Mariner Win Crazy Game

The Mariners had lost four games in

a row and looked like they may be

swept by the Blue Jays however fortune

came their way.

Taylor Trammel who was brought up

after reb assignment had a grand slam

in his first appearance. Cal Raleigh was

another hitting star having two two-run

homers in the game. The second one

allowed the Mariners to win in the 10th

inning. Teoscar Hernandez had a home

run against his old team after Trammel's

home run and before Cal's.

Final: Mariners 10 Blue Jays 8

Marco Gonzales starting for the Mariners

only lasted three innings giving up eight 

runs in three innings. This was after Trammel's grand slam.  Only five of the runs earned because of a throwing error

by Sam Haggerty who was playing in

place for Ty France at first base for second

game in a row. France had been struggling

at the plate recently.

Interesting the recall of Taylor Trammel

they put Saturday's starter Easton McGee

was placed on the injured list. It will

be interesting to see who pitches the 

next time up. The Mariners having an

off day on Monday the spot could be

skipped or put someone else in there.

The bullpen was marvelous going

seven innings without giving up a

run and allowing for the offense to

comeback.

The Mariners now go to Oakland

with Logan Gilbert starting on

Tuesday.

The Kraken right now leading 2-1

heading into the third period in

the seventh game of the first series

of the playoffs. Have final results

next time.

Good Pitching But Another Loss. Seahawks Draft on Saturday

For the second game on this road

trip the Mariners had a great pitching

performance but they couldn't get

it done offensively. 

The Mariners brought up pitcher Easton

McGee from Tacoma to start instead of

Chris Flexen who is now back in bullpen.

McGee pitched a fantastic game not giving

up a hit until two outs in the seventh

inning. Certainly saved their bullpen.

Toronto score a run in the 10th inning 

with the bases loaded. Final 1-0

The Mariners had six hits on the day

but the Blue Jays scored having only

three hits. Left fielder Daulton Varsho

had the most important hit of the game.

Julio had to leave the game in the sixth

inning with tightness in his back after

sliding into second base for a steal. I

wonder if Julio will have to go into

the more conventional way.  Manager

Scott Servais doesn't think it is bsd.

Have to see Sunday. The Mariners 

do have Monday off too.

The Seahawks on day three drafted

three offensive and three defensive

players. I expect the best available

on their draft board.

First fourth round pick was guard 

Anthony Bradford from LS U. Defensive

tackle Cameron Young out of Mississippi

State was the second pick in the fourth

round. They drafted two players from

Michigan.in the fifth round. Defensive

tackle Mike Morris and center Olusegun

Oluwatimi. The sixth round picked

safety Jerrick Reed from New Mexico.

In the final round running back Kenny

McIntosh out of Georgia

The Seahawks drafted two running

backs along with two defensive

tackles and ends. The Seahawks could

have at least three starters or more

out of this draft. 

The Washington Huskies had no

players drafted however linebacker

Can Bright signed as a undrafted

college free agent. The Seahawks

have signed quite a few college 

fee agents so we will see what

other familiar names come their

ways. Also where other Huskies

end up going.

Kraken Lose Now Game Seven

The Seattle  Kraken  lost Friday  night 

in game six so now goes to game

seven at Denver on Sunday. 

For some reason the Kraken don't 

play as well  at home as on the road.

The final was 4-1. The Kraken  scored 

their only goal in the first period.

The Avalanche  scored two in the

second period after one in the first. 

Since they well on the road  they  will 

final game. It won't be easy.  Thanks

for a good season  even if they lose

on Sunday.

I made mistake  last post about

the third round. They actually had

a pick but traded to  Denver for the

first fourth round pick and a third

pick in next year's draft. 

The 4th thru the seventh will begin

Saturday  morning at 9 am pacific 

time. GO HAWKS!

Mariners Another Loss Seahawks Two Picks

The Seattle Mariners lost Friday night in

the opening game of the series to the

Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.

The Mariners haven't been able to hit 

well in the last three games. The trouble

is they having trouble in close games

as well along with one worst teams in

baseball hitting from the seventh on.

Cal Raleigh was the hitting star driving 

in both runs in the second and third

innings. He couldn't find a way to score

late in the game either. The Mariners 

only had six hits. Both Julio and Kelenic

each had two hits as well. 

Eugenio Suarez sort of had his first

rest of the season dh instead of third

base. Rookie Jose Caballero played

third base.  Ty France has been struggling

as late so he should have a day off in

the field as well.

Luis Castillo didn't pitch well though

giving up two runs in five innings.

The second day of the NFL draft was

the second and third rounds. The 

Seahawks drafted two in the second 

round. Denver had the Seahawks 

third round pick..

The Seahawks have six picks on

Saturday. Two picks in the 4th 

and 5th rounds each. One in the

6th and 7th each.

The first second pick Derick Hall is

out of Auburn. He is listed as de/

linebacker which is now known

as edge rushers. Hall could be a

starter or come in often..

The second pick was running back

Zach Charbonbet out of UCLA. You

watch Pac12 football you would be

familiar with him. The Seahawks

will be in.good shape at running

back.with Ken Walker who was

drafted last year in the second

round. Walker will be the starter 

however Charbonnet will get

some carries as well. He will

be on special teams as well.

