. Mariners Sink Friday

This weekend the Mariners are facing

three lefties starting on Friday.

They lost 6-2 on Friday to the Boston 

Red Sox.

The Red Sox are having a bad season 

mainly at home. The Red Sox are now

18-18 on the road. The Mariners are

not facing starting left handers very well. 

They are hitting .216 before this game. 

Now 9-12 against lefties. 

The Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez

pitched a no-hitter into the seventh 

inning.  He gave up his only hit to

Josh Naylor a left handed who hits

lefties good. He walked Cal Raleigh 

a couple times. JP Crawford pinch 

hit with bases loaded however struck 

out and leaving the runners  on. 

Bryce Miller pitched well once again 

however gave up a home run in the 

second inning.  He went five innings

giving up three hits including the 

home run. No walks and seven strike

outs.

Luis Castillo came in the six inning.

Got that inning easily. In the 7th

not so much. The Red Sox ended 

up scoring four runs that inning.

It wasn't  like they were hitting 

hard they just got through the infield.

He did fine in the 8th but gave up 

another run in the 9th. 

The Mariners scored two runs in

the 9th when Cal walked then 

Julio hit a home run  to center field. 

That was it and the ball game. 

Emerson Hancock will start on

Saturday and Logan Gilbert on

Sunday.

The likelihood is George Kirby and

Bryan Woo will piggy back  on the next

start.  Emerson Hancock and Logan

Gilbert after that. They will start it 

over again too. 

A surprise move Miles Mastrobuino 

was dfa dince he is out of options 

and the Mariners brought up utility 

player  Weston Wilson who they

recently signed to a minor league 

contract. He had been released by

the Orioles. He played third base 

as JP Crawford didn't start. See what 

happens tomorrow.

In the afternoon next store United States 

beat Australia 2-0. Things are good for 

USA at the moment in the World Cup.

Home of the Seahawks was loud as

we expect. Go USA 

Mariners Take Series

The Mariners took the series beating

the Orioles 3-0 Thursday afternoon.  

This was after a road trip where they 

went 4-6.

The Mariners scored three runs in the

first inning and nothing thereafter.

All three runs happened after two outs

as well. Both starters went seven 

innings. This allows the Mariners rest

for most of the bullpen.

Josh Naylor singled after missing the

first two games of the series. Dominic Canzone who has been the Mariners

hottest hitter of late end up walking.

Cole Young who has had a good season especially driving in Naylor with a double.

Rookie and Mariners top prospect Colt

Emerson singled bringing in Canzone

and Young.

The only other two hits for the Mariners 

were by Victor Robles and Miles Mastrobuino.

Robles was in the lineup since Luke Raley

is trying to get over an injury. We see whether

he will be back against on Friday night. Also 

in center with Julio Rodriguez out with his

hamstring. Julio expected day to day.

Other injuries meant Canzone in right

field with Arozarena on the injured list

and Cal at dh. Mitch Garver catching.

Expect him to catch a game against 

the Red Sox. It could be on Sunday 

although it might depend on a lefty

pitching. 

Bryan Woo who pitched awful to say

the least on the road trip was back

to his oldself gave up only three hits

in his seven innings. He walked one

while striking out seven.

Eduardo Bazardo pitched the 8th 

without a hit and struck out one.

In my opinion he should have been

the first reliever in Wednesday night

game when down 3-1. 

Andre Munoz who has been struggling 

in the 9th inning for much of the season 

walked two to make it interesting rnd.

He ended up getting the final batter 

on a third strike. 

Bryce Miller is expected to start

Friday night as the Mariners are 

going back to the piggyback once

again. Bryce was excellent on the

rosd trip in his two starts.  The

big question is how far will he go

if he continues his fine pitching 

and Luis Castillo will come into

the game.

The Mariners have said that all

six starters will be involved until

the all-star break at least. We will

have to see how that works.

It will be interesting how the bullpen 

works into as well. Stay tuned.

The Mariners right now are two

games ahead of the A's who are

home against the Angels who 

are dead last in the West division.

The Angels win it will be two

and a half lead. The Rangers are

three back but lost to the Twins.

The Astros are four back but have

the day off and play the Cleveland 

Guardians in a weekend series

beginning Friday.

The Red Sox are dead last in the

American League east 16 games

behinf the Yankees. The amazing

thing is they are playing much

better on the road then at home.

They are 12-25 at home while 

17-18 on the road. They are 2-8

in their last ten games. The Blue

Jays just swept them at home.

