Mariners Are Eliminated

All the  Mariners  needed was to beat

the Rangers Saturday  evening to give

the best chance of  making the  playoffs 

however didn't  happen. 

Luis Castillo  who was expected to be the  

Mariners ace again was far from it. The

Rangers beat the Mariners  6-1. Luis 

pitched well  the  first two innings however

the third was his down fall leaving with 

two outs and giving up four runs. Matt Brash 

came in and gave up a run as well  in one

inning of work. Munoz  who pitched the

8th inning gave up  the final run.

The Houston  Astros beat Arizona meaning

the Mariners  season  will be over Sunday

in whatever results  come about. George 

Kirby  will start but how long will he go.

The Mariners  had a great August  winning 21 

games however September was a disappointment 

like most of the season. In the weeks ahead 

we will look at the Mariners and what they should 

do to make sure they  make the playoffs  next season. 

Next post we will  look at what the Huskies football

team did against Arizona.  They are currently  playing 

in the second half. Go Dawgs!

Mariners Need Two More Wins

Friday night the Mariners  beat the Rangers 

8-0  with two games remaining. The Mariners 

scored three runs in the third inning followed 

by five in the fourth.

The highlights were Ty France hitting a solo

home run  in the third  and JP Crawford hitting

a grand slam  in the 4th. Wonder what JP will do 

Saturday to help win another game.

Luis Castillo  will go Saturday  for the Mariners. 

We hope he does better than his last outing 

and be  ore like the one before that. Again

the Mariners  need to  score early. Go M's. 

Crawford Does It With Two Outs

The Seattle  Mariners  really  needed Thursday's  

nights game as a win. The best chance to make 

the playoffs  is to sweep  the Rangers. If they do

so the two teams would be tied as far as records

go. The Rangers would have  the series record 

between  them. The best would  be  the two teams

tie for the division  title.  Though the Rangers

would win the division  the Mariners would be in 

as a wild card. On the other hand if there is a

three way tie for first place with Houston as well 

and the Mariners  have series there. A playoff would 

happen.

The Mariners  were going into the bottom of the 9th

trailing 2-1. Logan Gilbert  who started and went six

innings  gave up two home runs. Julio had hit a solo

home run to right field in the 4th inning. The Mariners  

were able to load the bases with no outs so the chances

looked good they would at least tie the game. The M's 

often have trouble when the bases are loaded and this 

game wasn't  any different.  The Rangers reliever Hernandez

who came in with no outs and bases loaded was able to 

get two outs. JP Crawford the teams most consistent 

player was able to hit a ball over the Rangers  left fielders

head to have the walk off win.

Bryan Woo will start Friday night for the Mariners. He

has pitched well  at times so the Mariners need his best

outing of the season  up to now. I am  sure  he will have

a short  leash. Hopefully  the Mariners  can score early.

Like this whole four game series it is a sellout so the

crowd will be rocking. Stay tuned. 

Astros Take Series

The Houston  Astros  won the 

game Wednesday  night when

the  Mariners  really  could have

used the win.

Final Astros  8 Mariners  3

Takeaways 

The Mariners  had the opportunity to

win early  since Astros  starter Valdez

had trouble  getting  the ball over the

plate.

The trouble was the Mariners  went 

after swings they shouldn't have. JP

Crawford  had a lead off home run  in

the first inning however had two runners 

on base. At least one of them could have

scored with plate discipline. In all the

Mariners  struck out 16 times.

The Astros  showed how it was supposed

be done with several extra base hits. They

scored four runs in the 4th and three in the 

seventh and added another in the eighth.

The Mariners  scored two in the 4th but 

couldn't  put any more on the board though

they had opportunities. The Mariners need 

to make changes in their starting lineup

although might be late. What has been 

happening isn't  working guys. Go M's. 

Mariners Win Middle Game

Good news the Mariners beat Astros

in middle of series. This might have 

been the most important game of 

the season or at least this week.

Final Mariners 6 Astros 2

The Mariners were able score first

getting two runs in the third and three

more in the fifth. Added another run 

in the eighth. The good news about

the run in the eighth was a homer by

Ty France. He hadn't homered in over

thirty games so hopefully this will

help. The Mariners can use his bat.

The Mariners most success is scoring

first. Getting runs early and put pressure on the other team.

George Kirby was able to go six innings

and not surrendering a run. Kirby walked

one batter which was intentional. The first 

time hr hss ever done that. Gave up.five

hits while striking out five. 

The Astros got their runs with one in 

the seventh and one in the ninth.

We hope for a similar game Wednesday

Night. Go.M's.

Mariners Continue To Slump

Right now when the Mariners need to

play there best ball they are slumping.

Not just the offense the pitching as 

well. 

Monday's Final Houston 5 Seattle 1

The Astros did what the Mariners

need to do and that is they scored

early. They scored three of their 

five runs in the second inning followed

by another in the third. 

The Mariners scored only one run 

in the eighth inning. Josh Rojas hit

a double off of Justin Verlander.

He scored on a sacrifice fly by Julio.

The Mariners had only three hits

on the night  and two were by Rojas.

The third was by Dominic Canzone.

The rest of the lineup was silent.

Luis Castillo the Mariners were

hoping to do better went six innings

giving up all the five runs. Even if

he pitched better the offense still

needed to produce.

The Mariners have six games remaining

on the season. To make the playoffs 

they need to win most of these games.

