Mariners Do It Again

The Seattle Mariners are now down
to three games remaining and half
game back in the wild card chase.

September has been an exciting 

month that is for sure. The Mariners

now have beaten the Oakland A's

12 straight games. Now they take

on the LA Angels in the final three

games.

Logan Gilbert had another outstanding

game on the mound. Gilbert went five

and two-thirds innings giving up a

home run only.  The game was 0-0

going into the sixth inning. The 

Mariners scored two runs to take

the lead in the sixth inning after

Gilbert gave up the home run.

Jarred Kelenic hit a double to

drive in two runs to take the lead.

In the seventh inning both teams

scored a run each. In the eighth

inning Abraham Toro who has

been slumping hit a home run

to give the Mariners an insurance

run. Paul Sewald and Drew 

Steckenrider were able to finish

the game without giving up a 

run. 

The Mariners now take on the

Angels Friday thru Sunday to

finish the regular season  off.

The Mariners can sweep the

Angels they have a good chance

to make the playoffs as the Red

Sox and Toronto Blue Jays

would have to do the same.

The Mariners right now are

tied with Toronto. Wouldn't

it be interesting if both teams

sweep the three games remaining.

It would mean one game playoff

to play the first wild card team

which look to be the Yankees.

The Red Sox would have to lose

a game though. 

Whatever the outcome September

certainly has been fun. It would

be difficult to say who the best

pitcher is in the bullpen though

I expect most would give to Paul

Sewald. The starter would have

to go to Chris Flexen who has the

most wins on the team. Position

player Ty France though JP

Crawford would be second. 

Mitch Haniger comeback player

no doubt. 

Kyle Seager having a good season

as far as home runs and rbi's go

has been slumping as of late. He

didn't get a hit at all against the A's.

In last seven games he has three

hits in 26 at bats. He still leads 

the team in rbi's however Mitch

Haniger over took him in the

home run race. Haniger now 

has 38 home runs to Seager's 35.

Marco Gonzales will start Friday's

game followed by Flexen on 

Saturday and Tyler Anderson on

Sunday. Who knows who will 

start if the Mariners do get into

the playoffs in the first game.

I would put my money on Marco.

Gilbert will be available to pitch

along with Kikuchi and the whole

bullpen.

It would be nice Friday night the 

Mariners have an offensive explosion

so Marco could have limited pitches

so help give him rest for the playoffs.

Give Kikuchi some pitching time 

along with the low end of the bullpen.

Give rest to Sewald and Steckenrider

too.  Go M's. 

Mariners Keep On Winning

The Seattle Mariners keep on winning
and they may make the playoffs after
all. They beat the Oakland A's for the
11th straight time on Tuesday night
4-2. Now they are 1/2 a game out of
the wild card. They win Wednesday
night and the Red Sox lose they will
be in the 2nd wild card spot and just
keep on winning.

Tyler Anderson went four innings 

after only two days of rest. This is

normally the day he throws on the

side lines instead willing to give it

for the team. He threw 46 pitches 

with 40 strikes; hard to do much

better for sure. Anderson gave up

two hits one a home run in the 4th

inning. The bullpen went the rest

of the way.

The Mariner offense responded by

getting two runs after the home run

given up by Anderson. In the sixth

inning they added another run. The

A's added a run in the top of the 

seventh inning making it 3-2 then

Mitch Haniger hit a solo home run

in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The game was close all the way but

the Mariners did what they had to

win. Kyle Seager went hitless in this

game along with Ty France. JP 

Crawford had a couple hits and Luis

Torrens had three. Jake Fraley had

one hit which happen to be a double

driving in two runs.  The Mariners

always seem to have a different 

hero every day. It doesn't matter

what their batting average is they

find a way to do it when it counts.

It shows batting average isn't as

important as when it gets done.

Casey Sadler had his 15 hold on

the season along with going 26

straight games without giving up

a run. That now is a team record.

Now we see Casey add on to it.

The Mariners are exciting to 

watch and again who will get

the job done on Wednesday

night. It doesn't really matter

we just know someone will

find the way. The A's know

the Mariners are on a roll

and not sure how to stop it.

We hope stays that way. Go M's. 

Mariners Explode

 Mariners 13 Athletics 4

Monday night's game got off to a rough
start with Chris Flexen giving up a three
run homer in the first inning. After that
he was ok. He did give up another run
in 4th inning after the Mariners had
tied the score. It was all Mariners
after that.

Chris Flexen pitched through the 5th

inning then then bullpen finished up.

Four relievers pitched four innings 

not even giving up a run. Isn't nice

to have a good bullpen along with

feeling like we are in a playoff run

even if they follow short.