The two wins  though were against

the Rangers in the series before

that at home. 

The Mariners are the only team with

a home winning record  in the West 

division while  the  A's have the only

winning record on the road.  We will

see which Mariners team and Red

Sox to show up. Go M's. 

Mariners Lose Wednesday

The Seattle Mariners lost to the Baltimore 

Orioles 5-3.  George Kirby went six innings 

they were down 3-2 st the time. The 

Orioles hit a two run homer early then

Kirby gave up a run in the 6th. 

The Mariners had an opportunity when

Connor Joe who was activated today

for Arozarena a day later tried to make

a double to a triple with two down. A 

mistake thst shouldn't have happened.

The Mariners brough in Alex Hoppe 

in the 7th and he gave up a run and

then the Orioles scored again in the

9th. The Mariners had a home run

by Canzone and Cole Young in the

bottom of the 9th to make it interesting.

What I don't really understand the

Mariners on how they are using the

higher leverage relievers since Matt

Brash went down a week ago.  None

of the high leverage relievers haven't 

been pitching a lot lately. The Mariners 

when going to the piggback again

on Friday the relievers won't bave a lot

of pitching to do unless this fails.

Stay tuned. Go M's. 

Mariners Win Opening Game Tuesday

I have stated before that is important 

for the Mariners to win opening

game of a series plus a homestead.

It wasn't easy as the final score was

Mariners 3 Orioles 1

Taylor Ward who the Mariners are 

familiar with in his time with division 

rival California Angels hit a double

to lead off the game then scored 

with two outs. 

Bottom of the third inning Miles 

Mastrobuino walked with one 

out followed by another walk to

JP Crawford who was activated 

before the game. Also playing 

third base for the first time in

a game. Mastrobuino played 

first base as Naylor is day to day.

The score was tied until the bottom 

of the 7th. With one out and the bases

loaded Cal Raleigh activated Tuesday 

as well hit a single scoring two runs. 

Logan Gilbert who has had an up

and down season after the first

inning was able to get 16 out straight. 

He went seven innings not giving up

another hit.  Bazardo pitched the

8th and Munoz the 9th. He gave up

a hit however a ground ball to Colt

Emerson finished the game. 

Luke Raley wasn't able to play so

Mitch Garver was the only healthy 

player on the bench. Before the

game they decided to put Randy 

Arozarena on the injured list. The

Rainiers are out of town so they

brought up outfielder Curtis 

Washington Jr. from Everett.

He might be around for another

day before they get a replacement 

for Arozarena.

The Mariners are expecting Arozarena 

when he is eligible to come off the

Injured list. 

George Kirby will start Wednesday 

for the Mariners in game 2 against

Orioles. 

Mariners announced that they will

piggy back on Friday with Bryce

Miller and Luis Castillo. This doesn't 

end it the Mariners are planning to

piggy bank the whole six man

rotation so we will see how that 

works.  A thought is the Mariner

may do this until at least the all

star break. This will come down 

whether any starter gets hurt at all.

Adding Cal to the roster they option 

catcher Jhonny Pereda to Tacoma.

There was thought that the Mariners 

would put Rob Refsynder on the 

injured list and go with three catchers.

Had the Mariners had chosen to put

Arozarena on the injured list at the

same time they could have kept 

Pereda around. How long who knows.

Go M's.

Belgium Vs Egypt

Monday afternoon a large crowd

off 66,7775 saw a tough and good 

game that came to a tie between 

Belgium and Egypt at 1-1. 

The challenge had to be the hot

weather as well. For both the 

players and fans. 

Egypt scored first in the first half

and held off  Belgium who scored

in the second half. I am sure Belgium

was disappointed since they were

favored. Egypt had the ball much

of the ball throughout the match.

They had a great opportunity to

score again after Belgium had scored.

The net was as clear as you can get

however the ball went off the side of

the shooter. Those things all happen.

There were fans from both countries 

and the locals who went decided for

various reasons they rooted for one

team.  Enjoyed the area afterwards.

The next game United States vs

Australia on Friday at 12 noon.

USA will likely have a hometown 

advantage however there are

Australians who live in the area 

as well those who will visit.

The Mariners will play host to

the Boston Red Sox that evening.

Diehard fans can go to a double 

header with both.  That area 

will be busy between the two. 

Update On Arkansas Travelers

The Seattle Mariners have the Monday off 

so looking at the double A Arkansas team.

The Mariners have several top prospects 

playing for Arkansas. The Travelers are

in second place in the Texas League

North with a record of 39-23. 

