during the off-season gave up two

runs on two hits and two walks. 

 Brennan Davis hit a solo home run

for the Mariners in the sixth inning

to end all the scoring. David is having

a good season. Most likely he will 

start the season in triple A however 

if the Mariners have any injuries in

the outfield we may see him this

season.

The Mariners take on the Arizona 

Diamondbacks Monday afternoon in

Scottsdale with Bryan Woo on the

mound. Go M's 

 

Washington Huskies Lose Final Regular

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

team game Saturday was a bit crazy at 

Oregon and in the end lost 85-79.

The Oregon Ducks got hot right off

the bat making 7 of 7 outside the 

three point line. This allowed them 

to be ahead by 21 points in the middle 

of the first half. They led the Huskies

by 14 at half time. 

The Huskies went on a 29-8 run in

the second half to take a three point

lead with 28 seconds left in the game.

The Ducks won primarily because Huskies head coach Danny Sprinkle went crazy when Hannes Steinbach had to foul after a ball 

was stolen with three seconds left in the

game. Sprinkle thought that Steinbach 

was fouled then was charged with two

technical fouls. The Ducks ended up

making five of six foul shots for the

victory.  It shows how important to

keep your cool.

Steinbach led the Huskies with  26 points

and 13 rebounds. He led the charge when

the Huskies went on their run despite 

having three fouls during most of that 

time.  Steinbach is tied for second in

double doubles in the nation with 20.

A major reason he is likely going to be a

lottery pick in the upcoming NBA draft.

Now both the Huskies and Ducks will

have to see what their pairing will be

in the first round of the Big Ten Tourn-

ament coming up next week. The Huskies 

actually have a better record than the

Ducks so they likely will be set higher. 

Michigan has the regular season title

followed by Michigan State, Nebraska,

Illinois and Wisconsin making the top

five in the conference. Those five

should make the NCAA tournament.

The Huskies real chance is winning 

the Big Ten Tournament. Go Dawgs!

White Sox Beat Mariners Saturday

I have to say if the Mariners going to

lose to the White Sox spring training 

is the best time.

Logan Gilbert pitched well going 

four innings and not giving up a

run and only two hits. Carlos Vargas

went an inning and gave up the 

first run. Jose Ferrer went an inning 

without giving up a run. The rest of

the pitching was minor leaguers.

Though not much scoring going on

Brendan Donovan had a couple hits.

Mitch Garver started at catcher and 

had a hit. Still not sure who will be

the backup catcher. Dan Wilson 

would like to see Cal have more

rest behind the plate this season.

At this point the offense from the

back up catcher does not look 

like a whole lot. 

The Mariners play Milwaukee on the

road Sunday.  The time change means

the game will be at 1 pm on radio only 

George Kirby will start for the Mariners.

In college men's basketball the Washington State Cougars lost Friday night against 

Portland 74-68.  Portland's big win was 

earlier over Gonzaga. It has been not a

good season for the Cougars. It will be

interesting to see what happens over

the off-season with the transfer portal.

The Cougars will be playing in the new

Pac-12. Gonzaga should be the one 

favored next season. Go Cougs!.

The Washington Huskies play final regular 

season against the Oregon Ducks Saturday 

night. Ducks have done well recently so

could be tough game to end the regular 

season. Go Dawgs!

Seattle Mariners Bounce Back Friday

The Seattle Mariners beat the Texas 

Rangers on their spring training field 

5-1. It was way different than Thursday 

game which is overstated.

Cole Young was the player of the

game for the Mariners with two

home runs and three rbis. The 

Mariners want to be sure he hits 

more fast balls. I figured he listened.

Kade Anderson started and went three

innings and gave up one hit and no

walks. Emerson Hancock continues

having a good spring training. He

went three innings giving up three 

hits, one run, no walks and four strike 

outs. The Mariners used Robinson 

Ortiz a lefty they acquired from the

LA Dodgers last November. He could

be the third lefty. Most likely he will

be the eighth reliever if he makes

the opening roster. 

Logan Gilbert starts Saturday against 

the White Sox. With the time change

on Sunday the afternoon games will

begin right after 1 pm.  Go M's.