Go Hawks. 

Mariners Lose Seahawks Makes Picks

George Kirby  pitched a complete  game

however the Mariners  lost 1-0. Kirby 

gave up the one run in the second inning.

The Phillies only got four hits off of Kirby 

along  with  a walk. Struck out seven. 

I wouldn't  be surprised  if  some year 

Kirby  becomes  the  number one starter. 

Being the number two or three starter 

wouldn't  be bad either. One thing for 

sure he is going to  be a star pitcher.

The Mariners  had only three hits. 

Tom Murphy  who has not hit well 

had two of the hits while Tommy 

La Stella  pitch hitting for AJ Pollock 

had the other.

The Seahawks  made their picks without 

trading. The top pick at 5 was cornerback 

Devon Witherspoon from Illinois. He is the 

highest picked at cornerback since Pete

Carroll and John  Schneider been in Seattle.

Witherspoon must have been  the number

one player on the board.

At 20 the Seahawks  drafted another player

from the Big Ten  in wide receiver Jaxon 

Smith-Njigba from Ohio State.  He was the

first wide receiver taken. Jaxon is considered 

a slot receiver so Dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett 

will  still be  on the outside. Picking him

in the first  round means he will be in the lineup 

as the third receiver. Something the Seahawks 

have been looking since Metcalf.

Second  round will the Seahawks take a defensive 

lineman and or an edge rusher.  They could

surprise us with a center or running  back. 

Also the Seahawks could go up or down.

They  have a third round  pick on Friday too.

Go Hawks!

Mariners Lose Kraken Win

The Seattle Mariners had a chance to take

two games from the Phillies before Thursday afternoon final game however wasn't meant to be.

Phillies scored two runs in first inning.

The Mariners scored five runs in the second inning. JP Crawford hit a grand 

slam home run and Julio followed with

a solo home run. Trouble the Mariners

didn't score another run.

Logan Gilbert started where he may 

have on Tuesday went Wednesday.

Logan didn't pitch well going only 

five innings. He gave up a single run

in the third and fifth innings for total 

of four. 

The Mariners still led 5-4 when the bullpen

took over.  The bullpen did a good job

until Justin Topa gave up two runs in the eighth inning for the Phillies take the

lead and win. It was the first time gave up

any runs this season. In.previous nine 

games he didn't  give up any runs. I would

take odds anytime. 

George Kirby starts Thursday. See whether

the Mariners take the series. 

The Kraken beat the  Avalanche 3-2.

Now lead the series 3-2 as well. Take

Kraken were leading in the third period

when Avalanche scored second goal 

to make it interesting. The Kraken defense

kept them from scoring anymore goals. 

Game six will be in Seattle Friday night.

See whether the series will end without

going back to Denver.

Thursday night the NFL draft will begin

with the first round. The Seahawks have

two picks but we know they could do 

anything unexpected. Stay tuned. 

Mariners Win Opening Game of Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners beat the opening

game of the nine game road trip

in Philadelphia 5-3 over the Phillies.

Marco Gonzales started Tuesday night

instead of Logan Gilbert. With a day off

the Mariners did have the luxury to start

Marco.  Logan had a few physical issues

so the Mariners decided to start Marco

though Logan could have pitched. With

the day off Monday plus not pitching

Tuesday gives Logan more rest.

Marco pitched well going five innings and 

giving up one run in the fifth. Fortunately

the Mariners scored two runs in the top

of the fifth including another home run by

Jarred Kelenic a solo. Jarred had three hits on the night. 

In the sixth inning the Mariners scored two more runs on a homer by Teoscar Hernandez. Hopefully he will keep going as the Mariners next series Is at Toronto. The Mariners finish next week traveling all the way to Oakland. The good thing the Mariners do.have next Monday off.

Thursday's game will be a day game

so the Mariners will get into Toronto

at a reasonable hour.

Matt Brash continues to struggle giving

up a run coming in.the sixth inning. Speier

and Topa continue doing well and still

either one has giving up a run since being

recalled from Tacoma. Paul Sewald is

not pitching that well giving up a run himself. The good thing the Mariners were

leading by three heading into the ninth.

He gives up a run occasionally with more

than a one run.lead it is OK.

Kraken Win Even Series

The Seattle  Kraken  Monday night was off to

a good start in the first period scoring two goals.

The Avalanche  came back two of their own in

the second  period.

The third period  which sometimes  been trouble 

for the Kraken neither team scored a goal. The

Kraken  need a win desperately  if they really had

a chance to go further  in the playoffs.  Fortunately 

they scored in the overtime and the house of the

Kraken  went wild.

Now the series  goes back to Denver. The winner

of gave five will have the edge for sure. The Kraken 

are showing  they deserve  to  be in the playoffs  no

matter how things turn out. GO Kraken 

Chris Flexen Loses

The Mariners lost to St. Louis Cardinals

7-3 on Sunday. My opinion the Mariners

left Chris Flexen in too long. He didn't

have it at all. He gave two runs in the first

inning and another run in the third inning.

Only reason he didn't give up a run in

the second they were able to get out by

a double play. 

