2nd round NFL Draft

The second round of the NFL draft Friday

began a little after 4pm in Washington State

Levi Onwuzurike defensive tackle for the

Washington Huskies was drafted in the 9th

spot of the second round by the Detroit

Lions. Joe Tyron was taken as the last 

pick of the first round by Tampa Bay.

Both players were drafted above the

two Huskies drafted last year. 

Levi was the only player from Washington

in the second round. The 3rd round is taking

place tonight as well. Twenty picks have 

been taken and no Huskies have been taken

so far.

The Seattle Seahawks drafted wide receiver

D'Wayne Eskridge out of Western Michigan 

in the second round. He will be competing

for the third receiver as David Moore is no

longer a Seahawk. Eskridge isn't tall being

just under 5'9. He is considered a tough

receiver though. He can play the outside

so in the three receiver setup he could be

on the outside while Tyler Lockett could

play the slot. We will see during training

camp and pre-season games.

The Seahawks have no third round pick

and only two left in the draft at this point.

They have a 4th rounder and 7th rounder 

in tomorrows draft day. General manager

John Schneider could add another pick

by sliding down from the 4th pick. 

Let you know how things go tomorrow

before the Mariners play tomorrow night. 

Washington's Tryon Picked

Washington Huskies Joe Tryon decided
not to play the 2020 season for the team.
It seems it paid off with being the last
player taken in the first round.

Tryon was picked by last year's Super

Bowl champions the Tampa Bay Bucs.

You have to say it turned out a good 

thing for him.

Tryon was the fifth player at his position

to be taken in the first round. You could

say it is almost as important as the quarterback

since there were five quarterbacks taken as

well. 

I have to say almost as important because

the top three picks of the NFL draft were

quarterbacks. Successful teams in the NFL

have franchise quarterbacks as they call

them. 

Tryon's position was listed as Edge. You 

may ask what position is the Edge. All

depending on your defense it is either 

an outside linebacker or defensive end.

In either case the Edge works as a defensive

end. 

The Washington Huskies have no defensive

ends listed on there roster.  They have a

defensive tackle, nose tackle, two outside

linebackers, two inside linebackers, two 

safeties, two cornerbacks and a slot. So

the outside linebackers work out as defensive

ends. 

Joe Tyron was listed as an outside linebacker

on the Huskies team. So with Tampa Bay

he will play either at outside linebacker or

defensive end when they are in passing downs.

If he is a starter Tyron will probably be a

linebacker on running plays because of his 

size. 

Tyron was the third player from the Pac-12

to be taken in the first round. The other two

were offensive lineman. Three wide receivers

were taken in the top 10 of the draft. A bit

surprised because wide receivers that high

in the draft usually don't make it. I hope these

three will be exceptions. 

The Seattle Seahawks don't have their first 

pick until number 24 in the second round.

Depending on who is available at the time 

we could see the Seahawks dropping down

which would mean they draft later in the 

second round or move to a later round.

Kikuchi Shuts Out Astros

Seattle Mariners finally beat the Astros
Thursday afternoon to come home with
a 3-5 record on the road and ending a
four game losing streak.

Yusei Kikuchi pitched an outstanding 

game going seven innings giving up

a hit in the seventh inning with one 

out. He had two walks on the day

and pitched two batters above the

minimum. 

Kikuchi has he arrived now. If so the

Mariners will see some good things

coming out this year. 

 News came out before the game that 

Marco Gonzales is going on the 

injured list. He likely will miss a

couple starts. He has a strain on his

left arm. Not known whether the 

Mariners will add a pitcher to the 

rotation or go to a five-man rotation. 

This is now two pitchers on the injured

 list not counting James Paxton who

this week had Tommy John surgery

and will be out for the season.

Offensively Taylor Trammell hit a 

home run in the third inning for the

only score of the game. It was the

only run in the game by either side.

Trammell caught the final out of the

game running in to field from center

field.

Kyle Lewis didn't play in the game or did

Mitch Haniger. Both are expected to play

Friday night against the LA Angels. 

Sam Haggerty again was the lead off hitter

with Haniger out of the lineup. The question

will he stay there tomorrow when Haniger

is back possibly moving him down to third

or fourth in the lineup.

The Mariners moved JP Crawford up to the

sixth spot. He had one of the four hits the

Mariners had on the day. The other two hits

was a double by Kyle Seager who moved to

the second spot in the order and Ty France

who hit behind in the third spot with a single.

Chris Flexen who pitched well in his last

outing will start on Friday against the Angels

followed by Ljay Newsome on Saturday.

Justus Sheffield will start on Sunday to

finish the Angel series off. 