Mitch Haniger had a great night 

hitting two three-run homers. JP

Crawford had three hits and Ty

France four ahead of Mitch.  JP

scored three times well as three

hits. France was perfect going 4

for four with four rbi's. 

Kyle Seager and Abraham Toro

were the only regulars not having

a hit. Both continue being in a

hitting slump. Nice to have the

guys ahead of them doing so well.

Tyler Anderson is going to start

on Tuesday night instead of Yusei

Kikuchi. Anderson didn't do well

in his last outing however has done

good since coming to the Mariners. 

Kikuchi will be available though

if they need him. This means to

that Anderson will have one more

start after this one.  

All relievers will be on deck since

the starters will be on short if they

get off to a tough start. Casey Sadler

Monday night pitched his 25th inning

without giving up a run. This tie's

the team record so next time Sadler

pitches and doesn't give up a run he

will have the record. Thanks Casey

for doing such a great job all year

long. Oh by the way his era is 0.74.

The Mariners now have five games

remaining. The odds are against the

playoffs but anything can still happen.

What a great season. Go M's. 

Seattle Kraken Win Pre-season Opener

Though it is only pre-season the Kraken had
their first game ever beating the Vancouver
Canucks in Spokane 5-3. The arena in Spokane

was packed out and noisy for the most part.

The Canucks scored first  and twice in the first

period then the Kraken came back to tie in the

second period before taking the lead with a goal.

The Canucks tied it before the second period 

3-3.  The Kraken shut out the Canucks in the

third period while scoring two goals themselves.

The Kraken are an exciting team to watch. At

least the first game indicated anyway. The took

more than twice as many shots as the Canucks 

did. It is a good possibility the Canucks didn't

want to show everything since the two teams

will meet early on in the regular season. In 

fact the Kraken's first home game will be  

against the Canucks. 

The Kraken's night pre-season game will be

Tuesday night in Edmonton, Alberta against

the Oilers. A team that has had a lot of success

over the years. Go Kraken!

Mariners Win Seahawk Don't

 Mariners 5 Angels 1

For six innings the question were
the Mariners going to score a run.
The best thing Marco Gonzales
pitched another outstanding game.

Marco gave up a home run to

catcher Kurt Suzuki in the second

inning but that was it for the 

afternoon. The Angels only 

had two other hits.

Marco ended up going seven 

innings, however, the Mariners

were able to tie the game in the

seventh inning as well. Jarred

Kelenic hit a solo home run.

In the eighth inning the Mariners

scored four runs. JP Crawford 

hit a double, after a hit by Seager

then Haniger drove in Crawford.

Also, Toro had a hit to load the

bases. Jake Fraley hit a double

to drive in Seager, Haniger, and

Toro. 

Paul Sewald and Diego Castillo

came in to shut the door. The 

Mariners have six games to

go and will be two games behind

for the second spot in the wild

card. The odds against it but

never know. 

Another angle the Mariners 

could win or tie the division

title. Houston Astros have

lost for games in a row. The

Mariners are five games behind

the Astros with six remaining.

Vikings 30 Seahawks 17

The Seattle Seahawks got off 

to another good start. DK Metcalf

scored the first touchdown then

the Vikings came back to score.

The Seahawks kicked a field goal

to take the lead 10-7 after the

first quarter. 

The Seahawks scored another 

touchdown on a 30 yard run by

Chris Carson in the second quarter.

It turned out to be the last score

the Seahawks made in the game.

The Vikings scored two touchdowns

to close out the first half make the

half time score 21-17. 

The second half wasn't a lot of 

scoring by the Vikings who kicked

a field goal in the 3rd quarter and

two more in the 4th quarter.

The Seahawks are now 1-2.  Next

week the Seahawks take on the 

San Francisco 49ers. Going into

today the 49ers were 2-0. They

are currently playing the Green

Bay on Sunday night football.

The Packers are leading 10-0

in the first quarter. 

The Seahawks will need to play

more consistent next time. Can't

just get out to a fast start. The

Seahawks defense right now the

offense needs to score. The defense

need to figure out how to stop the

opposition. It will be important

for the Seahawks to win in San

Francisco next week. Don't want

to go down to 1-3. Right now

it is going to be hard to keep up

the LA Rams and the Arizona 

Cardinals. 

Mariners Get Beat Badly Huskies Win in Overtime

 LA Angels 14 Mariners 1

I am sure everyone was hoping
for the sweep of the LA Angles,
however the Angels had another
thought. The game was over early
as the Angels scored 11 runs in the
first three innings. The third inning
was the big one where the Angels
scored eight runs.