The Mariners were able to score three

runs in the second inning. Ty France 

drove in two runs and Jarred Kelenic 

hit  home run another to left field.

The Mariners should have taken Flexen

out after the third inning instead left 

him in where he gave up three more 

runs. Last three starts he has given

up 25 runs in 12 and 1/3 innings. Does

he have a chance to start another or

will he be replaced in the rotation. Robbie

Ray isn't expected back until sometime

in May.

The Mariners now head to Philadelphia

to take on the Phillies beginning on

Tuesday. The Phillies start two lefties

so see more of a right handed lineup.

We will see Tom Murphy at catcher 

in one of the two games. 

At some point the Mariners will need to

add to the bench where there is little

hitting there. A bright spot Kolten Wong

had three hits on Sunday. We hope this

is the beginning of what we expected.

Go M's.

Mariners Win Kraken Lose Saturday Night

The Seattle  Mariners beat St Louis  Cardinals 

5-4 Saturday  night. The Mariners  will try

to sweep the Cardinals  Sunday  afternoon. 

Luis Castillo  didn't  have his best stuff 

going five innings  and giving up three runs.

The Cardinals are used to seeing Luis after

facing him with the Reds.

Teoscar Hernandez  hit a two-run homer 

in the sixth inning to tie the game at 3-3.

In the seventh inning Eugenio Suarez  hit

a single to put up a two run lead.

Paul Sewald  gave up a solo home run

but was able  to  record his sixth save

on the season.  Andre Munoz  is expected 

to have a rehab assignment with Tacoma 

and is expected back early May. Likely 

Munoz will close some games on his return.

Sam Haggerty  was activated Saturday and

Cooper Hummel  was sent down to Tacoma.

For the time being  the third catcher  is on hold.

The  Kraken  tried to beat the Avalanche at 

home but we not quite good enough losing

6-4. Avalanche  scored three goal to the

Kraken  one in the third period.  Trouble the

Kraken  had a lot of last season giving up

multiple  scores in the third period. 

The Avalanche  now lead the series  2-1.

The 4th game will be in Seattle Monday 

night. Let's see the Kraken  tie the series. 

Mariners Beat Cardinals

The Mariners beat St Louis Cardinal

5-2 in opening game of series. It 

ended the three game losing streak.

The Cardinals actually scored their 

two runs on a double by right fielder

Jordan Walker in the second. The

 Mariners hsd their first run in the

second inning to.

The Mariners tied the game in the 

4th inning on a Teoscar Hernandez 

home run. Hernandez had a double

in the sixth inning and scored three

times in the game.

AJ Pollock though only had one hit

at dh in the sixth but drove in two

of the three runs that inning. Jarred

Kelenic who started against a lefty

drove in two runs with one on a 

sacrifice fly.

George Kirby started and pitched six

innings. Gave up the two runs on three 

hits. He didn't give up a walk and struck

out five batters. Kirby will win a lot of 

games pitching this way. The bullpen

pitched lights out giving up no hits in

three innings. Paul Sewald has five 

saves already.

Sam Haggerty is expected to be

activated Saturday off the concussion

list. Who he replaces will see. Dylan

Moore is expected to be out longer after

going on rehab assignment but

supposed to see the doctor who

did his off-season surgery.

Luis Castillo  is scheduled  to

pitch Saturday which we hope

is another Mariners win. 

Kraken Make it close

The Seattle  Kraken  lost the second game

in the playoffs  3-2 to the Colorado  Avalanche 

on their home ice.

Now  the series  is tied. We will have to

see whether it goes all seven  games or

not. I  wonder why the first  round of the

NHL  playoffs  go that long anyway. 

Certainly  makes it a long season  for

the two teams making it to the finals. 

I  guess you could say the champion 

deserves it.

Now the series comes to Seattle.  Stay

tuned and see how the Kraken do.

In baseball we hope the Mariners turn

things around soon  though the season 

is still  young. Playing the Cardinals  I 

hope will help. I  enjoyed watching the

Cardinals back in the 60s. 

Washington  Huskies  spring  football 

games Saturday so we will  see  how 

that goes although  doesn't tell a lot

though we do know they should have

another good season as long as Michael 

Penix Jr  doesn't  get hurt. Go Dawgs!

Mariners Swept

Too bad this had to happen. The

Mariners were swept by Brewers

after sweeping the Rockies. 

Not the first time it has happened

and not likely the last. Right now

the Brewers are a better club and

the Rockies are not.

The Mariners lost 5-3. The Brewers came

from behind to beat the Mariners. The

Mariners hsd only two runs at the time

with Julio Rodriguez hitting a home run

in the third inning. Nothing thereafter

until the ninth inning.

Marco Gonzales pitched great until the

seventh inning and left without an out along with giving up two runs to tie.

Maybe the Mariners should learn that 

Marco is good for only six innings.

Matt Brash came in and gave up three

more runs and there was the game.

Brash is either great or terrible. Nothing

in between. 

Julio who had been struggling at the

plate had two hits including the home

run. Kelenic had a hit starting against

a lefty. The hit scored the third run in the 

9th. Right now AJ Pollock is starting

at dh against lefties as long as Kelenic 

is hitting well. Again though at dh

he had no hits. Be interesting to see

who will get more at bats at dh if any

of them does get hits. 

