Mariners Lose Seahawks Win

The Seattle Mariners game started an hour earlier than the Seahawks. The Mariners were home against the Toronto Blue Jays though it felt like a road game because of the fans making their way down from Canada while the Seahawks were in Los Angeles taking on the Chargers. With the Seahawk fans in attendance, it felt like a home game.

Felix Hernandez made his return looking more like King Felix than old arm often injured Felix. He ended up going five and two-thirds innings where he gave up two runs on three hits, walked three and struck out four.

The Mariners scored two runs in the first inning on a walk by Mallex Smith, a hit by JP Crawford and a double by Kyle Seager.  The Jays tied the score at 2-2 in the third inning when they hit two solo home runs. It was really the only blemish on Felix pitching Saturday night.

The Mariners took the lead in the fifth inning when Omar Narvaez hit a three-run homer. So when Felix departed from the game they were leading 5-2. It looked like Felix would get the win he deserved; however, the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the seventh plus additional run in the eighth to win 7-5.

Off the field news, Mitch Haniger rehab assignment is on hold as he is having trouble with his back. Sounds right now he may not return the rest of the season; I will keep you up to date.

The Seahawks, on the other hand, dominated Saturday night’s game against the Chargers winning 23-15. The starting unit looked sharp in this the third pre-season game. Russell Wilson played into the second quarter. The Chargers led 3-0 on a field goal in the first quarter but it was all Seahawks in the second quarter scoring sixteen points making them lead 16-3 at half-time.

Russell Wilson looked good passing the ball except for a couple times when he missed receivers wide open, however, they did catch six of his nine throws for 73 yards.  Geno Smith came in the second quarter for Wilson going the rest of the way. Smith had missed last week’s game.

Smith looked like the guy who will backup Wilson for the season. He threw the ball seventeen times with eleven completions. Neither Wilson nor Smith had touchdown throws. All three touchdowns came through the running game. Rashaad Penny scored the first touchdown in the second quarter.  Geno Smith had a touchdown running the ball too. He ran six times for 24 yards.

The Seahawks scored their final time in the third quarter on a touchdown run by C.J. Prosise. The often injured made his return in this game leading the Seahawks in rushing with 32 yards on five attempts. He caught a pass for 15 yards too. Prosise showed what he can be when healthy. For his sake and the Seahawks, we hope he will stay healthy and make the team. He like some other Seahawk players will have to look good next Thursday in the final pre-season game at home against the Oakland Raiders.

The Chargers ended up scoring 12 points on two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to make the game sort of interesting. The touchdowns though were against the Seahawk backups.

Before the game, we learned David Moore expected to be the third wide receiver on the team had an injured shoulder and will miss some time. This will give several receivers a chance to shine and make the team into the regular season.

Tyler Lockett is the sure number one receiver while Jaron Brown is expected to be number two.  With the absence of Moore means DK Metcalf this year’s number two draft choice may turn out to be the man for the third spot, however, he is coming back from an injured knee. He was expected to miss the opening game of the season, however, now he could be activated for the game.

Other candidates for the third and fourth spots are John Ursua this year 7^th round pick, 4^th round pick Gary Jennings, rookie free agent Jazz Reynolds, Malik Turner, and Terry Wright. JD McKissic expected to be the Seahawks third running back could see action at wide receiver as well. The same goes for C.J. Prosise if he can make the team too. Both were wide receivers in college.