The NFL draft has started with the first 

round Thursday night. The Seahawks 

should have their first pick Friday night

in the second round. 

Division rival San Francisco took quarterback

Trey Lance out of North Dakota State. The

first pick out of the Pac-12 was Penei Sewell

offensive lineman from Oregon with the seventh

pick by the Detroit Lions.

Alijah Vera-Tucker guard from USC was the

second Pac-12 player taken by the New York

Jets with the 14th overall pick. They are the 

only picks in the Pac-12 so far. Currently

the 23rd pick is on the clock. 

Mariners Take It On the Chin

I hope it doesn't happen to often to the
Mariners Wednesday nights game look
like they would win until the eighth
inning when every went to pot.

The Astros started the scoring in the

second getting two runs off of Justin

Dunn who actually pitched well in

the game going five and two-thirds 

inning. 

The Mariners scored a run in the 3rd

on a home run by Luis Torrens. In the

4th Torrens hit a double allowing the

Mariners in scoring three and the 5th

inning another run making it 5-2.

The Astros scored a run in the sixth 

inning with two outs when Casey

Sadler came in for Dunn. Sadler was

able to get the final out without no

more damage.

Most games this season the Mariners

would have won however they are 

playing in Houston which is a jinx 

or something anyway. The Astros

scored four runs which included an

error by Evan White telling something

in the water. 

So the Astros led 7-5 into the 9th inning.

Right there knew it would be hard for

the Mariners to come back though possible

with the comeback kids. It wasn't that way

Wednesday night. 

The Mariners and the Astros have afternoon

game to finalize the series. We hope the

Mariners can escape with a win here. Yusei

Kikuchi will go for the Mariners in the 

afternoon affair. We hope he can pitch well

the offense score early. It would be nice to

come out with a win in Houston. That is

not asking too much is it.

Outside of Torrens having an outstanding

day at the plate the Mariners had hits by

JP Crawford, Haggerty, Kyle Lewis had a

home run, Kyle Seager had a hit as well,

and Jose Marmolejos had one too.

Today is the first day of the NFL draft.

As I have mentioned before the Seahawks

don't have one in the first round, however,

we can see who is picked and where they

go. The Washington Huskies could have a

first rounder or two in the draft. Let you

know how it goes tomorrow.  

Mariners Now Down Two

The Seattle Mariners continue not doing well
in Houston losing 2-0. Kyle Seager had the
only two hits of the ball game. Ironically he
ended the game striking out.

The Mariners decided not to start Evan White

and Dylan Moore in the game. They went with

Sam Haggerty and Jose Marmolejos instead.

Ty France played second while Haggerty was

in left field and Marmolejos at first. Dylan

did pinch hit in the 9th inning. 

The bottom of the batting order continues 

not  producing at the plate. Best not to 

mention it again. The Mariners should

make some changes. 

Marco Gonzales pitched a good game 

giving up only two runs both in the 4th

inning. He went six innings giving up

five hits. Also had three walks which is

high for him. 

The bullpen continues to do a stellar

job giving the Mariners a chance to

score late in the game. 

The Mariners face Zach Greinke 

Wednesday night. Justin Dunn will

go for the Mariners. If Dunn pitches

like he did in his last outing the 

Mariners have a fight chance. Now

please let's have the bats come alive.

The NFL draft starts on Thursday

though the Seahawks participation

likely won't happen until  Friday,

They have a second round pick, but

I wouldn't be surprised if the trade

the pick to pick up more draft picks

since they have only three all total

in the draft at this point. 

The Washington Huskies have their

spring game coming up this Saturday.

According to the Seattle Times the

starting quarterback is down to Dylan

Morris and transfer Patrick O'Brien. 

Most likely it means Sam Huard will

redshirt this coming season.

Mariners Lose To Houston

The Seattle Mariners lost second game
in a row this time the opening game in
the four game series at Houston against
the Astros.

This game was very similar to the loss to

the Red Sox on Sunday. The Mariners got

behind early then were not able to score

runs later to tie or win the game like they

have done in some of their games this

season.

Justus Sheffield struggled through the five

and one-third innings he pitched giving up

12 hits and five runs. His fielding and a

number of ground balls  including two 

double plays one he started kept him from

being in more trouble as the Astros won 

5-2.

The bullpen again gave the Mariners a

chance to come back in the game, however,

it wasn't meant to be. Will Vest pitched 

two-thirds of an inning to keep the Astros

from scoring any more runs. 

Robert Dugger called up to take the place

of Nick Margevicius spot when he went

on the injured list. Hard to know how long

Margevicius will be out. Stay tuned. Dugger

went two innings giving up two hits but 

didn't walk a batter. 