The Angels top of the lineup had

a very good day. Tyler Anderson

who has pitched well for the 

Mariners since coming over late

in August only lasted two innings

giving up nine runs.  Six of those

runs actually happened in the third

inning but he wasn't able to record

an out.  Positive thing came out of

it Paul Sewald, Drew Steckenrider

and Diego Castillo were able to

rest on the day.

The Washington Huskies beat the

Golden Bears Saturday night 31-24

in overtime. The Huskies defensive

line was able to cause the Golden

Bears to fumble on the two yard 

line after they had scored a touchdown.

The Huskies offense for the most part

were different between the two halves.

The Huskies scored 21 of their 31 points

in the first half. The Huskies were 

without all-American tight end Cade

Otton out with covid symptoms. Hope

he will be back next week when the

Huskies take on Oregon State who

beat the USC Trojans in LA  45-27

Saturday night. 

The Washington State Cougars lost

for the second straight week this time

to the Utah Utes 24-13. A common

thread the Cougars have led at half-time

in each game. Quarterback Jarrett

Guarantano was intercepted three times.

The Cougars will be on the road next

week against the Golden Bears. It

will be a tough game for the Cougars.

Mariners Win Close One

The Seattle Mariners beat the LA Angels
Friday night, however, it came down to
the last at bat with Paul Sewald getting
the last out. Final Mariners 6 Angels 5

We will see a lot of Sewald and Steckenrider

over the last eight games of the season.

At least as much as they need them. It is

exciting to be in a playoff race even if

they don't get in.

Logan Gilbert got off to a good start but

ended up going five and one-third innings.

This is Gilbert's first time in this situation

and length of season. Look next year when

he will be able to go longer. Hard to know

what the rotation will look like next season.

It will be good to speculate. Get to that 

when the season is over.

Ty France had another good game. He drove

home three runs including a home run in the

first inning. Also, JP Crawford and Mitch

Haniger had good games. Those three need

to continue doing well for the Mariner to

continue winning. 

Question is still going around what will 

happen with Kikuchi's next start will he

make it or not.  I would say see how his

arm is that day possibly start him, however,

have someone ready to go. Matt Brash

whose future could be in the Mariner's 

rotation next year was called up to the

Tacoma Rainiers as the double-A Arkansas

season is over. 

Some have suggested  starting Brash in 

Kikuchi's spot. I expect Kikuchi would be 

a better solution to  start but again have 

someone ready to go. This comes down

to whether the Mariners are still in the

 wild card race.

Tyler Anderson goes Saturday night.

Anderson went seven innings in his

last outing against Oakland giving up

only one run. We hope for another 

outing like that one. Like all the starters

the bullpen be ready to go early. Go M's.

Mariners Sweep A's

First time ever the Seattle Mariners swept
the A's in Oakland. Thursday afternoon
final was 6-5.

The Mariners still don't have a great 

chance to make the playoffs but they

did bury the Oakland A's now two

games behind them both with nine

games remaining.

Yusei Kikuchi struggled again on the

mound giving the  A's the upper hand

3-1 after three innings. Scott Servais

took Kikuchi out after the three innings.

Yohan Ramirez went in for Kikuchi 

giving up a home run in the 4th inning.

After that the Mariners bullpen was 

pretty solid the rest of the way.

Being behind three runs catcher Cal

Raleigh who hadn't started any of the

other games against the A's hit a two-run

in the 5th inning. Mitch Haniger hit

 a solo home run in the 6th inning then

Luis Torrens pinch hitting for Fraley

hit a two-run homer with Kelenic who 

had walked after Haniger's home run.

The score stayed 6-4 until the bottom of

the 9th inning with two outs when Matt

Olson who the Mariners stopped cold

for the most part in the series hit a home

run. Paul Sewald who gave up the home

run then got Yan Gomes to fly out to

end the game. 

The Oakland series was exciting and

fun to watch. We hope the same in LA

and back in Seattle for remaining of

the season, the nine games. Regardless

how it ends the Mariners have made it

exciting baseball for us all.

It will be exciting to see who the 

Mariners acquire during the off-season

to improve the team. I am sure a trade

or two could happen or free agents. 

Thanks Mariners for making it a true

good season despite some short comings.

Next season should move us up for

sure. Go M's. 

Mariners Go For Sweep

The Seattle Mariners go for the sweep
against the A's in their park at the Oakland
Coliseum Thursday afternoon. Not an easy
task, however, they are still in for the wild
card.

The Mariners are 2 1/2 games behind in

the wild card race with ten games remaining.

Even if they win their final ten games it

will still be hard to get in. The Houston 

Astros have 91 wins with ten games left.