Tom Murphy caught and finally got a hit.

The Mariners could have Connor Hummel

catch but he isn't hitting either. Jose Caballero made his first start at second

base and had his first major league hit.

On Tuesday he started at shortstop and

nearly had a hit. It would be nice if he

could be a surprise for the Mariners.

He is on the roster since Sam Haggerty

came down with a concussion. 

Dylan Moore started a rehab assignment

at Everett while Taylor Trammel is on one

in Tacoma. Since there hasn't been any

hitting at second base it would be nice

for his return. Like I said hopefully

Cabarello will be able to hit. The Mariners

need help at dh. Trammel could be

another good addition when he is ready.

Though having a third catcher is nice

the Mariners are not getting any production

besides Cal Raleigh at the position. Right

now only defense when Cal needs a day off.

The Mariners have Thursday off then

play the St. Louis Cardinals. The

Cardinals are not playing well so

hopefully means the Mariners will

sweep them or at least win two games.

Next Thursday the NFL draft begins.

The Seahawks have two first round

picks so we will let you know how

they do whether picking at 5 or moving

up or down. Right now they have two

second round picks as well so they will

be done on Friday. Again they could make

a move there too. Go Hawks.

Mariners Lose in Extra Innings Kraken Win

The Seattle Mariners right now are

struggling again. Can't match up

with the good teams and the bottom

of the batting order  continues to be

terrible unless JP Crawford is having

a good game.

Crawford had a day off though pinch 

hit for Wong in extra innings. The

Mariners lost 6-5 in the 11th inning.

Need to improve in extra inning games.

Logan Gilbert didn't pitch as well as his

last outing giving up fours in six innings.

Cal Raleigh drove in a couple runs to help the Mariners stay in the game

Marco Gonzales starts the final game

this afternoon in the series.

The Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche

in Colorado 3-1. It is a seven game series.

Go.Kraken!

Brewers End Mariners Streak

The Brewers were able to get to

Chris Flexen in the second inning

for three runs. He pitched well

third thru the fifth inning giving up

no runs but gave up another in

the sixth inning.

The Mariners did score a couple runs

to make it interesting including  a 

home run by Cal Raleigh in the second.

Down by two runs Penn Murfee gave up a

two run homer in the seventh inning.

The trouble is Murfee has been pitching

way to much lately he needs a few days

off.

Julio had a home run in the 8th inning

but not enough. Final Brewers 7 Mariners 3

The bottom.of the Mariners order again  

went hitless. They need to.come alive

for the Mariners to succeed even if it

is only one of them. Go M's

Luis Castillo Is Awesome

The Seattle Mariners swept the

Colorado winning 1-0 on Sunday.

The game came down to Luis Castillo

and left fielder Jarred Kelenic. Castillo

went six innings pitching a perfect 

game. The question was he going

to be the first pitcher to throw a perfect

game since the King Felix Hernandez.

Unfortunately he gave up two singles to

lead off the seventh but was able to get

out the next three batters. Luis Castillo

now has an era of 0.73 on the season.

Jarred Kelenic had the bat and the glove.

Six inning he drove in the only run in the

game driving in Ty France. In the eighth

inning he made a diving catch in right

field. This saved the game. 

Monday the Mariners take on Milwaukee

Brewers. Chris Flexen starts and hopefully

does better than blowing the seven run 

lead they had against the Cubs in game

two last Tuesday. I expect he will do

better but the Mariners offense will have to come alive again. 

The Brewers are much better than the

Rockies leading the National League

Central with an 11-5 records. Means 

the Mariners must do better. Go team.

Kirby and the Mariners Offense Do Job

George Kirby did another fine job

Saturday night. He went six and a

third innings giving up two runs.

Again Kirby didn't walk a batter.

The Mariners scored five runs in

the fourth inning. Julio came to

bat with the bases loaded and hit 

a triple clearing the bases. He scored

as well to. In the sixth inning the 

Mariners scored four more runs.

Ty France and Eugenio Suarez

were hit back to back.

The dh spot still is an issue getting

no hits by Tommy LA Stella or AJ 

Pollock. Tommy did draw a walk and scored. Kolten Wong didn't get a

hit but scored twice. JP Crawford

had two hits and two walks. Allows 

Julio to get up with runners on base.

Final Mariners 9 Rockies 2

Sunday the Mariners will try to sweep

the Rockies with Luis Castillo takes

the mound. Luis pitches the way he has

on.the season the Mariners have a

good shot at sweeping. They do so

they go into Monday with an 8-8 record .

They take on Milwaukee Brewers in

a three game series beginning on

Monday. Go M's.

Kelenic Bombs Away

For the fourth game in a row

Jarred Kelenic hit a home run.

This time against a lefty.

The home run was in the second 

inning with a runner on base.

As long as he is hitting Kelenic

will be in the lineup including

against lefties. I am sure he might

not start against a tough lefty.

He leads the Mariners in home runs

with four and batting average at .366

just ahead of Ty France at .356.

Teoscar Hernandez is heating up to

with two hits and now a .236 average.

Come aways being below .100.