The thought is Ljay Newsome will take

Margevicius spot in the rotation. We will

see if this is a good move or not. 

Marco Gonzales starts Tuesday against

the Astros. We hope the Mariners can

stay and win this game.

The Mariners two runs were scored on

homers by Kyle Lewis in the third inning

and Kyle Seager in the 6th. The Mariners

had seven hits on the night with Ty France

and Kyle Seager having each two hits.

The bottom of the batting order still struggling

not getting many hits with only JP Crawford

being the only one batting over two hundred.

Crawford and Taylor Trammell  were the only

ones to get a hit from the bottom of the lineup.

The Mariners have shown to comeback later

in games which they will have to do it looks

like to beat the Astros. It will look good if

Marco can pitch well Tuesday night and have

the Mariners win. It will be tough for the

Mariners in this series if the Astros take this

game too. 

The Mariners will come home to take on the

LA Angeles over this coming weekend. The

Mariners are now two games back of the 

Oakland A's with a record of 13-10. The LA

Angels are a game behind the Mariners while

the Astros are a half game behind the Angels.

The Mariner will need to shuffle the line up

or do something if the bottom of the lineup

keeps hitting the way they are. Outside of

calling up Jarred Kelenic at some point the

Mariners don't have many other reinforcements

unless they make a trade. 

They way the bullpen is performing do have

a good chance in winning however the hitters

need to get going as  well. See what happens

Tuesday night. Go M's. 

Mariners and Red Sox Split Series

It turned out the Mariners and Red

Sox game ended up being played

on Sunday despite the weather  

forecast. The game was only

delayed about six minutes though

it looked like it could have a

couple or hours or so.

The Red Sox won 5-3. Nick 

Margevicius only lasted seven

hitters getting only one out 

with the Red Sox scoring one 

run. Having problem in his 

previous outing not lasting 

long either Nick might go 

on injured list. Let you know

after tomorrows game.

Drew Steckenrider came in

pitched one and two-third 

innings giving up one hit, 

two walks and one run.

Casey Sadler went two innings

not giving up a hit and walking

one batter. Ljay Newsome finished

the game going four innings. Gave

up two hits while striking out four

and no runs. 

The Mariners scored first getting 

a run in the first inning with Haniger

and France each hitting a double.

Mariners scored two in the fifth

inning giving them a chance to win

Haggerty had a single, scored on a

double by Tom Murphy and Murphy

scored on a hit by JP Crawford.

Haggerty is hitting .270 after getting

off to a slow start however had a

great series against the Red Sox.

We will probably see more of him

especially against left handed hitters.

Haniger had his day at dh. Something

Servais is doing after a few games in

right. Dylan Moore who is struggling

at the plate played in right field while

Haggerty was in left. Ty France was

at second. Expect Haniger back in right

on Monday against the Astros.

Sheffield will pitch Monday against the

Astros followed by Marco Gonzales.

If Margevicius goes on injured list

should the Mariners go to a five- man

rotation or insert Newsome. Even if

Margevicius doesn't go on injured list

he should go back into the bullpen. Go M's.

Seahawk Football

First of all I than you all for coming here
to see my blog especially about the Seattle
Mariners. Not sure there will be a game in
Boston Sunday since there is a good chance
of a rain out.

Remind you of my other site here 

lookatlifepurpose.com and my website 

herbnightingale.com.  You can see

links to this site well as look at life 

purpose and I write a blog on occasion

there as well.

Since there may not be a baseball game

we take a little time out on the Seattle

Seahawks. There is three months until

training camp begins, however, the NFL

draft comes up this coming Thursday.

The Seahawks likely won't draft on 

Thursday since they have no first round

pick but Friday they should have at least

one pick. 

The Seahawks have only three draft picks

at this moment, however, I am sure general

manager John Schneider will find a way

to pick up a few more. They will likely

come from the fifth to the seventh round

however we never know what Schneider

will do.

What or should I say who should the 

Seahawks draft this year. I would say

go for the best player available at the

time. The Seahawks could use a receiver

or an offensive lineman early on in the

draft. 

Continue looking at the draft it would

be good to pick up a running back to

go along with who they have right now.

Also, I would like to see the Seahawks

draft a quarterback to develop as well.

If you haven't heard Geno Smith is

coming back for another year as 

Russell Wilson's backup.

Right now it doesn't look like KJ

Wright will be back at linebacker

so maybe pick up one of them as

well. They have a good group of

linebackers but to add another one

be nice.

The Seahawks signed a cornerback

however drafting a corner would be

good to. The Seahawks now have a

good group of defensive ends but

can we add there to and then the

defensive tackle could be nice to

add as well.