The Mariners have a record now of

84-72 losing four straight. The Mariners

need to beat the Astros twice even

the wins at 86 and have one loss less

then the Astros. Toronto has 87 wins

so they have the second wild card spot

while the Astros would be third. It won't

be easy however the Mariners still

can get in however they need to win

most of the remaining games. Go M's.

Seahawks Win Mariners Don't

The Seahawks beat the Carolina 

Panthers at home 37-27. A big difference 

was the Seahawks had five field goals

while the Panthers had two.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter

the Panthers scored a touchdown to

make it 22-20. Just about three minutes 

later Ken Walker scored his second

touchdown of the game making it 

29-20.  About five minutes remaing in

the game the Panthers went on fourth and seven after a penalty in their own territory

and didn't make it. Had they punted they

may have had a better chance in winning.

Jake Bobo caught a five yard touchdown

less than a minute later and Tyler Lockett

made the two point conversion making it

37-20. The Panthers scored a touchdown

at 1:40 left in the game. Had they decided to punt instead and stopped the Seahawks

they may have won. We will never know.

The Panthers threw for over 300 yards while rushing for 44 yards. Showed the

Seahawks did good job against the run

and still need to improve against the

pass. Geno Smith completed 23 of 36

passes for 297 yards, one touchdown

and an interception. Besides the two

touchdowns Ken Walker had 97 yards

on 18 carries. Second round  rookie Zach Carbonnet had nine carries for 46 yards.

Both averaged over five yards a carry.

Though he had no touchdowns DK

Metcalf had a good day catching six

passes for 112 yards.

Next week the Seahawks play the 

New York Giants on the road on

Monday night football. The Seahawks

always seem to do well. The Giants 

on the other hand are 1-2 scoring

43 points while giving up 98 points

in the three games. The Seahawks could win. 

The Mariners lost to the the Texas 

Rangers for the third time so they were swept in Texas. The Mariners come home 

to finish the season. Three against the

Astros and four against the Rangers.

The Mariners can still win the division

or make the wild card however they

really need to win four of the remaining

games at least to do so.  T-Mobile

Park should be full and noisy. The 

Mariners need to go with their

best lineup. Sunday's final

was Texas 9 Mariners 8. Luis Castillo

should start on Monday against the

Astros.  Go.M's.

 

The Four Northwest Schools

The four northwest schools had

quite the football games on Saturday. 

The first game was between  Oregon 

Ducks and Colorado. 

Both teams were undefeated however 

the Ducks showed Deion Sanders

and the Buffaloes they still have work

todo. The Ducks won 42-6. The Ducks

game was so lopsided they didn't even

score a point in the 4th quarter and the

Buffaloes  didn't  score until  the 4th

quarter. In fact tge Ducks scored 35

points in the first half. Either they took

easy in the second half or the Buffaloes 

played much better. Likely  a combination 

of both. 

Deion still doesn't  lack the confidence 

saying after the game they will beat

one of the top programs. He might be

right however he might have to wait

until he is in the Big 12 next year. 

The Washington  State  Cougars  out

played the number 14 ranked Oregon 

State  Beavers in Pullman most of the 

game. The final was WSU 38-35. The

score didn't  show how much the Cougars 

out played the Beavers leading 28-14 

at halftime. 

The Cougars had only a touchdown in the

3rd quarter and a field goal in the 4th to make 

the difference  while the Beavers scored 21

points in the 4th quarter.  Had the Beavers 

won it would have been said WSU  couged

it which they have done on many occasions

before.

The Beavers have had the best defense in

the  Pac-12 the last year and a half. The

Cougars obviously  didn't  care. The Cougars 

had a total offense  yardage of 528 yards

with 422 yards in the passing game. The

Beavers had a total  of 440 yards. They rushed

for 242 yards while passing for 198 yards.

Cougars quarterback Cameron Ward threw 

for 404 yards and four touchdowns. Josh

Kelly had quite the game with three touchdowns.

Kyler Williams had seven catches and a touchdown.

Combined they had over 300 yards receiving. 

The Washington  Huskies  beat the California 

Golden Bears 59-32. The game wasn't  even that 

close. The Huskies started out scoring a touchdown

on a 45 yard interception  run followed by a

Rome Odunze  83 yard punt return.  Even before

Michael  Penix  Jr  came on the field they led

14-0. He still  had  a good day throwing for 304

yards and four touchdowns  though did throw

an interception.  

The Golden Bears have  one of the best rushing

teams in the  country. They ran for 139 yards

but much of it was in the second half against

the Huskies backups. The Huskies are wanting

to run more actually had 140 yards on the ground.

The Huskies were led by Dillon Johnson with 66

yards on ten carries and a touchdown. The Huskies 

play Arizona on the road next week. The Huskies 

have had trouble  playing well at Arizona.  They plan

to change that next week. They beat Stanford on

the road 21-20 Saturday.  Be interesting  to  say

the least. Go Dawgs!

Game Two Mariners Shut Out

The Seattle Mariners now have lost two

games in the current series to the Texas 

Rangers. The Mariners haven't played 

well this season against Texas. In fact

if they had they would have won the division already. 

The Mariners need to win Sunday to

make it better to win the division or

make the playoffs.

Logan Gilbert pitched well enough

to win giving up two runs in five and two-third innings. Gilbert did walk four batters

while striking out only two. Matt Brash 

finished the six and pitched the seventh.

The Mariners were not able to get to 

the Rangers bullpen which hasn't been

that good this year.  

The final was Texas 2 Seattle 0

Bryan Woo is expected to start on

Sunday. He pitches like he has recently

and the Mariners hitters come alive

will help.