The final was Seattle 5 Colorado 3

Marco Gonzales didn't start because 

his wife hsd their baby Friday morning.

Tommy Milone was brought up from triple A to pitch in his spot. Milone started and

went four and two-thirds innings giving 

up one run which happen in the first inning

on a homer. The Mariners went five

relievers in the game.

George Kirby goes Saturday. See if he

will pitch well again. The Mariners

are now 6-8 and tied with the Astros

in third place in the AL West. The

Texas Rangers have got on with s good start leading the division at 8-5. The 

Angels are a game behind Rangers.

Go M's.

MarinersTake Final In Chicago

The Seattle Mariners came back

and beat the Cubs Wednesday

afternoon 5-2 after the disheartened

loss Tuesday afternoon. 

Logan Gilbert pitched outstanding 

going six and two-thirds innings.

He gave up one run which happened

in the first inning. Logan walked one

and striking out seven. Matt Brash

came in and finished seventh.

The game was close. The Mariner scored

two in the third and one in the seventh.

Teoscar Hernandez and Jarred Kelenic

hit back to back home runs in the 8th

to give some distance. On the TV broadcast Mike Blowers thought Kelenic home run blast was the longest at Wrigley

Field. It was Kelenic third home run in

three games.

The Mariners now come home for nine

games beginning on Friday. Marco

Gonzales goes against Colorado on

Friday. My opinion with a day off I

would skip his spot in.the rotation and

be ready to pitch if necessary. Go M's.

Mariners Blow Big Lead

The Mariners looked like they

would win early but it wasn' t 

meant to be.

The Mariners scored two runs 

in the first inning on a home run

by Eugenio.Suarez his first of

the season. The Mariners scored

five innings in the top of the  second.

The Cubs scored  a run in the

second but the third went wild where

they scored eight runs. 

The Mariners should have lifted Flexen

after four runs and the bases loaded

instead gave up a grand slam home run.

The Mariners still had a chance but the bullpen gave up five runs. 

Final  Cubs 14 Mariners 9

Wednesday will be day game. 

Logan Gilbert expected to start

Mariners Lose In Extra Innings Again

The Seattle  Mariners  lost to the Chicago 

Cubs in ten innings 3-2.

Luis Castillo pitched  well going six innings.

The Mariners  scored first with a run in

the top of the 4th. The Cubs scored twice

in the bottom  of  the 4th.

Jarred Kelenic  was the player of the game 

for the Mariners, pinch hitting  for AJ Pollock. 

He hit a solo home run  to tie the game in

the 9th letting the game into extra  innings. 

Matt Brash  pitched the 10th inning. It looked 

like he was going to  try to pick off the runner

at second who went to third and Brash  wasn't 

able to catch the runner. The throw was errant.

The runner didn't  go further  on that play. He 

scored on a single.

The main reason the Cubs won was because 

Castillo  and  Brash  had trouble holding  runners.

Flexen starts Tuesday. He will need to do better 

or the Cubs will look at running more.

Kolten  Wong  who didn't start at second did

come in for Haggerty and had a couple hits

including an infield  hit. We have to  see whether 

he gets out of his slump. Go M's. 

George Kirby Not Enough

George Kirby went six innings giving

up one run. Again he didn't walk a

batter but threw 96 pitches. As the 

season goes on we should see Kirby

go seven innings regularly. 

The trouble in this game the offense 

didn't do enough and the bullpen wasn't

what it has been. The Mariners made a

couple moves in the bullpen. 

The Mariners brought up relievers  Justin

Topa and JB Bukauskas from Tacoma.

Tops pitched the 10th without giving

up a run though he walked a couple

batters. 

The Mariners looked like they had

a good chance in winning the game

going into the bottom of the 9th. They scored a run in the top of the inning. 

The trouble Matt Brash gave up a  couple 

runs in the bottom to have the game

go extra innings.

Bukauskas gave up two runs in the 11th

after the Mariners had scored two themselves. Another chance two win 

the game. 

Penn Murfee came in the 12th after

the Mariners scored a run. With a 

runner on second and first. The Mariners

walked Jose Ramirez which made sense.

The trouble Murfee tried to pick.off

the runner off at second but the ball 

sailed into center field. Both runners

ended up scoring and there was the

ball game.

Murfee has pitched in.three straight

games so I wouldn't be surprised

the Mariners make a move before

facing the Chicago Cubs on Monday.

The Tacoma Rainier's game was postponed

on Sunday because of rain. The pitcher

is probably on the way to Chicago right

now. 

What did the Mariners do with adding

the two relievers on Sunday. Matt Festa

was optioned to Tacoma and Andre Munoz

went on the 15 day injured list. I thought

the injured list was ten days but they must

have changed it again unless there is an

option of either ten or fifteen days.

The Mariners say Munoz just needs rest.

I expect Matt Brash likely will pitch

in the spot of Munoz. Certainly looked

like what happened Sunday.

Luis Castillo starts Monday in Chicago.

A good way to start the series. Oh yes the

final score Sunday Cle 7 Sea 6. The Mariners are now 4-6.

The starting rotation of the Mariners

should win three out of five for the

most part on the season. Have to

figure Castillo will win most of his

starts. Flexen in for Robbie Ray

until his return could go either 

way. I expect Ray will win more

than he loses when he gets back.