I think I went over all the positions

on the Seahawks. Adding one pick

at every position be nice which would

make seven or eight picks. Since there

is only three picks right now what do

the Seahawks do if they don't get any

more picks. One offensive play and

two defensive players. They can sign

an undrafted college free agents as

well. A week from now we will see

what they have gone with.

Now we will see how the Mariners

do this week as they play the Houston

Astros on the road Monday thru 

Thursday. I hope we get in Sunday's

game however here we come Houston.

Mariners Beat Sox Saturday

The Seattle Mariners and the Boston
Red Sox had early afternoon game at
Fenway Park on Saturday.

The Mariners won the game handily

8-2. It was a good offensive explosion

especially with three hits by Ty France,

Kyle Seager and Sam Haggerty along

with a couple hits by Evan White.

Kyle Seager had a chance to hit for 

the cycle but didn't make it.  Seager

scored twice as well as driving in

three runs for the second straight

game. Right now he is hot against

the Red Sox.

Ty France scored three times primarily

with Seager being ahead of him in 

the lineup. Seager had a single, double

and triple in the game so just needed

a home run. 

Haggerty scored twice like Seager.

He had a massive home run over the

green monster wall in left field in 

the eighth inning.

Chris Flexen pitched an outstanding

game for the Mariners giving up 

four hits in seven innings and one 

run. The run didn't happen until 

the seventh inning. Flexen walked

only one while striking out seven.

He was mixing up his pitches which

the Red Sox hitters had a hard time

getting hold of. Now Flexen has an

ERA of 2.74 which is very good for

a starting pitcher.

Keynan Middleton came out and 

pitched the 8th inning striking out

two of the three batters he faced. 

Middleton only threw twelve 

pitches with nine being strikes.

Will Vest who has pitches well 

in most of his ten games gave up

one  run on two hits including a

double. It was only his second

run given up on the season so has 

an era of 1.54. Not bad for a

pitcher who hasn't pitched in 

the major leagues before this

season. 

Nick Margevicius is schedule 

to start Sunday's game in Boston.

The game most likely won't play

because there is over 90% chance

of rain. If this happens means the

Mariners will head to Houston for

Monday's game a bit early. Not 

sure whether Margevicius will 

start Monday's game in Houston

or the Mariners will him up in

the rotation. Stay tuned!

There likely won't be a blog 

on Sunday after if the game 

is not played. Remind you 

the NFL draft will take place

starting on Thursday. The 

Seahawks will probably not

have a pick on Thursday unless

they make a trade to pick up

a first rounder. For the Seahawks

Thursday maybe seeing the 

San Francisco 49ers drafting

in the third spot unless they 

make a trade to move out.

The draft we will see what

quarterbacks maybe taken 

along with who the Seahawks

take on Friday and Saturday.

They have only three picks

unless they pick up any more.

It will be interesting to see

where Huskies may land in

the draft and see whether 

any will be drafted from 

WSU.  Also, whether any

Oregon Duck or OSU Beavers

have any players drafted.

This draft will be unusual because

some players who would have

been eligible for the draft stayed

in school for another year. The

NCAA allowed seniors to stay

another year because of Covid-19

restrictions. Those who stayed

may have not been drafted but

could have been signed as non-

drafted free agents. The ones

who decided to stay in school

will see if they can have a 

better draft position next 

year. 

Series Now Even

The Seattle Mariners now are even
in the series against the Boston Red
Sox with two games remaining Saturday
and Sunday.

The Red Sox beat the Mariners 6-5

though the game wasn't that close 

for most of it. Kikuchi didn't pitch

well giving up five runs on six hits

with three walks and one strike out.

Three runs happened with two home

runs an area Kikuchi and other 

pitchers are having problem with.

The Mariners did have an unearned

run in the seventh on an error by

Evan White which we know doesn't

happen often.

Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer in

the top of the 9th inning to make it

interesting. Seager seems to be all

or nothing. He now has three home

runs while driving in 16 runs. Not

bad if he did that every month 

although only hitting .224.

The problem hitting wise the Mariners

order five through nine are hitting 

around .200 or below except JP Crawford

who is hitting .238. At least two hitters

need to step it up for sure. Go M's. 

Mariners Beat Red Sox in Ten

 Thursday night the Seattle Mariners won

7-3 in ten innings. They had only three hits
in the game, however, they did count as you
can see by the score.

The Red Sox scored first in the second 

inning on a home run off of Justin Dunn.

They scored another run in the fourth 

inning. Dunn who played his college

ball at Boston College made his first

appearance in Fenway Park as a member

of the Mariners.