Kade Anderson last year's number one

pick by the Mariners is still dominating.

He has a record of 6-0 in 11 games with

an era of 1.13. The opposing batters 

are hitting . 157 . He has pitched 55

innings with 87 strike outs. More amazing 

he has only seven walks. 

Ryan Sloan Mariner number two pitching 

prospect got off to a rough start. He showed

his potential on May 30 by throwing a perfect 

game in six innings. Like Anderson he doesn't give up a lot of balls and strike outs. The opposing teams have been hitting him

hard sometimes.  He still is only 20 years

old and playing in his second professional 

season. 

Colt Emerson still mentioned as the number

one prospect though on the Mariners now. 

So Kade and Ryan two and three.

The top position player is Lazaro Montes 

who seems to be around a long time in

the minor leagues is still only 21 years old. 

He is from the Dominican Republic and I 

have heard his personality much like Julio

Rodriguez. He is an outfielder though called 

up at a point should do some dh as well. 

He is a left handed hitter. Montes started 

the season slow as far as batting average.

He has been hot his last ten games. He 

is hitting .378 with five home runs and

18 rbis. On the season he has 20 home 

runs already.

#5 prospect is Michael Arroyo who plays

infield and has done some outfield. Unless

the Mariners trade him as a prospect with

the loss in the infield he would likely be 

utility player.  Like Lazaro he got off to a slow start. In his last ten games he has been hitting .325. Not the same power as Lazaro

and he is 21 as well.

Besides Colt now playing in Seattle those are the only three on the Travelers in top ten. The

other six are lower down. 

#13 Terry McGraw  right handed pitcher 

drafted in the third round out of Wake 

Forest in 2023 recently was promoted 

from High A Everett had injury problems before this year.  He is pitching in relief 

this season. He has pitched three innings

in three games with the Travelers and has 

not given up a run yet. Terry's last outing 

on Sunday. 

#16  Michael Morales another right handed 

pitcher drafted in 2021.  He played half a season for Travelers in 2024 as well as 2025

and now 2026.  He has an era of 5.13 this season . Michael's issue has to do with walks 

having 27 in 40 innings.  Need to turn it around.

#17 outfielder Jared Sundstrom a right handed bat. He is known for power at

the plate however for the second year

with the Travelers he struggling with his 

average and strike outs. Jared will need

turn it around to find to the majors.

#20 Marceo Perez was drafted in the

11th round in 2022 out of college. He 

seems to improve. Doesn't have

many more chances. He was a starter 

but the Mariners have moved him to

the bullpen where he has a chance to

come to Seattle. Every level the

Mariners have a lot of pitchers. They

hope someone will stick. He has pitched 

in  8 games with an era of 3.27.  He has

always done well not giving up a lot

of walks however his strike rate wasn't as 

good after his first season. Now he is 

striking out  one per inning. 

That is it for the top 20 that are at Arkansas.

Update again as the season goes. 

 

 

Mariners Have Disappointing Road Trip.

The Mariners should have a better

road trip but it ended disappointing. 

The road was 4-6 and should have

been 6-4 at least.

Bryce  Miller pitched outstanding in 

both of his games. Logan was ok

while Kirby was ok in his second 

outing though no offense helped

him out. Woo pitched awful in

his two outing so he has to go 

back to the drawing board. 

Luis Castillo was ok as well the

trouble he had no help from the

defense in either of his games.

Sunday Emerson Hancock had 

not a good game in a 10-1 loss.

Hancock lasted four innings

with the 4th where he gave up

five runs. His offspeed pitches

weren't working and the Nationals 

are a good hitting fastball team.

Later in the game Munoz had to

leave with his back. The question 

is why didn't the Mariners didn't 

pitch him after the first game on

the road before this one. I have

seen on occasion where a pitcher 

gets hurt after a long layoff.

This was the big question the use

of the bullpen in game three and

four. The Mariners home stand 

coming up is six games so will

they use the six man rotation in

it since it didn't work on the road 

trip. Nothing said yet of the rotation 

and how it goes. In a five man rotation 

Bryce Miller could pitch on Wednesday 

since he will have four days off. He

pitched eight innings so it is possible 

the Mariners may want to hold him

back another day. 

Cole Young had a hit to lead off the

first inning and Josh Naylor drove him

home with a double for only run.

In the 8th inning he to was hurt and

left after his at. There is a good chance 

he will play on Tuesday. Cal should be

activated and JP Crawford.ay as well. 

Be more updates on all the other injuries.

Go M's.