The WSU Cougars beat Oregon State

late afternoon and Huskies winning

right now so give  details next time.

Also Oregon Ducks beat up Colorado. 

Mariners Go Down Friday

In the first game of the final ten

the Mariners lost to the Rangers

8-5. 

Bryce Miller a native to Texas got

off terrible start giving up a home

run to Corey Seager in the first 

inning. In the second inning Evan

Carter hit a three-run homer.

The Rangers add four more runs 

in the fifth inning to make it 8-0.

No home runs in the fifth. The 

Mariners scored four runs in the

sixth inning to make it interesting.

Three of the four runs was on a

three-run homer by Cal Raleigh with

JP Crawford and Julio Rodriguez

on base.  Eugenio Suarez scored 

on a walk to Josh Rojas.

Logan Gilbert pitches on Saturday

where we hope the Mariners can

rebound to even the series. It would

be nice if the Mariners can take the

middle game of the series at least

before heading home to finish the

season.

The Rangers are one game ahead of

the Mariners and a half of the Astros

who lost to Kansas City Royals  5-3.

Toronto beat Tampa Bay 6-2 to be

a game ahead of the Mariners in the

Wild card.  

 

Mariners Swept A's

The Seattle  Mariners  swept the Oakland A's 

beating  them 6-3 Wednesday  afternoon .

The Mariners took the  season  series 12-1.

The reason they are in the hunt for to win 

their division.

Currently  the  Houston  Astros  lead

the American League  West by half a 

game over the Mariners  and the Rangers.

The Mariners  take on the Rangers beginning 

Friday for  three game series. In the final 

ten games they play the Rangers seven times

while the Astros for three. How the Mariners 

do will tell us whether they win the division  or 

not. For the Mariners  to win they must need to

win six games or so. It is especially important 

to beat the Rangers. Let the best team win. Go M's. 

Mariners Go For Sweep

The Mariners were swept by the 

Dodgers over the weekend so

they needed wins against Oakland

to get back into the race.

The fortunate thing the Rangers and

Astros are struggling on their own too.

Tuesday the Mariners beat Oakland

in game two 7-2. They have final

game of season Wednesday afternoon

then head to Arlington to play three

against the Rangers. They will finish

the season next week at home

for three against Astros and four against 

the Rangers. How they do in these

remaining games decides playoffs

or not. How hungry are they or will

they let their weaknesses get the best

of them. 

Tuesday night they got off to a slow

start. Jarred Kelenic drove in the first two runs one in the second and other in the

fourth inning. The Mariners scored four

runs in the seventh inning before the

A's scored twice. 

JP Crawford continues having a great

season. He had a double in the seventh

to drive in Dylan Moore. Julio was walked

then Cal Raleigh single to drive in Crawford.

Teoscar Hernandez hit a double to drive 

in Julio. Raleigh scored on a wild pitch.

In the ninth inning JP Crawford hit a solo

home run to make it 7-2 after A's scored 

twice in the bottom of the seventh. Though

Julio has had a great second half Crawford

hss to be the MVP for the season. He 

continues making key hits.

Luis Castillo went seven innings giving

up the two runs in the bottom of 7th.

He gave up five hits, walked three and

struck out eight.  The Mariners were

able to rest the majority of their bullpen.

George Kirby starts Wednesday. We 

hope he can bounce back after having

some rough outings in recent starts.

We need to see the all-star pitcher going.

He likely have two starts remaing one

against the Astros and one against Rangers both at home. Go M's.

 

Washington Huskies At Home Against California Golden Bears This Saturday

Washington Huskies have had a long 

history playing the California Golden Bears.

This Saturday will be their last playing in

the Pac-12. This will be the 103 meeting 

between the two schools. The Huskies

lead the series 57-41 with four ties.

The Huskies beat California on their

field last year 28-21. They have had some

very close games in recent times. In the most recent home game on September 25 2021 at Husky  won 31-24. They didn't play in 2020 because of covid19. September 7 2019 at Husky Stadium California won 20-19.  The year before that at Berkeley the

Golden Bears won 12-10. 

The Huskies should be favored once again.

In fact they are favored by 21.5 points. Last game California beat 31-17.  The Golden Bears gave up 279 yards passing however we know the Huskies throw more than the

opponents do or who they play. Expect

the Huskies to pass for many more yards 

than 279. 

The Washington Huskies are now ranked # 5 going ahead of Ohio State and USC who still both undefeated. Having a 35-0 lead 

at half time against Michigan State was

the main reason. 

The Golden Bears are led by Sam Jackdon

a sophomore quarterback who transferred from TCU. The most familiar receiver we

know is former Huskies receiver in Taj Davis. Last game  he caught only one ball for nine yards. Junior receiver Jeremiah 

Hunter had the most catches with five for 48 yards and a touchdown.

In the running game Isaiah Ifanse had 

137 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown.

As we saw against Michigan State the

Huskies were able to stop their running

game. Would not surprise me the Huskies

will do the same thing here as well since

Golden Bears don't have a serious passing

game.

The Huskies beating Michigan State last Saturday 41-6 I wouldn't see much difference in this score either. Let's see

what happens.  Go Dawgs!

Mariners End Losing Skid

The Mariners had the right team

to play to end the losing streak

after being swept by the Dodgers

at home. They beat the A's on the

road at Oakland 5-0.

Bryan Woo who grew up nearby 

went five innings scattering only

three hits. He got off  to a rough 

start figuring pitching in front of

family and friends. 