Dunn pitched in front of his family as

well going five innings giving up six

hits with the two runs.  The best thing

though he only walked one batter while

striking out five. I will take this game 

from Dunn every time out. He would

give the Mariners a chance to win.

The Red Sox were no-hitting the 

Mariners going into the sixth inning.

After a walk to JP Crawford and 

Mitch Haniger  Ty France hit a

double to score both players to

tie the score at two. 

The Red Sox scored a  run in the

bottom of seventh, however, the

Mariners tied it in the top of the

eighth when Sam Haggerty pinch

running for catcher Luis Torrens 

who had walked ended up stealing

second base. JP Crawford put down

a sacrifice bunt to move Haggerty

to third, however, Boston reliever

Adam Ottavino  trying to get

Haggerty over threw third to 

allowing him to score.

In the top of the 10th inning Sam

Haggerty who is hitting under 

.200 hit a double to score Evan

White who was on second base

because of the extra inning rule.

With two runners on base Mitch

Haniger hit a three-run home run

to make it 7-3. The Red Sox were

unable to do anything off of reliever

Anthony Misiewicz who hasn't

given up a run in eight appearances.

Mitch Haniger hasn't missed a beat

after missing almost two years of

service with the Mariners because

of injuries. He now has five home 

runs with seventeen rbi's along with

a .315 batting average. Not only

should be the winner of comeback

player of the year he will be an

all-star if he keeps doing the same

in May and June as he has done

in April. 

Yusei Kikuchi takes the mound on

Friday night. The way he has been

pitching as of late the Mariners will

have another chance to win. Chris

Flexen is scheduled to pitch Saturday

afternoon for the Mariners. Go M's.

Mariners Now Take On Red Sox

The Seattle Mariners take on the
Red Sox Thursday night in Boston.
The Mariners are 11-7, a half game
behind the Oakland A's.

The A's are amazing no matter how

they start out the season they get

hot leading them to being in the 

playoff picture.

The A's in the last ten games are

10-0. Now looking at the Red Sox

they have the same record as the

A's, however, they are 6-4 in their

last ten games. A good time to face

them instead of the A's for sure.

The Mariners have Justin Dunn going

Thursday night. If Dunn pitches anything

close to what he did in his last outing

then the Mariners have a chance if the

hitting can start going.

The hope now with Kyle Lewis back

in the lineup the Mariners will be able

to score a little bit more often. Trammell

should be in the lineup in left field for

the most part unless they are facing a

lefty or a tough righthander. The problem

is whoever is inserted in place of Trammell

like Dylan Moore or Sam Haggerty for

example are struggling at the plate as 

well.

Now looking at the Seahawks the NFL 

draft will be starting in one week next

Thursday. The Seahawks don't have a

first round pick so watching the first 

day of the draft is meaningless unless

you want to see teams like the 49ers 

pick early. Keep tabs on your division

opponents.

The Seahawks have only three picks

right now for the draft. I am sure 

Schneider will find a way to pick up

at least a couple more.

Until next time keep on watching the

Mariners and see what is up with the

Seahawks. The Huskies and the Cougars

are still in spring camp so can keep an

eye on the them too. 

Mariners Shut Out

The Seattle Mariners were shut out in
what was a pitching duel. The LA
Dodgers won 1-0.

The Dodgers scored their run in the

third inning when Corey Seager singled

with two outs. Kyle Seager struck out

to end the game.  My thought is why

are you letting your little brother beat

you. 

Marco Gonzales pitched very well for

the second time in a row as you can

see by the score after having two

terrible starts to begin the season.

It looks like he is now on track.

Marco went seven innings giving up

two hits, a walk and six strike outs.

The bullpen continue to do a stellar

job going two innings without a hit

allowing the Mariners to have a 

chance to win.

The Mariners were able to get only

one hit which was by their best

hitter so far on the season in Mitch

Haniger. The Mariners were only

able to walk twice and struck out

14 times. Must have been holes in

the bats. lol

Ty France didn't start the game 

after being hit on Monday in the

arm.  He did pinch hit for Trammell

in the 8th inning.

The Mariners have Wednesday off

then have a four game series in Boston

against the Red Sox.  The Sox got off

to a terrible start but since have been

winning leading the American League

East. How good the Mariners really

are be measured  on this road trip as

they face the Astros for four games 

as well before coming back to Seattle.

Justin Dunn who was passed over in

the Dodgers series will make the start

Thursday in Boston followed by Yusei

Kikuchi on Friday. 

Most of the Red Sox wins have been

come behind in the same manner as

the Mariners so it could be an interesting

series. Maybe they will go back and forth.

lol

Another Victory For Mariners

It is hard to know how long this will
last however the Mariners beat the LA
Dodgers Monday night in the first game
of a two-games 4-3.