Logan Gilbert and George Kirby

should win depending on the offense.

Marco Gonzales I expect will lose

more often than he wins. Though

he is in the 4th spot he is considered

the 5th starter. The question is how

long can he go and how many runs

scored against him and how many

runs the Mariners can score for him.

Marco could be in the rotation until

May, June or July. I expect one of

the Mariners pitching prospects will

take his spot. A lot will depend on

whether there is any more injuries

in the rotation. We could see Flexen 

and Marco in the bullpen later on.

They both be able to go multiple 

innings leaving the rest of the

relievers going one inning each.

The offense has their pluses and

minuses so far in the ten games.

The top of the batting order one through

four Julio, Ty France, Eugenio Suarez

and Cal Raleigh have done their job.

Five through eight although Kelenic

is doing fine though a bit inconsistent.

Teoscar Hernandez got off to a terrible

start is starting to climb out of it. Pollock

hard to judge since he has played limited

time. 

Outside of Cal Raleigh when he has dh

the rest of the guys haven't hit. Second baseman Kolten Wong has played solid

defense but hasn't hit. Hopefully he turns

things around but a disappointment for

sure.  Tom Murphy and Sam Haggerty 

have been disappointments at the plate

to. Murphy has one hit in 14 at bats for

.071 and Haggerty at .167. Both are

supposed to be good against lefties. 

Murphy will either give Raleigh a day 

off once or twice a week behind the

while dh on occasion. Haggerty is

platooning at second with Wong. His

value to is his place on the bases if

he can get there. 

Cooper Hummel who has been at

dh for most of his at  bats is hitting

.091 and Tommy La Stella is hitting

.111. Between the two they have

two hits. Unless there is an injury

or when Dylan Moore returns the

Mariners may not make a move

until May or for a couple more

weeks.

JP Crawford has had his moments

but after Sunday he is hitting .212

in the ninth spot of the order. If he

can get at least one hit or a walk 

in a game it helps with Julio coming

to come to the plate. Since the 7th

or 8th hitters are not producing makes

it hard on Crawford and Julio. 

I see Hernandez starting to do something

but the rest of the guys in the bottom

of the order need to produce something.

Brian O'Keefe  is producing at catcher

and dh for the Tacoma at .444 average 

and four home runs. If Hummell continues

to struggle I could see him come up and

be in the mix at catcher and dh. He bats

right handed so could hit against lefties.

Mike Ford is another who is hitting well

with Tacoma but his other tries with

the Mariners has done well. If La Stella

continues not to hit Ford could be given

a chance. We will see how they do.against

the Cubs. Mariners signed veteran infielder

Cesar Hernandez at the end of training

and is in Tacoma. Depending on Dylan Moore we could see him up to.

He is a switch hitting second baseman

for the most part.  Go M's.

Mariners Look Like We Are Familiar With

The Seattle Mariners beat Cleveland

3-2. Yes a one run game.

The Mariners had opportunity to score

a lot early with bases loaded but were

only able to score two runs in the first 

inning. One key hit would have gotten

at least two more runs. The third one 

came in.the second inning.

Marco was going along fine until the sixth

inning. He left with two outs and two runners on base.  The bullpen did a fine

job especially be a tight game. Paul Sewald pitched the ninth inning and received 

the save.

George Kirby pitches Sunday. The Mariners

will serif they can sweep the Guardians

and have a record of 5-5.The Mariners

are in.third place. The Angels lead with

5-3 record and Rangers at 4-4. 

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Logan Gilbert Goes Four

Friday afternoon's game in Cleveland

the Mariners won 5-3.

Logan Gilbert only lasted four innings 

with a lack of velocity. A little warning

Logan might not be healthy.

Right now it doesn't look like he will

miss his next start in Chicago against

the Cubs. He gave up a run in the first,

third and fourth innings. He threw 81 

pitches by the Mariners figured he

shouldn't go another inning. The Mariners

were down 3-0 when he was lifted.

The Mariners scored two runs  in the fifth

and three in the sixth. JP Crawford had

a couple hits batting ninth. He drove in

two runs and hit a double. He was on base

when Julio hit a home run putting the Mariners.

Kolten Wong has been put down in the

lineup with struggling so far on the season.

The Mariners production has come from

the top four in the lineup. Julio is batting

.286, while France now second in lineup

is .333, Eugenio Suarez at .344 and Cal Raleigh at .280. Kelenic has raised his

average to .211. Crawford is now at .269.

The Mariners still not getting much

production out of dh.  Wonder any changes.

The Mariners face right handers against

the Guardians so won't see a lot Haggerty

or Pollock. Depending on the match ups

we will see them in one of the two remaining games. Kelenic should be in

left in all three games but Pollock could

see at dh either Saturday or Sunday.

Seattle Kraken

Thursday  night the Seattle  Kraken  

beat the Arizona Coyotes  4-2.

Haven't  mentioned  the Kraken often

however they clinched a spot in the

playoffs for the first time.

How far the Kraken  go in the playoffs 

we don't  know  but it is a historical 

achievement  for the team. Whether 

you watch a lot of games or not it

would idea to see them play in the 

playoffs. 