The Mariners had the opportunity to

get off well loading the bases off

of A's starter JP Sears. Dylan Moore

struck out to end the first inning with

no runs scored by the Mariners. This

is getting very tiresome in my book.

The Mariners did score a run in the

second inning when JP Crawford

singled Sam Haggerty. In the fourth

inning Jose Caballero hit a two-run

homer making it 3-2. Luis Torrens

drove in Caballero in the sixth inning on a double. Torrens was catching to give Cal Raleigh the day off.  Eugenio Suarez

drove in the final run in the 8th inning

bringing in Crawford.

Besides winning both the Rangers and Astros both lost. The Rangers  against the Red Sox and the Astros against the Orioles.

The Mariners and Rangers are tied at 82-68

with 12 games remaining. The Astros are

a game and a half ahead of both teams at

84-67 with 11 games remaining. Be an interesting finish. Go M's. 

Mariners Swept At Home

This weekend's series against the 

Los Angeles Dodgers which the 

Mariners needed to win at least 

one game turned out to be a sweep

and a disaster. In fact they should

have won at least one game.

The Mariners had their best month

ever in August by winning 21 games.

Right time to continue on in the

playoff race in September they are

5-11. It isn't over yet however they

do need to get back to success of

August.

Probably the Mariners biggest Achilles 

Heel is scoring with the bases loaded.

They lost Saturday when they loaded 

the bases in the bottom of the ninth.

The game was zero to zero and only

needed one run to win however didn't

score. The 10th inning they could only score one run after the Dodgers scored

one. In the eleventh inning the Dodgers

scored five runs to make it hard on

the Mariners to win. They only ended

up scoring one run.

On Sunday the Dodgers scored one run

in the first inning followed by three in

the second. The Mariners were able 

able to get one run after loading the

bases with JP Crawford driving in 

Eugenio Suarez. Julio who didn't 

have a hit on the day could have

caused more damage but wasn't 

able too. Even if the Mariners couldn't

have tied the game at 4-4 it would have 

been more interesting still with at least

one more or two runs. 

The Dodgers were able to add another

run in the fourth and eighth innings.

Final 6-2.  Though the pitching hasn't

been what it has been a lot still hangs

on the offense especially when the

bases are loaded. Whatever happens

further the Mariners will need to

make changes to the lineup and how

it is used.

First thing they need to strengthen

the bench. If they want to continue

platooning and pinch hitting for that

matter they will need a better bench.

Personally I have mentioned on

several occasions they need to stop

pinch hitting for the most part. It

hasn't had much success. 

I hope the Mariners will be able to

resign Teoscar Hernandez to a new 

deal. In fact to put us to ease let's

do it over the next ten days. If the

M's are not able to resign Hernandez

or don't want to they will need to go

out and get another right handed bat.

The Mariners have Jarred Kelenic and

Dominic Canzone who both bat left

handed then there is Cade Marlowe

is as well.

Even resigning Hernandez getting

another right handed bat would be 

nice. Dylan Moore though he can

play the outfield he still shows he

lacks in the hitting department. 

The same goes for Sam Haggerty.

Jose Caballero hasn't hit as well

in the second half however his 

season has shown him as a good

possibility to platoon at second 

base if Josh Rojas is the right

choice to start against righties.

Ryan Bliss a prospect they picked

up in the Sewald trade has batted .251 

with eight home runs bats right handed

could platoon at second base as well.

Bliss is 23 so he could play regularly

and not start against a very good right

hander.

Mike Ford has done an OK job as dh after

most of the first half was dismall. The

chances are the Mariners will go another

direction. Canzone could dh at times 

next year especially if Hernandez returns. Of course Hernandez could dh some like

he did this year.

It may not mean Ty France won't be on

the team however the Mariners could

upgrade at first base. Canzone could

play some first base but I wouldn't call

that as part of an upgrade. It certainly

be interesting to see where the Mariners

will go to improve  their weaknesses.

Go M's.

Seahawks Win Overtime

It was important for the Seahawks

to win Sunday. It would be difficult 

for the Seahawks to turn things 

around on the season.

The Seahawks won 37-31 in overtime.

Seahawks scored first with Kenneth

Walker in the first quarter. Detroit 

respond by scoring a touchdown in 

the first and second quarter.

Halftime score Detroit 14 Seahawks 7

Third quarter 10 points by Seahawks

while the Lions had another touchdown

making  it 21-17 Detroit.  Fourth quarter

Seahawks scored two touchdowns 

while Lions had ten points. Making

it 31-31.  Seahawks won coin toss

and went down the field where

Tyler Lockett scored a touchd

for the win 37-31.

Kenneth Walker ran for 43 yards on 17 carries however scored two touchdowns.

Tyler Lockett had two touchdowns however  to win. 

Geno Smith had 328 yds. Not bad at all.

Jared Goff had almost identical stats

as Smith and three touchdowns and   interception.  True Brown intercepted

the pass for a touchdown. 

DK Metcalf missed some time being injured

along with cornerback Riq Woolen.  Center

Evan Brown missed several snaps before 

returning.

Lions had 102 yards on the ground 

while 316 yds. The Seahawks will 

need to improve in the passing

next week against Carolina Panthers.

The Panthers lost opening game

24 to ten years last week. Take on 

the Saints on Monday. Good game 

to watch and scout.   Go Hawks!

Mariners Lose Series Opener

The Seattle Mariners this weekend 

are  playing the Los Angeles Dodgers 

at home. One of the top  teams in

the National League. In fact they are 

close to clinching the West Division. 