The Mariners win all ten games and the

Astros by some miracle lose all ten or 

nine out of ten the Mariners would win

the AL West. The Mariners lose one or

win all the games and the Astros win one

then they would be tied and play for the

division title. Not likely happen but we

would see another 1995.

Wednesday night the Mariners beat the

A's 4-1 under the great pitching of Chris

Flexen who went seven innings giving up

one run on a homer run by Matt Chapman

in the fifth inning. That was right after 

Ty France hit a home run in the  top of

the fifth. Made the score 3-1.

Kyle Seager made it 2-1 in the 4th inning

hitting a home run giving him 35 on the

season. Even more important Kyle had his

100th rbi. He had never had that many 

rbi's in a season before. Now the question

is will the Mariners take his option next

season which is up to $20 with incentives

added in. A hard one for Jerry Dipoto to

do. Can the Mariners go out and get another

third baseman or a second baseman and

move Abraham Toro back to his natural

position. One of the drama's for the off-

season. 

If the Mariners do make the 

playoffs though chances are low and

Kyle continues to do the rest of the way

like he has against Oakland in this series.

Say he is the hero these ten remaining

games won't it be hard to let him go. I

am glad I don't have that decision to 

make. Besides the home run he had 

three hits total in the game. It would

nice to see three more hits by Seager

on Thursday. What would even better

we see Yusei Kikuchi pitch well in 

this game in the same fashion as Tyler

Anderson, Marco Gonzales and Chris

Flexen.

The Mariners take on the LA Angels

in a three game series beginning on 

Friday in Anaheim. The Angels are

in a six-game losing streak with a

record of 2-8 in the last ten games.

They are playing the Houston Astros

on the road so have to root for them.

Oh by the way if they win their last

ten games they won't catch the 

Mariners and of course six of the

games are against the Mariners.

The worst the Mariners will do

is third place in the AL West.

I will wrap it up for this post.

Check you next time with a

Mariner sweep we hope. Go M's.

Mariners Take Two

 Mariners 5 A's 2

So far the Seattle Mariners love
playing in Oakland. They have
only lost one game on the A's
field. Now they are tied once
again for second place in AL
West division with the A's.

Though it is still going to be

a long shot for the Mariners

they are still in the race for

the wild card. Marco Gonzales

has another good outing on

Tuesday night. Marco went

six innings giving up four hits

and two runs which both happen

to be home runs. Marco now

has a 9-5 record. He has pitched

in ten games in August and 

September with a record of

6-0. 

JP Crawford and Dylan Moore

were the primary hitters in the

game. Crawford had three hits

while driving in two runs. Moore

had a double driving in Jarred

Kelenic and Jake Fraley. Kelenic

had a triple then after two outs

Fraley walked before Moore's 

hit. This happened in the 4th

inning after the team were tied

at 1-1. Crawford drove in Moore.

Making it 4-1. The Mariners 

added insurance run in the

9th inning.

When it comes to relief pitching

the Mariners will be going with

Sewald and Steckenrider down

the stretch as often as they need

them. Hopefully the Mariners

will have enough lead where

they won't be over used. 

Wednesday night Chris Flexen 

the Mariners top pitcher as far

as record goes 12-6 goes to the

mound. In all Flexen starts the

Mariners are 19-9. We hope it

makes 20-9 after this one.

Kikuchi will start on Thursday

afternoon before the Mariners

head to Anaheim to take on 

the Angels on Friday night.

Kikuchi is the one starter who

is having trouble since the 

all-star break. We hope he

can get back to where he was.

It would be nice if the Mariners

could pick up his option but

for that to happen he must be

able to get back to where he 

was in the first half of season.

Mariners Still in Wild Race

 Mariners 4 A's 2

The Seattle Mariners beat the
Oakland A's in the opening game
of the current series which is four
games to stay alive for the wild
card for now.

The Mariners now have 81 wins

which means whatever they do

in the remaining 12 games they

will have a winning record. A

feat not expected before the

season started and having 

a lot of injuries in April 

especially to starting rotation

no one expected this.

They have six games remaining

against the A's  then six against

the LA Angels. Even if they don't

make the playoffs these 12 games

will feel like it for sure. Just think

if the Mariners can win 9 out of the

final 12 games they will have a

90 win season. Not bad in my book.

Monday night's game Tyler Anderson

pitched another awesome game. He

went seven innings giving up one run

in the bottom of the 3rd. This was 

right after Kyle Seager hit a double

with the bases loaded scoring two

runs. He had another rbi later on.

Kyle had three hits on the night.

The lineup was changed again.