The Kraken  are in fourth place 

in the Pacific  division.  They are

four points behind the LA Kings.

The Kings have three games remaining 

on the season while the Kraken has

four. The Kraken  still could  finish 

in third place but would likely win

all four games or at least three depending 

on how the Kings do. Whatever happens 

it is a success.

The Seattle Mariners  are in Cleveland 

taking on the Guardians in a three game

series. Logan Gilbert is on mound for

the Mariners.  We hope the Mariners  

offense will come alive. GO M'S 

Angels Take Series In Seattle

I am sure most of us figure the Angels

would win the final game of the series

with Ohtani pitching  A lot of fans 

watched Ohtani warming up in the

bullpen before the game. I hope a good sign so the Mariners can sign him 

after the season. Before the first

game on Monday he gave honor

to Ichiro as well. Be nice a good sign.

The Mariners though need to make

the playoffs to be a contender to

sign him.

Ohtani didn't have his best performance

with four walks and two hit batters. The

Mariners were not able to take advantage

with only three hits and scoring only

once in six innings. Ohtani did strike out

eight Mariners. The Mariners need to do

the little things to score runs and not

make mistakes.

The Mariners scored two runs in the

seventh making it the score Angels 4 

Mariners 3. Unfortunately they were

unable to add on in the 8th or 9th

innings to at least tie the game.

Maybe on.the road the Mariners

will do better. No game on Thursday.

They play the Guardians in a three

game series in Cleveland on Friday.

It would be nice two take at least

two games.

Eugenio Suarez was the hitting star

for the Mariners with two hits and

driving in two runs. He did make a

mistake being an out in run down.

He did admit the mistake after the

game. Probably won't see him do

that again at least for a while.

Chris Flexen pitched well going five

innings. He made one mistake giving

up a home run to catcher Logan 

O'Hoppe. A no no since Logan bats

ninth and his second home run of the

season. Hopefully Flexen will go six

innings in.his next outing.

Diego Castillo gave up the other two runs

in the seventh inning. Castillo and Sewald

are two pitchers who have struggled 

coming out of the bullpen. The rest of

the guys are doing fine.

Announced Wednesday Noah Williams 

is using the transfer portal. The Huskies

now have seven players who are 

transferring. Still need to hear from

Keion Brooks Jr whether he is staying

or going.

The Huskies will need to bring in

at least two guards and a forward 

to have a competitive team. Right

now they have no real bench. I am

sure AD Jennifer Cohen didn't expect

this with Coach Hopkins coming

back for another year. After four

disappointing seasons Hopkins

has to turn around the ship to 

have a coaching job at Washington

beyond next season unless Cohen

expects to keep him around for

his final year of contract no matter 

what.

Mariners End Losing Streak

Luis Castillo did what an ace does

and ends the losing streak. Castillo

went five and two-third innings 

without giving up a run. Next time

up we hope he goes further. 

The top six hitters did their job

each having two hits. Julio

had a double in the first inning.

He scored the first run on a wild

pitch.

Teoscar Hernandez and AJ Pollock

each had two home runs. Hernandez

had four RBIs and Pollock had five.

Final Mariners 11 Angels 2

Paul Sewald was the lone pitcher

who struggled on the mound giving

up both runs on three hits. The

Mariners hsd already scored all their

runs. Hopefully Sewald will figure

things out. Wouldn't want this to

be the end of the line for him. He

is a great guy.

The Mariners face Ohtani Wednesday

afternoon. See if they can figure him

out on the mound. They have Thursday

off before facing the Guardians in

Cleveland. Already this will be the

end of facing Cleveland on the season.

The question will they face each other

in the playoffs. Go M's. 

Seahawks Ryan Neal Unrestricted Free Agent

I am not sure why since in the four years

Ryan Neal  has been with the Seahawks 

he has played good ball especially injuries 

to Jamal  Adams. 

Must be something  with the salary cap.

I hope the Seahawks  do find a way for

Ryan  to return.  All will depend what market 

he finds. I  am  sure  John Schneider and

Pete Carroll  knows something  we don't 

which is a given.

The NFL  draft is  about three weeks away.

They already have signed free agent  defensive 

tackles and linebackers. With 10 draft picks

including  two in the first round I expect they

will draft at least  one defensive  tackle and

a linebacker. A quarterback  and wide receiver 

somewhere as well.  It is good Geno Smith 

has some  money before another quarterback 

takes over in a year or two. 

I could  see  five defensive  and five offensive 

players taken in the draft. I could see them

moving  up or down  in the draft depending on

the round. Be exciting  to see. Anymore free

agents before the draft. Go Hawks !

Mariners Struggle Again

We can't panic yet however the Mariners

have now lost four straight. Monday

night to Los Angels Angels 7-3.

Ohtani and Trout were the ones giving

the trouble. Luis Castillo takes the 

mound Tuesday night. The ace needs

to pitch like in the opener to end this 

streak. 

I am sure the Mariners will ride the

ship however better had they started

on solid ground. It isn't  just the hitting

the fielding has been terrible.

Eugenio Suarez is heating up having 

a couple hits and driving in two runs 

JP Crawford had two hits as well. 