Very similar to the Toronto Blue Jays

they have quite a few fans in the stands.

Unlike the Blue Jays I expect most these

fans are transplants from Southern

California. 

Hard enough to play a game against 

a team as good as the Dodgers in any circumstance but a game that might feel like a home game doesn't help either. I am sure they have the same feeling in other

places they play as well. 

The game was tight and the feeling one 

pitch or two could make the difference 

in the game which turned out to be

true. The first three and half innings 

the game was scoreless. Eugenio Suarez

hit a pitch which was pretty close in the

middle for a homer. Putting the Mariners

up one to nothing.

The lead was shirt lived as George Kirby

threw a mistake pitch to LA shortstop

Miguel Rojas for a two run homer. The

Dodgers have quite a lineup of power

hitters though this was the fourth home

run on the season for Rojas. I can imagine

Kirby wasn't happy to give a home run 

to someone who hits a home run infrequently as Rojas.

The top of the sixth inning the Dodgers

scored two more runs with Max Muncy

hitting a triple to right field with catcher 

Will Smith who was on base by being

hit on a pitch by Kirby.  JD Martinez 

who the Mariners are familiar with in

his time with the Boston Red Sox hit

a hard single to score Muncy. 

The Mariners scored two runs in 

the bottom of the sixth to make 

it a one run lead. Teoscar Hernandez

who continues is on base streak

hit a single to score Julio. Eugenio

Suarez hit into a double play however

Cal Raleigh scored.  

A difference in the two teams the Dodgers are better hitting in the clutch then

 the Mariners or their pitchers are better getting out circumstances. Whatever the case they show why they are a better team at least for  one game anyway.

The Dodgers add a run in both the 8th

and 9th inning making it a 6-3  victory. 

The Mariners had eleven hits on the 

night believing why they could have

scored more runs. The trouble is they

struck out eleven times as well. Not a

good answer to help win games. 

Saturday's game  Bryce Miller will

face off against Dodgers ace Clayton

Kershaw. On paper this looks like

a favor for the Dodgers once again.

Kershaw has a record of 12-4 with

an era of 2.61 while Miller is 8-5 

with an era of 4.05. For the Mariners

to have the best chance of winning

they will need to get to Kershaw early

on in the game. We do hope for M's

victory in this one though won't be

easy for sure. 

The Mariners have fifteen games

remains in the regular season. They

will to win nine to get to 90 wins.

It won't be an easy task however the best chance to be in the playoffs.

The Mariners are now third in the West

a game and a half behind Houston

and a game behind the Rangers. The

Mariners need to get back to how they

played in August to have success.

They are a half game ahead of Toronto

for the third playoff spot. 

The Orioles have a slight edge over

the Tampa Bay Rays however both

teams should make the playoffs with

one of them having the first wildcard

spot. The Mariners can still win the

division or be the second wildcard as

well as third. It should come down

on how the Mariners play against

the Rangers and Astros coming up. 

Go M's

Seattle Seahawks Friday

The Seattle  Seahawks I thought might win

ten games on the season however now I 

this k they will need to change things around.

I thought the Seahawks  would win ten winning

their first  three games of the season.  I figured

they beat the Rams at home, however we know

that didn't happen.  

This week the Seahawks  will  play the Detroit 

Lions in their home opener. The Lions winning 

in their season  opener at Kansas City against

the Chiefs gives me doubts. One thing for sure

the Seahawks will have to turn things around 

both offensively and defensively. 

The Seahawks  will be missing their two starting

tackles it looks like this week. Abraham Lucas 

was put on injured reserve so he will miss four games

anyway. Charles Cross the left tackle is hurt with

a sore toe. Not bad enough to go on injured reserve 

however likely  miss this game.

The Seahawks  signed two offensive lineman to 

the roster in Raiqwon O'Neal  and McClendon Curtis. 

They signed veteran tackle Jason Peters to the

practice squad as well as Greg Eiland.

The Seahawks  again releases quarterback Holton 

Ahlers from the practice squad  as well.  Be sure 

he will be back again. Hopefully  Geno Smith will

stay healthy. 

First round pick Devon Witherspoon is expected to

make his debut on Sunday. See how he improves

the cornerback position.  Also Jamal Adams might

make his first appearance  for the Seahawks in a

while. 

We hope the Lions are not as good as they were in

their opener while Seahawks  are better. The game

will be at 10 am Pacific time. Go Hawks!

Mariners Take Series Against Angels

It is nice the Marine took the series

against the Angels. It didn't look

the same team.without Ohtani and 

Mike Trout. I don't think the Angels

will have Ohtani next year being a free

agent. He could be a member of the

Mariners or some other team though 

he won't be pitching.

The Mariners did win a close won.3-2.

ÀThe Angels decided to walk Julio

in the fifth inning with a 2-1 lead with Ty

France on second. Cal Raleigh hit a sharp

sing to right to score France for the tie.

Teoscar Hernandez came up next 

hsd a hit to bring in Julio and it was

the ball game.

Luis Castillo pitched six innings giving

up the two runs. He gave up hits, three

walks and eight strike. A.good day of work.

The Mariners have Thursday off and take on the LA Dodgers Friday thru Sunday.

Should be big crowds.

The Mariners have Bryce Miller, Kirby and

Logan Gilbert going in the serles.

Next week they play the A's in Oakland

followed by the Rangers at home next

weekend.  That will be a pivotal series.

Go M's

Woo and M's Take Care of Angels

Bryan Woo who hadn't pit chef like in seven

days shut out the Angels eight to nothing.  Woo went five and two- thirds

Innings striking out eight batters.

