Mariners and Seahawks Lose

The Seattle Mariners were beaten  by

the Texas Rangers in the middle game

of the series 7-4. The Rangers ended 

a nine game losing streak to the Mariners. Hopefully Mariners rebound

Sunday to take the series.

The Mariners started off well scoring

two runs in the first and one in the 

third. The Rangers scored four to take

the lead in the fourth inning.

Marco Gonzales still struggling on the mound. Been a tough time for him

since the all-star break. What I don't

understand is leaving Gonzales in the

game. The fourth again was batting

practice where he gave up three doubles to the four runs.

Gonzales pitched the fifth giving up

another run. They put Penn Murfee in

but he had a hard time giving up a

run on two hits and a walk. Chris Flexen came in his first appearance

out of the bullpen. He had trouble 

walking four batters in two innings.

Gave up a run but was not earned 

because of fielding.

Next time Gonzales starts and has a

bad inning please take him out. I

do hope he can turn things around.

The Mariners are in a playoff race 

after all.

The Seahawks lost opening preseason

game to the Steelers 32-25. The Steelers scored a touchdown with three seconds to go. They likely would

have won on a field goal if it wasn't for

the TD. 

Like most first preseason games they

were sloppy as well as seeing some

good things to. The Steelers got off

by scoring two touchdowns in the first

quarter. The Seahawks had a touchdown and field goal in the second

quarter while the Steelers had a field 

goal so.leading 17-10 at halftime. Basically the difference in the game.

The Seahawks scored a touchdown in the third quarter to tie then the Steelers

scored another to take the lead. The Steelers ended up going for and converting two points. Fourth quarter

the Seahawks did the same and made

two points as well. A good time to

practice the two point conversion.

Geno Smith started and played the 

first half and Drew Lock the second.

Both had there good points as well as

not so good. I would say not really put

Smith ahead. The Seahawks play the

Chicago Bears this Thursday in Seattle.

See what improvement made.

The Seahawks rookies played a lot and

looked good. Again some good and not so good points. What we hope for is

improvement in game to. Go Hawks!