Ty France was moved into the 

second spot while Mitch Haniger

moved to third. Haniger continues

with his hot bat with two doubles.

Tyler Anderson should have two

remaining starts on the season. 

We hope the other starters can

pitch as well as Anderson did.

Marco Gonzales is scheduled

to start on Tuesday night. He

has done well for the month of

September. Let the starters roll

on. Go M's. 

Mariners Win Seahawks Lose

 Mariners 7 Royals 1

Sunday the Seattle Mariners kept
themselves alive at least for another
day or series to make the wild card.
It still won't be easy as the Mariners
have only 13 games remaining on
the season.

The Mariners are four games back

in the wild card. They take on the

A's in Oakland starting Monday 

in a four-game series. For the M's

to stay in the race they really need

to sweep the series. They will finish

the road trip against the Angels

before coming home to finish the

season against A's and Angels. The

final 13 game are against the A's

and Angels. The Mariners need to

finish both teams winning most if

not all the games. Not an easy task.

Sunday's game Logan Gilbert went

seven innings giving up only three

hits and a run.  Something all the

starters will need to do the remaining

way. 

Jarred Kelenic looked like the hitter

we hope to see in 2022. Kelenic had

three hits while driving in three runs.

Kelenic had a home run in the 3rd 

inning plus two doubles. Jake Bauers

had a home run in the 3rd as well.

This gave the Mariners 5-0 lead as

they scored two in the first and another

in the second. The future looks bright

if what Kelenic did during the Royals

series. Keep it up young man.

Titans 33 Seahawks 30

The Seattle Seahawks started off 

Sunday having a 24-9  at half-time

however the offense couldn't sustain

it scoring six in the second half.

Jason Myers missed the extra point

after the touchdown. This meant

the Titans on their final touchdown

near the end of the game they would

have had to go for two points to tie

instead of extra points. Other words

the Seahawks could have won by

one in regulation. 

The game going in overtime. The 

Seahawks defense was able to stop

the Titans on their first possession,

but the Titans were able to pin the

Seahawks deep on their side. The

Seahawks were not able to go any

where so had to punt putting the

Titans in good situation where 

they had to get only one first down

before kicking the winning field

goal.

Passing game was even between

the two teams both having over

340 yards, however, the rushing

game was in the favor of the Titans.

Chris Carson was only able to run

for 31 runs on 13 carries though 

he had two touchdowns. The Titans

running back Derrick Henry ran 

the ball many more times 35 carries

for 182 yards and three touchdowns.

The Seahawks next week will be

in Minnesota to take on the Vikings.

The Seahawks will have to improve

both on offense as well as defense.

The Vikings lost a close one on 

Sunday on the road at Arizona

34-33. Next Sunday's game could

be another high scoring affair 

hopefully with the Seahawks

victory. 

Huskies Win Big Cougars and Mariners Lose

 Washington 52 Arkansas State 3

We all thought the Huskies would
win in week one over Monday but
it didn't happen to our surprise. I
guess you have to lose every one
hundred years against a team. lol.

The following  week Michigan it 

was though they were favored 

going into the season but after the 

Montana game figured Michigan 

would be favored as they were

and the Huskies lost terrible again.

Saturday the real Huskies showed

up. It helped they added another

healthy receiver redshirt freshman

Jalen McMillan who ended up 

having a great game mostly in

the first half. Also Kamari Pleasant

and Sean McGrew  were back as

well. In fact McGrew had two

touchdowns. Next week take on

California Golden Bears at home

to open the Pac-12 season. The

Huskies have had rough losses 

in the last few years. We hope

for a turn around in this game.

USC 45 Washington State 14

The first half the Cougars looked

alright scoring all 14 points while

the Trojans had 7.  The Trojans

were trying to figure things out

under a new head coach. They

did so scoring 28 points in the

3rd quarter then 10 in the fourth

quarter. If this game shows any

indication the Cougars are going

to have a long season. 

The Cougars will play Utah on

the road next Saturday. The Utes

should be favored.  They have

a 1-2 record going into the game

losing their last two games. They

will want to get back to winning

ways at home after winning their

opener. The following week the

Cougars will take on California

who we will how they do against

the Huskies.

Royals 8 Mariners 1

The Mariners winning in the 

opening game of the series on

Friday had no offense and 

Yusei Kikuchi didn't have 

anything either. Yusei was 

only able to go three innings

giving up eight hits and three

runs. 

The  Mariners still had a chance

at that point to win because it

was only 3-0 but they couldn't

muster much of an offense. In

fact they only had three hits and

two were from Ty France. In

fact France had a double in the

seventh inning then was able to

score. At that point the score was

Royals 4-1. 