Julio walked twice and scored twice.

So far dh hasn't been productive

whoever has been there.  Hummel 

started since facing a lefty but had

no hits. 

Haggerty, AJ Pollock and Tom Murphy

all in against lefty were hitless to. 

Need something to happen. Another

day see change happens. Go M's

Another Loss For Mariners

After the opener of the season where

Ty France hit a three-run homer the

rest of the series didn't go well for the Mariners. Only Logan Gilbert pitched 

well on Saturday.

Marco Gonzales pitched a lot like 

last season going five innings and

giving up four runs on six hits.

The game went ten innings with

the Mariners losing 6-5. A throwing 

error by Cal Raleigh trying to complete

a double play allowed the Guardians

to score. The Mariners not so lucky

had Sam Haggerty get to.third after 

being the runner at second. They couldn't

bringing him home.

Julio had a good series after being hitless

in the opener. Sunday he led off the Mariners with a home run in.the game.

He had another hit as well.  He had .333 average for  Ty France leads with batting 

average of .375. Cal Raleigh has .286

average having two hits on the day and 

driving in two runs. Eugenio Suarez hsd

two hits on the day raising average to

.250.

The rest of the lineup looks sadly sick

and why the Mariners lost three out of 

four besides fielding errors. I am sure

the Mariners will clean up the fielding.

The rest of the lineup isn't close to

batting .200. Fortunate thing it was 

the first series.

The Texas Rangers lead the West Division

at 3-0 sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Angels come into Seattle 2-1. Their

opening was against Oakland which tells

you a lot. The Astros were 2-2. The Mariners and Astros played four games 

because of retractable roofs. No chance 

of rainouts for the first weekend.

The Mariners now play three games 

against the Angels at home before

going on the road to Cleveland then

Chicago against the Cubs for three series game series each. Hopefully win six of nine. Go M's.

Mariners Bats Are Silenced

Outside of Ty France home run

in the 8th inning of game one

the Mariners  bats have been

silenced for the most part. 

The Mariners  only had three hits 

Saturday  night with Julio Rodriguez 

having two of them. The meat of 

the lineup were silenced. The only

other hit was by dh Tommy La Stella.

So far the Mariners haven't  seen

outfielder  AJ Pollock in the lineup 

with the right-handed pitching of

Cleveland. Sorry  can't say Guardians 

at least too often.

Logan Gilbert went six solid innings 

giving up four hits. Unfortunately  one

of them was a home run in the 4th

inning.  He should  win a lot of games

if the Mariners can start hitting. The

fortunate thing still early  in the season. 

Marco Gonzales goes Sunday. Hopefully 

see some runs. Go M's. 

News On Robbie Ray

A good reason  Robbie  Ray  didn't 

pitch well on Friday night.  Saturday 

morning a MRI revealed a strain

on his left elbow. No wonder he

wasn't  able  to  pitch well. 

Ray will not throw  for  the next

couple weeks. He will have to

build his arm back up. He might

miss action for the rest of April. 

We will have to see. Make sure

he will be good the rest of the 

season.

Chris Flexen  who pitched the last

four innings of the game will start

in his place. Left hander Gabe Speier 

was called up to take Ray's spot.

Speier  likely will take Flexen's spot

as the long reliever.

We do hope Robbie  has a steady 

recovery and no other starting 

pitcher goes down  at least while

he is out.

Logan Gilbert  will start Saturday 

night followed  by Marco Gonzales

on Sunday.  George Kirby will start

Monday  night against the  Angels.

Go M's. 

Robbie Ray and Mariners Lose

Having had a spectular spring training

we were expecting a good start by

Robbie Ray, however didn't turn out that 

way.

Ray had trouble early on throwing a 

lot of pitches. He got out the first

without surrounding a run but threw

over 20 pitches. Like early last

season Ray had one bad inning

giving up runs sort of.  

The second inning he loaded the bases

but a throwing error where Teoscar

Hernandez tried to throw the runner at

home. Three runners scored that inning.

In the fourth he gave up a couple more

runs before exiting with one out. 

Trevor Gott made his Mariners debut

but gave up three runs in the 5th

inning. Again fielding was the primary

problem since none of the runs were

earned. Before Ray left the Mariners 

had tied the game 3-3 on a  two run

double by Cal Raleigh. The Mariners

scored one more run in the fourth.

Penn Murfee finished off the 5th 

for Gott. Chris Flexen came in and

finish the game going four innings.

He did OK though walked three 

batters. I don't expect to Flexen 

in the remaining two games against

Cleveland unless it is for one inning

or less.

Besides Raleigh, Julio had a couple

doubles including leading off the

first inning. The final was Cleveland 9

Seattle 4. Logan Gilbert will start

Saturday night hopefully look more

like Castillo in the opener.

The Tacoma Rainiers had a great

opener beating Oklahoma in

their park 15-8. The Rainers had

15 hits on the night including

two home runs. They play a three 

game series against Oklahoma

before coming home to start

a six game series against Reno.

Taylor Dollard is the only pitching

prospect pitching for the Rainer's.

He is expected to start Sunday.

The Mariners double A team starts

their season next Thursday. The same

goes for Everett who begins their season 

at home.