The Mariners are trying to.limit his innings

since it is his rookie season.  I recommend 

he pitches against teams he can pitch well. against or haven't seen him yet.

JP Crawford drove in three runs while Julio had a couple hits and Suarez  had a home run to spark the Mariners. Tomorrow Castillo starts in an afternoon game on Wednesday before a day off. Go M's.

Mariners Lose To Angels

I don't know about you however I am

frustrated in the way the Mariners are

playing right now. Are they going to

blow this whole opportunity after playing

so well in August.

Most of the season the pitching was so

good and now they costing them games

to some degree.

Monday night the Mariners led 3-0 after

the first inning on a two run homer by

Cal Raleigh. The Angels scored two in

the top of the second. The Angel tied

it in fourth at 3-3. Neither team scored

again until extra innings.

The Angels scored two in the top of 

the 10th and Julio hit a two run homer

in the bottom of the inning. The top of

the 11th Angels scored three  which

included an error by the reliable Eugenio

Suarez. That was the ball game.

Are the Mariners going to win another 

game in my mind.  It is the combination

of bad playing and managing. A team

played so well in August is now playing

on their laurels.  Also, not playing their

best players either. Did August wear them

out that much. Go M's.

Mariners and Seahawks Lose

The Mariners had a disappointing

road trip winning one game in

each city. Again they lost to Tampa

6-3.

In my mind this was the only game

they should have lost. The Rays scored 

three runs in the first inning and two more

off Brice Miller in the third inning. The

Mariners were able to get five innings

our of Miller at least. Only used two 

relievers in the game.

The Mariners ended up dfa Luke Weaver.

It was sad after he got off so good in

his first appearance. If he makes threw 

waivers he could be sent to Tacoma.

The Mariners had two hits from Julio

and Sam Haggerty who.played in

Left field. Haggerty drove in a run on a double and Julio scored one too.

The Mariners have three games at home

against the Angels, Dodgers and A's.

We hope turns things around.  They are

now  two and a half games behind 

the Astros.

The Seahawks most fans figured they

would win the season's opener at home 

against the LA Rams however it wasn't

meant to be. 

The Rams beat the Seahawks 30-13. 

The trouble was the second half when

the Seahawks had no points and the

Rams had 23. The Seahawks did well

on their first drive of the game but 

got stalled and had to settle for a field

goal. DK Metcalf had a touchdown in

the se one quarter and another field 

goal.

Geno Smith was 16 of 26 for 112 yards

and one TD.  DK Metcalf and rookie

Jaxon Smith-Njigba both had three

catches on the day. 

Kenneth Walker had 12 carriers 64 yards

but the Seahawks had to throw after

getting behind.

Rams qb Matthew Stafford threw for 

334 yards though didn't have any TD.

Running back Kyren Williams ran

for 52 yds on 15 carriers which was 

good on Seahawks part however had

two of the Rams three TD on the ground.

Bobby Wagner had 19 tackles for the

Seahawks on his return however  it

didn't help a lot on defense. 

I thought the Seahawks would win

ten games however the Seahawks

would have won the game.  The Seahawks

take on the Lions in Detroit next weekend.

I thought the Seahawks would win this one two but may not now.  The Seahawks have

a hard road schedule however I thought they win the first WO games.  The Huskies

to find a way to win..Go Hawks 😍😍😍

Mariners Blow Another Game

The Mariners could easily be looking

at sweeping the Rays on their field

on Sunday instead they have lost

two games late.

Whose fault is it? The pitchers need

to do the job however the coaching 

need to put them in place of success

don't you think.

Saturday the Mariners hsd a good lead

however let the Rays back in it giving up 

four runs in the seventh. Luke Weaver

pitched four plus innings. He gave up

two runs in the fifth and two more in

the seventh. 

Gabe Speier came in the seventh inning

with one out. It was too late at that point.

Sometimes the Mariners need to scrap the

book. Rays are a good team but when

you are winning by several runs you can't

leave pitchers in. I am not sure the Mariners have figured that. 

My major point is the Mariners are in a 

playoff race and what they did in July

doesn't apply in September unless you

are out of the race. The Rays scored

two more runs for 7-5 win.

Please give the pitchers and team best 

chance to win. 

The Huskies beat Tulsa on Saturday 43-10.

Tulsa scored their lone TD in the 4th quarter. Dylan Morris came in late 4th qtr at qb to score another TD. Two for two on drives. The Huskies defense looks better than last year however to be a top team 

in the nation they have to do better. The

good news they know that.

WSU Cougars upset Wisconsin 31-22. 

Cigars led 24-9 at half time. Wisconsin scored 13 in the third qtr with the Cougars 

going scoreless then they scored a TD

in the fourth quarter while Wisconsin went blank.

Qb Cameron Ward three 32 times with

20 completion for 212 yards and two

TD's.  Cougars scored on a fumble by Wisconsin in the second qtr after a field goal. The TD in 4th qtr was on a one yard 

run.  Next week will be home again

against Northern Colorado.

Beating Wisconsin will Cougars along with

the Beavers be invited to the Big Ten?

If so this would make two divisions of

ten. Go Cougs!

Mariners Fail To Win

George Kirby got off to a rough start

Friday night. He became sick missing 

a start then a tough time out in his last 

start.

Kirby ended up walking guys in the first

inning loading the bases. Rays got a

couple runs.

The Mariners came back in the second

with Suarez hitting a solo home and

Dylan driving in a run to tie at two all.

