Mariners Win and So Do Huskies

The Washington Huskies began the day playing BYU in Provo Utah in the early afternoon while the Mariners were in Baltimore taking on the Orioles.

The Huskies beat BYU 45-19. The Huskies began the game scoring on their first drive taking just under three minutes to score the first touchdown. BYU scored on their first possession of the game; however, they settled for a field goal after quarterback Zach Wilson was sacked.

The rest was Huskies scoring two more touchdowns and a field goal. BYU Cougars did score a touchdown just before the half making it UW 24 BYU 12 at halftime.  The Huskies defense caused turnovers along with other mistakes by BYU Washington scored 21 unanswered points before the end of the third quarter.

The Seattle Mariners season is winding down. They have one game remaining on Sunday before coming home to play two games against Houston then finishing out four games coming up Thursday through Sunday against the Oakland A’s.

Baltimore scored three runs in the second inning then the Mariners got on the board with a home run by Shed Long in the third inning making it 3-1. The Mariners tied the game in the top of the fifth inning. Long had another of his three hits on the day. The Orioles though scored another run in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a one-run lead 4-3. They had the bases loaded so the Mariners got out of that one.

In the eighth inning, JP Crawford hit a three-run homer with Dylan Moore and Shed Long on base. This put the Mariners up 6-4 but the Orioles tied the game with a two-run homer. The game went into extra innings where Tim Lopes pinch-hitting for Braden Lopes drove in Mallex Smith with the winning run.

Justus Sheffield started the game for the Mariners going four and one-thirds innings. He left giving up four runs with the bases still loaded though he did strike out his last batter. The Mariners went with nine relievers the rest of the way. Erik Swanson recorded his second saves in as many opportunities coming in for Dan Altavilla in the 13^th inning.

Austin Adams who has been a bright spot in the Mariners’ bullpen when healthy had to be helped off the field in the 7^th inning when he hyperextended his left knee while making an out at first base on a toss by first baseman Austin Nola. He is expected to have an MRI on Sunday; however, manager Scott Servais thinks he will be OK which is good with the season almost over.

Marco Gonzales goes Sunday for his 17^th win on the season. Not sure whether this will be his last outing or he will go again next weekend in Seattle. Whether he wins or not Gonzales has had a good season for the Mariners.  He is expected to be near the top of the rotation next year.

In a night game, the Washington State Cougars were upset by UCLA in Pullman. It was a higher scoring affair that was close for sure. The final score was UCLA 67 WSU 63. The Bruins scored fifty of their sixty-seven points in the second half. The Bruins forced a fumble with 59 seconds which might have allowed the Cougars to come back to win.

Anthony Gordon Cougar’s quarterback threw for 570 yards and nine touchdowns with two interceptions while Bruin’s quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson had 507 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception. Talk about a wild game for sure.  UCLA was down by 32 points in the 3^rd quarter when they made their comeback.

Sunday the Seahawks will be home against New Orleans. It would be nice to have another exciting football game with Seattle winning.