The Royals were able to score 

four more runs in the 8th  inning

to put it away. The positive thing

the upper end of the bullpen were

all able to have the night off. 

Jarred Kelenic didn't get a hit

on the night, however, he was

able to walk twice. This to me

means he is watching more what

to hit and what not to hit. He

was batting .255 for September

going into the game so see having

improvement.

Logan Gilbert goes Sunday afternoon

so the Mariners really need to win 

this game to stay in the race for the

wild card. It is going to take a lot

for the Mariners to make the wild

card so can't lose too many more

games to have a chance.  We wish

them the best for sure. Go M's. 

Kelenic Mariners Win Friday Night

 Mariners 6 Royals 2

Jarred Kelenic was the player of
the game Friday night. Jarred
had two two-run home runs to
make the difference in the game.

Kelenic was the youngest player

to hit two home runs in a game

since Alex Rodriguez did it back

in 1996. Both home runs were

off of Jon Heasley making his

major league debut. It would 

have been nice off of one of

the other Royal starters but 

have to start somewhere. It 

has to boost JK confidence

though. 

Kelenic though still batting

under .200 for the season he

is hitting .255 for the month

of September. Good for being

in the playoff race. It would

be nice to see him get some

key hits with the bases loaded.

It seems JK is up to bat with

bases loaded more than anyone

and he hasn't been to successful

for the most part.

Hitting .255 for September 

certainly gives us hope how

next season may look. Another

question will he be back in

center field next year or moved

to one of the corner spots. Still

have to figure whether Kyle

Lewis will be center field or

a corner spot himself when

he isn't not dhing. 

Chris Flexen had another good

outing going five and two-thirds

innings. Better fielding behind

him may have been able to go

seven innings instead. Joe Smith

bailed Flexen in the sixth inning

getting a strikeout with runners 

on base. Flexen now is 12-6 and

in his starts the Mariners are 19-9.

Not bad for a pitcher we weren't

sure of going into the season.

Drew Steckenrider struggled in

this one including giving up a

home run in the seventh inning.

Paul Sewald came in to bail 

out the team getting Perez and

had a good eighth inning to.

Diego Castillo finished off

the game without surrendering

a run though gave up a hit 

and a run. At this point the

Mariners are using Steckenrider,

Sewald and Castillo where 

the lineup for opposing team

is in. All three doing good 

though a few stumbling blocks

on occasion. 

Casey Sadler and Joe Smith are

doing well in their roles. It would

be nice if the Mariners could have

another reliever step up when

Steckenrider, Sewald and Castillo

each need a night off. Otherwise

the starters need to go a little

further in those games. 

We hope for more success in the

final two games of the series.

Mariners end the season playing

the Oakland A's seven times and

the LA Angels six times. The

Mariners have any chance left

in the wild card race they have

to dominate both the A's and

the Angels. It is possible but

they will have to play their best

baseball of the season. Go M's.

Weekend Coming Up

The Seattle Mariners start three game series
against the Royals in Kansas City. The
Mariners need to win at two out of three if
not sweeping the Royals to still have a
chance at the wild card.

The Huskies are taking on Arkansas State

at home on Saturday. Washington needs

to play like they did last year or things

are going to be ugly. Arkansas State is

primarily a passing team so the Huskies

should be able to have a good day. We

hope the defense can cause some turnovers.

WSU Cougars will take on USC at home.

Thought USC would win but since they

fired their coach who knows now. It should

still be an upset if the Cougars win.

The Seattle Seahawks take on the Tennessee

Titans on Sunday. The Titans lost their opening

game so hopefully Sunday will be the second

loss for them. It will be interesting to see the

Seahawks pull out some more things with the

offense and the defense still bend but not

break. 

Mariners Lose Final Game of Series

 Red Sox 9 Mariners 4

Wednesday afternoon game was
much like Tuesday night's game
where the Red Sox scored runs
late on the bullpen. There was
one difference.

The game went into extra innings.

After nine innings it was 3-3.

Marco Gonzales pitched another

quality start going nine innings

giving up three runs. The high

end of the bullpen did a good

good but the Mariners had to

depend on the low end of the

bullpen in extra innings.

The Mariners gave up six runs

in the 10th inning. The first

run was scored on a passed 

ball by Tom Murphy though

it could have been considered

a wild pitch on Erik Swanson.

Swanson was recorded for four

runs then Justus Sheffield gave

up two more runs. Yohan Ramirez

was able to get the final two outs

of the game. The Mariners did

get a run in the 9th but it wasn't

enough. 

