Mariner baseball and more

The Seattle Mariners are still looking for
a president after the resignation of Kevin
Mather at the beginning of spring training.
Jerry Dipoto will be running the baseball
side of things reporting to ownership. Former
Microsoft president of business operations
Jeff Raikes will run the business side.

On the baseball side of things on Wednesday

the Mariners pitching wasn't good as they

lost to the Texas Rangers 17-5. In his second

outing Justin Sheffield went two and one-third

innings giving up six runs on seven hits. 

Sheffield ended up walking three batters and

giving up two home runs as well.

The Mariners bullpen didn't do any better as

well. Kendall Graveman who the Mariners

re-signed in the off-season gave up four runs

on four hits including a home run. Keynan

Middleton the Mariners signed as a free agent

gave up five runs on four hits including three

home runs. At least it is spring training with

both working to get into shape. Both are 

expected to be in the Mariner bullpen.

On the hitting side Mitch Haniger was moved

into the leadoff spot had a double in three at

bats. Kyle Seager had two hits including a

double as well. Catcher Tom Murphy rounded

out the doubles having one as well. JP Crawford

was moved down in the order to seventh after

leading off in his previous games. Crawford

is hitting only .200. 

The Mariners have an early evening game 

Thursday night against the Los Angeles

Dodgers which is airing on the major league

baseball network. 

In another sport the Washington Huskies 

men's basketball team lost to Utah in the

first round of the Pac-12 tournament. The

Huskies were behind by a large margin for

most of the game but did rally to make the

game interesting but lost 98-95.

The Huskies were led by player of the year

Quade Green with 31 points. Jamal Bey

had 18 as the Huskies had four players in

double figures. Hameir Wright in his final

game as a Husky had nine points along with

six rebounds. We wish Wright in his future

endeavors. 

The Huskies had a terrible season we are

hoping for better results next year. Now

coming up will be March Madness. See

how number one ranked Gonzaga will do

in the NCAA tournament.