The Mariners are now 11-6 with a game

and a half lead over the LA Angels and

the Oakland A's. The Mariners and Dodgers

have an afternoon game. The Mariners have

Wednesday off then play the Boston Red 

Sox in Boston Thursday thru Sunday for

four games then four more games against

the Houston Astros in Houston before 

returning home to take on the LA Angels.

The eight game road trip will certainly

tell us a story. Are the Mariners for real

or well the lack of experience for the

most part catch up with them.

Justus Sheffield started for the Mariners

Monday however at times through the

5 2/3 innings he pitched. Sheffield gave

up all the three runs the Dodgers were

able to muster including a home run

by Kyle Seager's brother. Kyle was able

to the home run from the dugout as he

was designated hitter after playing third

base in all the previous games.

Jose Marmolejos started the Mariners

scoring  by hitting a long home run

with a runner on base. Taylor Trammell

hit a home run in the second inning to

make it 3-0.  Trammell hit a double in 

the fourth inning driving in catcher Luis 

Torrens to end the Mariners scoring.

Ty France was hit in the arm in the

fifth inning so he had to leave the

game with soreness. France had 

been playing third base with Seager

at dh. Dylan Moore moved from

second base to third with Sam 

Haggerty coming in to play second.

After the game Ty France had 

x-rays finding with delight it

was negative without any broken

bones. Right now France would

be considered day to day. Manager

Scott Servais not sure whether 

France will play Tuesday or not

we will have to see when he comes

to the ball park. 

The Mariners bullpen continues to

pitch stellar ball as they pitched

three and one-third innings giving

up only one hit. Kendall Graveman

went one and two-thirds innings 

giving up no hits while striking out

five batters. Rafael Montero pitched

the 9th inning for his third save.

Right now though Montero is 

listed as the closer it seems the

Mariners are content in using 

other relievers closing out games

as well.  Both Graveman and

Montero have pitched in the

very important eighth inning 

considering it as though being

a closer than. 

The success the bullpen has had

of late I expect the Mariners will

use whoever they feel to go with

in the eighth inning to hold down

the opposition.

Much of the success or lack of it

on the road trip coming up will

not only be how the starters are 

doing as well as the relievers. The

Mariners starters can keep it going

with the score close through six 

innings with the bullpen doing their

job then Mariners should have success.

The upcoming road trip I would 

consider it a success if the Mariners

go 4-4. Anything above that would

be gravy. 

News came out on Monday that 

Kyle Lewis is expected to come

off the injured list on Tuesday.

This means he should be in 

center field Tuesday afternoon. 

The Mariners will be facing left

handed pitcher Julio Urias for 

the Dodgers. Being a left handed

hitter I would not expect Taylor

Trammell in the lineup, however,

the status of Ty France will help

decide. Most likely if France is

going he will be at designated

hitter which means Dylan Moore

would be second while Sam 

Haggerty be in left field. 

This could be the same lineup 

with Tom Murphy at catcher

since he didn't catch Monday

night and Luis Torrens be at

designated hitter being the only

right handed hitter left on the

roster who wouldn't be starting.

We hope France is in the game

today or be back real soon. Go M's.  

Mariners Take Series

We have to tip our hats to the Mariners
they beat the Houston Astros 7-2 Sunday.
Though the Astros were missing key 

players because of Covid I will still take

 it with the history how badly they have 

lost to Houston.

Nick Margevicius started the game however

left after four innings giving up one hit, two

runs with one being earned. The one hit was

a double lost in the sky. 

The bullpen did another outstanding job 

going five innings with five pitchers without 

the Astros getting a hit. At least right now

the Mariners have a good bullpen.

Rafael Montero was expected to be the

closer however he has been pitching the

eighth inning for the most part like he

did on Sunday. The important thing is

he does a good job whenever he comes

into the game. If the Mariners need to

have him keep a hold to go into the 

ninth inning so be it.

Mitch Haniger and Ty France continue

their hot hitting having two hits each 

and both driving in three runs. The 

Mariners do have holes in their lineup

however, if one hitter steps up in the

game they should have success.

JP Crawford hitting streak ended on

Sunday, however, he did walk and 

score a run so we will take it.

Dylan Moore continues to struggle

at the plate with no hits and striking

out three times. After last season

we were hoping for success. We 

hope he can snap out of it. 

Until Kyle Lewis is activated the

Mariners have only three listed as

outfielders in Haniger, Trammell

and Braden Bishop. So far Bishop

hasn't started very often and goes

in as late inning replacement. The

Mariners have been using Moore 

along with utility player Sam 

Haggerty and Jose Marmolejos

in the outfield though all are 

listed as infielders.  None of

the three are hitting either.