Julio Rodriguez had a home run in the 

third for M's to take lead. Cal Raleigh 

hit a home run in the fifth so.M's

leading 4-2. Kirby had settled down.

Things look like the Mariners will take 

the first two games however the 

Rays scored four runs with two homers.

One off of Kirby and another off Isaiah

Campbell who pitched well Thursday

night. The Rays hit another home run in

the eighth. Final Rays 7 M's 4

The Mariners had enough offense you

would have thought they would win.

The pitching failed them this time.

The Mariners don't have a scheduled

starter as yet though Woo would be 

the starter. Maybe the Mariners will have 

someone else start instead. Stay tuned.

Seahawks Friday

The Seahawks had there Thursday

practice with several players not

practicing for their injuries.

Safety Jamal Adams whose contract 

was restructured this week where this seasons salary was changed to a signing bonus saving $6.5 million on the salary

cap. The next two years the salary is over $24 million each so they will likely have to

restructure  them to if he is on the team.that is. Adams is expected to miss Sunday's opener along with Devon Witherspoon the Seahawks top draft pick this year at cornerback. 

Seven players from the roster won't suit up for the game so five other guys besides 

Adams and Witherspoon won't play either. 

Since football is a rough sport it is silly to have any players to sit and you have to pay them as well. Go Hawks!

Castillo. and Bullpen Shutout Out Rays

The Mariners  are  playing one of the

best teams in the major leagues in

the Tampa Bay  Rays on their field.

The two teams are  playing a four 

game series s winning the opener 

is important  however it wasn't easy. 

In fact the Mariners  only scored one

run in the second inning when Mike

Ford drove in Eugenio Suarez with

single after his double.

Neither team had very  many hits on

the evening. Luis Castillo pitched a

fantastic  game going six innings 

giving up only four hits, struckout

eight and walked  four. He did throw

108 pitches so the reason wasn't 

able to  go seven. 

The bullpen going three innings did

not give up a hit at all. Isaiah Campbell 

came in the seventh and struck out

all three batters he faced. Matt Brash 

who has been going well  recently 

struck out one. Andre Munoz who

recently  has had trouble did hit a

batter to make it interesting struck

out two and fanned the last batter to

end the game.

The Mariners are now a half game behind

the Astros who were idle. George Kirby 

expected to start Friday. We hope he

does better than his last start.  Feeling

healthier I am sure he will.

Shortstop  Colt Emerson the Mariners

number one pick this year got off to 

a hot start at low level A Modesto is

batting .261 right  now in 12 games.

Colt is the M's number four prospect 

right now last year's number one pick

Cole Young another sh9 is now  number

one.Young who started the season at

 Modesto  is now at Everett where is 

hitting .292 in 45 games. Catcher Harry

Ford the number two prospect  after 

being  number one at the start of the

season is batting .255 at Everett. 

Be nice to see those three along with other

prospects on the team in the years ahead. 

Mariners Power Comes Alive

The Seattle Mariners were able  to win

the final game in Cincinnati against 

the Reds 8-4.:This salvaged the series 

which would have been nice to have

won onevof the other two games after losing two out of three in New York against the  Mets. 

Now go to Tampa to take on the Rays for four games. Hopefully they can 

take three out of four to come home on a

positive note. 

The Mariners pitching only allowed a run

per inning four times which was good.

The Reds scored first in the first inning.

The Mariners scored two runs on a homer

by Mike Ford who has done well in that 

manner.

In the fifth inning the Mariners scored

five runs in the fourth inning to Make

it 7-1. Ty France who has been struggling at  the plate  drove in Eugenio Suarez. Josh 

Rojas walked after Mike Ford grounded 

out. JP Crawford who has shown power

this year hit  a three run homer his 15

of the season. After Julio was out and not

having a hit  Cal Raleigh hit a solo home run.

The Reds scored a run in the 5th and 6th

inning to make it a little interesting. The Mariners scored another run in the

seventh. The Reds got their final run

in the 9th.

Logan Gilbert started gave up seven hits,

two walks, nine strike outs and three runs

in five and one thirds inning. Matt Brash

came in got the final two outs though 

gave up a hit. Gabe Speier and Justin 

Topa who didn't do well in previous

appearance though fantastic on the

gave up no hits or walks in an inning.

Andre Munoz gave up a home run in

the ninth inning. Did strike out two.

The Astros still lead the Mariners by 

one. They swept the Rangers scoring

13, 14 and 12 in the three games. Astros will be home after a day off Thursday

against the Padres. Hopefully they cool

down. 

Go M's. 

Another Tough Loss

The Mariners have had  a tough road

trip do far. They began losing two 

games against the Mets now the

first two against the Reds.

Tuesday looked like a good shot in

winning however Justin Topa who

has been pitching well unfortunately

gave up a three run homer in the

8th. The Mariners weren't able to

score a run in the top of the 9th

with two runs on base. Eugenio Suarez

who didn't start and came in late

was up to the plate. Red pitcher Diaz

was having a wild time gave up three

balls to Suarez after Mike Ford had 

been hit by a pitch. Instead of taking

a walk on a high pitch he hit to center

field for the final out of the inning.

Late in a game like this no matter how

much you want to the batter should not

go swing at a pitch until the pitcher is

able to get a ball over the plate.

Munoz who hadn't pitch a few games

came in the bottom of the 9th. He gave up

two hits and the ball game.

Servais often managed the game the

way the odds seems to be instead of

letting the game go as it should and

often back fires in my mind. 