The Mariners were only able to

get three runs in the third inning

so had to hold on to the extra 

innings. Kyle Seager hit a double

scoring to of the three runs.

Speaking of Seager he is a candidate

for the Roberto Clemente Award

which is a cool thing, however, 

Roots sports hyped Seager so much. 

I mean some what he has done on

the field well as in the community. 

If the Mariner had one more bat as

well as reliever they would have

a better chance to get into the 

playoffs this year. I think next 

year the chances will be much

better. Go m's. 

Red Sox Even Series

 Red Sox 8 Mariners 4

Tuesday night's game against the
Red Sox was like many of the
Mariner games on the season
despite what the scores shows.

The game was tied going into

the 8th inning 2-2. Tyler Anderson

pitched well for 4 and 1/3 innings

giving up just one run however

had thrown 90 pitches. Since

this was a critical game now 

down the stretch Scott Servais

decided to go to the pen and

brought in Casey Stadler to 

finish off the 5th. Casey did

a fine job as he has done all

season.

The rest of the bullpen didn't

do their usual job though. This

especially happened in the 8th

inning when Drew Steckenrider

who had the save Monday night

gave up three of the five runs

that inning. Red Sox added another

run in the 9th. Mariners had two

runs in the 9th but the rally fell

short.

The Mariners had a chance for a

big inning when they had the 

bases loaded. Jarred Kelenic

struck out which he seems to

do a lot when the bases are

loaded. Hopefully next year

when he might be better he

has more of those opportunities.

Jake Fraley back from rehab

assignment made his first start

in left field. He came up after

Kelenic. Fraley nearly hit a

home run but the ball was 

caught for a sacrifice fly. A

home run certainly made the

difference in the game. We

should see Fraley in left field

the rest of the way against

right handers anyway. 

Sounds like big news story

was supposed to be announced

on Thursday but was leaked 

early. It looks like the 2023

All-Star Game will be at

T-Mobile Park. Won't that

be exciting. We hope the

Mariners will be in midst

of a great season like the

last one in 2001. I am sure

we can't expect 116 wins but

we can hope for it right.

Wednesdays game will be

an afternoon affair with 

Marco Gonzales on the 

mound. We hope for another

good performance from Marco

as we have seen in recent starts.

The Mariners need to take this

one against the Sox to still have

a chance in the wild card. Go M's.

Go M's. 

Mariners Win Opening Game of Series

 Mariners 5 Red Sox 4

The Seattle Mariners won their 30th
game as the opener to a series. They
have only lost 19 times.

As we see they won by one run as

well which they have done over the

season. The big blow for the Mariners

was a home run by Mitch Haniger

in the 7th inning with two runners

on base.

Logan Gilbert pitched another dominant

game going six innings giving up two 

runs, however, walked one batter while

striking out nine. Gilbert had no problem

going up against the Red Sox big guns.

After Haniger's home run the Red Sox

hit two home runs of their own against

Paul Sewald in the 8th inning before

Drew Steckenrider was able to record

the save with two strike outs. As of late

Sewald has been giving up home runs.

We hope he straightens things up.

Tyler Anderson will be going for the

Mariners on Tuesday night. If he does

what he has since arriving in Seattle

late August the Mariners have a chance

to win this one as well.

Jake Fraley is on rehab assignment in

Tacoma. On Saturday he dh and then

on Monday played left field in the first

game of a double-header where he

had a three-run homer. The Rainiers

won both games. They have won 8

out of their last nine games. 

The Rainiers play in what used to be

called the PCL  is now the triple-A

West. In the west division the Rainiers

are 68-45  with a three game lead in

the division. We wish them the best.

The second game of the double header

Taylor Trammell scored the winning 

run on his 24th birthday. How about

that!

Justin Dunn looks to go on a rehab

assignment soon after doing a 

simulated game on Monday.  If

he does return to the Mariners 

before the season ends he will

likely be in the bullpen instead

of starting a game.

The win over the Red Sox the 

Mariners are two games behind

in the wild card. After finishing

up the Red Sox on Wednesday

the Mariners will go on a 10-game

road trip to Kansas City, Oakland,

and Anaheim. The series against

the A's in Oakland is four games

and could break the chance to go

to the wild card or not. Go M's.

Two Teams Win Two Lose

The Seattle Seahawks won Sunday
28-16. They looked very sharp in
the game especially on the offensive
side.

The game was not perfect by any

means but for the first regular season

game certainly showed what they

are capable of. Tyler Lockett had

a couple touchdowns, DK Metcalf

had the fourth and final td of the

game. Newcomer tight end Gerald

Everett had two catches including

a touchdown. Everett going to be

a good one for the Seahawks to go

to.