There are some out there think

Trammell should be sent down

however there is no triple-A

season until May 6 and sending

him to alternate training site

doesn't make a lot of sense

either. Let him get his at bats

until then. The trouble wouldn't

be so bad if the rest of the bottom

of the order wasn't  struggling at

the plate as well. He is playing

defense well. 

The NFL draft starts in ten days.

Right now the Seahawks have

three draft picks with no first

rounder. I am sure general 

manager John Schneider will

find a way to pick up additional

draft picks along the way. What

the Seahawks have done during

the off-season they likely won't

draft a defensive end. The best

choice on defense would be to

take a cornerback at some point.

Otherwise I would look at picking

the best player available at the time.

Washington Huskies had their last

scrimmage that resembled a game

during spring ball. We will now 

look to see who will take the 

quarterback spot well as at wide

receivers. The Huskies have three

capable running backs who will

share the load so not a real concern

there though like to see Richard

Newton as the starter since he is

the most talented of the three.

Until next time enjoy the Mariners

as they take on the LA Dodgers the

next two days at T-Mobile Park. 

Mariners Lose Heart Breaker

The Seattle Mariners had a tough loss
Saturday night losing 1-0 to the Houston
Astros.

Chris Flexen gave up ten hits with the

one run going six innings. The bullpen

did a fine job to see if the offense could

get going not giving up one hit in three 

innings.

The Mariners were only able to get four

hits of off Zach Greinke who went eight

innings. 

JP Crawford had one of the four hits 

extending his hitting streak to eight games.

His batting average now is at .275.

What problem he had at the beginning 

of the season obviously has corrected.

The Mariners will see if they can win 

Sunday's game to win the series. The

LA Dodgers will be in town on Monday

and Tuesday before the Mariners head

out on another road trip.

The Mariners are now 9-6 and tied with

the LA Angels with a record of 8-5.

The Oakland A's are 8-7 after getting 

off to a terrible start. The A's could be

dangerous. Often they start winning

after slow starts. Right now I would

give them to be the favorite to win

the American League West. 

Another Come From Behind Win

Any win is a good thing however
coming from behind has a good ring
to it.

The Mariners beat the Houston 

Astros 6-5. Another walk off

with Ty France driving in the

final run. Talk about a good

hitter, so far the best part of

the Nola trade last year's at

the deadline. 

Yusei Kikuchi pitched well for

the first four innings however the

score was 0-0. The Astros were

able to score 3 runs in the fifth

inning. The Mariners came back

for two runs in the sixth inning.

I am not sure why they left 

Kikuchi in the seventh where

the Astros scored two more 

runs. The Mariners were able

to get two runs to match on

a double by Kyle Seager making

it 5-4.

The 8th inning Evan White was

able to tie the game with a home

run and then France job in the 

ninth.

Mitch Haniger continues to hit

the ball well. He is wanting to

make himself comeback player

of the year in 2021. 

Haniger had three hits on Friday

night to raise his average to .355.

Not only be comeback player

of the year he keeps going be

in the all-star game as well.

Anthony Misiewicz returned to

the activate roster was the winning

pitcher the third on the night.

Misiewicz is one of the bright 

spots in the bullpen. He is now

2-0 and has not given up a run

yet in five appearances. 

Chris Flexen will make his third

start on the season after having

a sub-part outing in his last one.

The key is not allow the Astros

not have a large inning. 

Mariners Win Double Header

The Seattle Mariners won both games of
the double header in Baltimore on Thursday.
Both were real close and low scoring.

Marco Gonzales won the opener with the

Mariners winning 4-2 while Justin Dunn

won 2-1.

Marco went five innings giving up two

runs on a homer in the first inning. Rafael

Montero pitched the sixth inning followed

by Kendall Graveman who record the save.

Mitch Haniger who has gotten off to a great

start hit a home run his third on the season.

He looks like the all-star he was before 

getting hurt.

JP Crawford who looks like has gotten

out of his slump hit a double in the sixth

inning. The Mariners had five hits in the

game with three from the bottom of the

batting order which is a good sign.

In the second game Justin Dunn went 

five innings as well. He gave up a solo

home run in the third inning. He had 

two walks which is an improvement.

See if Dunn can improve in his next 

outing with walks. He is an outstanding

pitcher as long as he doesn't walk 

anyone that is when he gets in trouble.

The Mariners only used two relievers

in this game as well so the bullpen 

should be in good shape coming home

to face the Houston Astros. Hopefully

the Mariners can do well for a change

against the Astros. Right now the 

Mariners are in first place. The Astros

have five players who could be missing

against the Mariners having covid.