Now the Mariners have to see if they

can salvage the final game of the 

series before going to Tampa Bay

for four games. Go M's.

Another Mariners Loss

The Seattle Mariners are in the

pennant race so does this put

stress on the players or like most

over the season they go over a

period where they lose?

I am sure we are all disappointed

they are in this stretch of losing.

We hope this is a short stretch

and they get back on their winning 

ways.

Monday afternoon Bryan Woo started

giving up five runs in the first two innings.

The Mariners had him pitch for five

innings to save the bullpen. It would have 

been nice to bring in a reliever however 

he settled down and the bullpen pitched

a lot in the Mets series. Fortunately Woo

didn't give up more runs so gave offense

to score and get back in the gave. The

trouble the Mariners were able to score

only five runs in the game.

Final Reds 6 M's 3

Julio Rodriquez  had a home run in the

the 4th inning and Mike Ford his second in 

two days in the 5th. JP Crawford drove

in Ty France in the 9th with Cal Raleigh

on base too. The Mariners couldn't

score further. 

Bryce Miller starts Tuesday so hopefully 

the M's can stop this skid.

Mets Take Two.From.Mariners

I am sure most of us thought the

Mariners would take two out of

three against the Mets. The only win

was on Saturday where JP Crawford 

hit a home run in the 9th inning in

a 8-7 score..

Sunday George Kirby wasn't sharp

after being sick and not pitching

for ten days. He gave up four runs

with three earned in three innings.

Also he threw too many pitches in

this 6-3 loss.

I am not sure it was wise to.pitch

Kirby in the third inning after giving

up a run in the first and second inning.

The Mariners bullpen gave up two

runs by three tier two relievers. 

The Mariners three runs happened in

the fourth inning when Dominic Canzone

and Mike Ford hit home run back to back.

Mariners had only six hits with only

Teoscar Hernandez having the only

hit in top of the lineup. 

Rangers won and Astros beat so they

both are a game  behind the Mariners.

Bryan Woo starts Monday at the Reds.

Go.M's

  

Mariners Lose Opener In Big Apple

The Seattle Mariners had opportunities to win

 the opener in the series against the 

Mets but couldn't score more than one

run which was a homer by JP Crawford

in the fourth inning. 

Final Mets 2 Mariners 1

Takeaways had enough hits with seven 

however at the wrong times.

Caballero was picked off in the 9th

inning running for Cal Raleigh who

walked. A no no for sure. Sam Haggerty

and Dylan Moore both on.the bench.

Why didn't they go with them. More 

experience and could have saved Caballero.

Like has happened over the years including 

this year the starter pitches fantastic

but no run support. Gilbert gave up a run

in the sixth inning. A home run for that matter 

to.tie. Gilbert had nine strike outs.

Gilbert should be considered for Cy Young

as much as Luis Castillo and George Kirby.

Castillo starts Saturday followed by Kirby

on Sunday. Still hope to take two out of three.

OK to lose this game as long as they win

at least 16 in September though winning

one would been a good start.

How do you like  these takeaways?

I think I will continue this way.

We will look at the minor leaguers coming

up this month. See how the top prospects.

I saw Harry Ford had a good August.  Let 

you know how he did. See him in double A

next year it looks like. May make his debut

sometime next year. Certainly should be

in Seattle in 2025. 

Until next time go M's

Friday's Look At Huskies and Cougars

Washington Huskies and WSU Cougars are both favored on 

Saturday. Huskies play at home against Boise State. They are 

favored by two touchdowns however 

this will be difficult of the two games.

Michael Penix Jr is the starter however Dylan Morris will be 

his backup once again. Hopefully Morris will see action in 

the second half.

Wide receiver starters are still the same guys. Denzel Boston, 

Germie Bernard and freshmen Taeshaun will be their backups. 

Hope to see them in the fourth quarter.

Cameron Davis out for the season so transfer Dillon Johnson 

is the starter with Will Nixon at number two. Sure to

see a few other running backs as well.

Redshirt freshman Parker Brailsford is the surprise being the 

starter at right guard. The Huskies are known for rotation on 

both offensive and defensive lines so the backups will get plenty 

opportunities. Matteo Mele will get most of the reps st center 

especially when Penix is in at qb.

The tight end was a competition as well. Devin Culp won the

 job as starter and  Jack Westover will see plenty of action. 

He is more the blocker of the two. May see him in at fullback 

in short yardage cases. We will have to see who ends up being

number three.

On defense is as anticipated for the starters however the 

backups are experiences and see plenty of action. Who is 

in.will primarily be players best against the run or passing game.

Boise State is a running team and starting  out going that 

direction. However they fall behind early we should see 

their passing game in action.

The Cougars are a 10.5 favorite while being

on.the road. Cameron Ward returns as qb for the second 

season. They hope backup redshirt freshman John Mateer 

will see some action too.

At wide receiver they have two transfers  in Josh Kelly and 

Kyle Williams. Lincoln Victor is the third receiver.

For the first time in a long time the Cougars have a tight end. 

Cooper Mathers won the starting spot.

The two primary running backs will be starter Nakia Watson 

and Jaylen Jenkins.

Offensive line brings experience along with young guys 

as backups. 

On defense the Cougars bring back experience however 

have a couple  transfers. At middle linebacker will be

Devin Richardson a senior transfer from the Texas 

Longhorns. The other is junior Kapena Gushiken who played 

two years of junior college ball.

Now we will see on Saturday as the two games as 

expected. Go Dawgs and Cougs.