The Seahawks defensive line  was

able to get to the Indianapolis qb

Carson Wentz a few times. In all

the defense bend but not break.

They did limit Colt's running back

Jonathan Taylor to 56 yards on 17 

carries while their own  back Chris 

Carson ran 16 times for 91 yards.

The Seahawks ran and run the ball

almost the same amount thought

the passes for touchdowns looked

better.  See how they do next week

at home against Baltimore Ravens.

In the college game the Washington

State Cougars were able to come 

back to win this week after a upset

last week. This time they beat Portland

State 44-24. The big quarter was the

second when they scored 23 points.

The other three quarters the Cougars

scored a touchdown in each. Defense

side though they gave up 296 yards

passing to Portland State. They will

have to improve  if they want to be

able to beat USC Trojans next week.

It won't be easy task for sure and 

USC should be favored. 

Continue on the football side. The

Washington Huskies continue not 

to look good. They lost to Michigan

31-10. The Huskies offense didn't 

look good once again especially in

the first half where they were shut

out. They finally kicked a field goal

in the third quarter and a touchdown

in the fourth quarter.

It is unbelievable how this team 

looks this year offensively. After

last season they looked so good 

especially running the ball.  This

year awful so far. The two primary

running backs in this game  were

Richard Newton and Cameron Davis

combined together ran for 46 yards.

Last year the running game ran

the ball for 200 yards at least twice.

Terrell Bynum who missed last weeks

game returned where he caught five

passes for 115 yards. Arkansas State

the Huskies play next week at home

have scored at least 40 points in their

previous two games and are 1-1 on 

the season. They did give up 55 points

in this last weekend game while scoring

50. We will have to see how the Huskies

do in this one. 

Turning to baseball we were hoping the

Mariners would sweep the Arizona 

Diamondbacks as they did on the road

last weekend, however, it wasn't meant

to be. The Diamond backs took the last

two games in the season. Like many of

the Mariners losses came down to lack

of offense though Arizona won 7-3 in

the middle game of the series. The other

two games the scores were 5-4 with the

Mariners winning the first and Arizona

the last on Sunday. Jarred Kelenic made

Sunday's interesting hitting a two-run

homer in the 9th inning. 

The Mariners now take on the Boston

Red Sox for three games Monday thru

Wednesday. For the Mariners to stay

in the wild card race they need to beat

the Sox two out of three at least. We

wish them the best for sure.

I am sorry I wasn't here for the last

couple days as I wasn't in good health.

Thanks again for visiting my posts

whenever you can. I do really appreciate.

 

Football Weekend

After last Saturday games with the
Huskies being upset in a big way
and the Cougars to though a closer
game. Let's try it again with a
better outcome.

The Huskies game certainly was

a big surprise loss. They were 

without their three starting receivers

along with running backs Sean

McGrew and Kamari Pleasants.

Not sure what happened with them.

I hope they return this week against

Michigan.

The Michigan Wolverines are favored

now by a touchdown  against the 

Huskies where Washington was 

expected to win being ranked #20

going into week one. 

Actually Ja'Lynn Polk a transfer from

Texas Tech did start, however, he was

injured on the one pass he caught for

13 yards. Monday's press conference

Coach Jimmy Lake said Polk is lost

for the season. Also, the other two

starters are day to day and may miss

this weeks game too. The Huskies

have a depth problem at wide receiver.

Lake said could move a player or two

to receiver as well. 

The WSU Cougars will need to improve

this week in performance as well. They

will be taking on Portland State at 3 pm.

They should be favored and they do need

to win because next week they take on

USC Trojans to start the Pac-12 schedule.

The Seahawks will be taking on the Colts

in Indianapolis on Sunday. It will be a 

morning game here in the Pacific time

zone. Left tackle Duane Brown did get

a bonus so he will be in the lineup. 

Carson Wentz  the Colts starting quarterback

is expected to start the game after being 

injured for most of training camp. If he 

can't go or they want to limit Wentz snaps

former Husky Jacob Eason can be pressed

into action as the Colts number two qb.

It will be interesting to see the Seahawks

new offense since we didn't see Russell

Wilson and most of the starters during 

the three preseason games. The Seahawks

should be expected to run the ball more

than pass. The new offense though we will

see Wilson throwing more shorter passes

than long ones which we have been

accustomed to. I am sure the long passes

are still in the play book though. It will be

good to see Lockett's speed and DK

Metcalf running over defensemen. 

Another difference we will see more

of Wilson under the center instead of

at shut gun. Fans be ready to go too.

Though the game is on the road the

team still needs to feel the 12th man.