All depends on their testing.

Yusei Kikuchi will start Friday night's 

game. Pitch anywhere he did in his

first two games the Mariners will have

a good chance in winning and that is

all we can ask for out Kikuchi.

In the second game the Mariners scoring

was all by the long ball. Dylan Moore

who has been struggling at the plate had

the first home run and then Mitch Haniger

repeated from the first game with another

one. He is hot right now and all we need

him to do is stay healthy and be himself.

Another Double Header

The Mariners vs Orioles game on
Wednesday was postponed just like
Monday's was. So another double
header in store. The first game will
start early our time so a morning
matinee.

Marco Gonzales will face Matt

Harvey of the Orioles in the first

game. This is the matchup scheduled

for Thursday. We hope the game will

be played. Only three Mariners have

ever faced Harvey so be interesting 

to see how they do. Only JP Crawford

has had any success and he has faced

Harvey only three times.

Justin Dunn will start the second game

for the Mariners. We are hoping that

he will cut down on his walks. Dunn

can be a very good pitcher if he can

keep the walks down.

I know there are those who suggest

he goes to the bullpen. I think maybe

in the future but he will have to keep

the walks in check to have success in

relief.

In football news it looks like the 

Seahawks are not going to be doing

voluntary workouts. Most of the NFL

teams don't want to do so because of

Covid. It is a tough situation for the

young players who could use the

reps. The older players are the ones

not wanting to do voluntary work

outs except virtually. I am not sure

how you do that and any way it is

voluntary.

The Washington Huskies and the

WSU Cougars are in the midst of

practice with spring football. The

battle at quarterback for the Huskies

while the Cougars likely will have

a new quarterback this coming 

season as well.

Mariners and Orioles Split Double Header

The Mariners won the opening game 4-3 in
eight innings. The double-header meant each
game would go seven innings unless extra
innings. The second game they lost 8-7 in
seven innings with reliever Casey Sadler
throwing a wild pitch for the runner to score
in the seventh inning.

At least it shows right now the Mariners and

Orioles are about equal having two one run

games.

In the opener Justus Sheffield went six innings

giving up three hits, two runs on a homer in 

the fifth inning, two walks and five strikeouts.

Sheffield showing like other starters giving up

home runs to allow the opposing team to have

a chance to win. 

Rafael Montero received the victory though

he gave up a run in the seventh inning. Kendall

Graveman pitching the eighth recorded the save.

Kyle Seager hit a double to score Mitch Haniger

who was inserted at second base in the rules for

overtime to win the game. Seager and JP Crawford

were the only two Mariners with two hits in the 

game.

In the second game Nick Margevicius started

the game, however, only last three innings 

giving up six hits, six runs though two were 

earned. Had the Mariners not had three errors

in the game the would have won both games.

Mitch Haniger continues having a hot bat with

three hits. Jose Marmolejos hit a three-run

home run in the third inning leading to four

runs. Unfortunately the Orioles tied the game

in the bottom of the third. 

Sam Haggerty hit a two-run homer in the top

of the seventh to tie the score. The Mariners 

though were not able to hold it though.

Justin Dunn will start Wednesday night's 

game against the Orioles. Dunn has struggled

walking batters so hopefully he will be

able to change things around.

The Mariners with a record of 6-5 are tied

for second place with the Houston Astros

a game behind the Los Angeles Angels.

The Mariners play the Astros this weekend

in Seattle. There is news Kyle Lewis could

be back for the Astros series which is good

news for sure.  Go M's. 

Monday's Game Postponed

The Seattle Mariners were expected to play
Monday in Baltimore against the Orioles.
The game was postponed because of rain.
They are expecting to play a double-header
on Tuesday.

First baseman Evan White who missed the

Minnesota Twin series will be back in on

Tuesday against the Orioles. Erik Swanson

was activated from the taxi squad in place 

of reliever Anthony Misiewicz. Anthony

isn't being put on the injured list however

is expected to miss several games.

The Mariner Single A and double A teams

just started practice.  Jarred Kelenic and

catcher Cal Raleigh are listed on the 

double-A roster they could start the season

at triple-A. Most triple-A  players are on 

the Mariners alternate site. 

It looks like right fielder Julio Rodriguez

will start the season in May at Everett. 

Along with him will be last year's draft

picks outfielder Zach DeLoach and 

second baseman Kaden Polcovich.

Washington Huskies spring football

started last week. We will see who 

ends up as the starting quarterback.

The Huskies also lost two starting 

receivers who transferred out so see

who gets those two spots.