Mariners Sweep Cleveland

I am sure no one expected the

Mariners to sweep the Guardians

after being swept in the last 

series at Arizona. Of course we

will take it.

Sunday Final Seattle 6 Cleveland 0

Emerson Hancock continues to

look like someone who is a former

first round pick and continues

getting quality. The question is 

what will they do when Bryce 

Miller gets  back. Speaking of 

that Logan Gilbert expected to

start against Boston on Monday.

The big hit was JP Crawford grand

slam in the second inning. He

will remember being a first time

father on father's day.

Back to Hancock he went seven innings giving up only two hits.

He walked one and struck out

two.

Logan Gilbert will come off

injured list to start Monday

in game one of the series

against Red Sox. Go M's.

Mariners Win In Walkoff Fashion

Saturday night was another

one run game for the Mariners.

Heading into the bottom of

the ninth the Mariners were 

down by one. This means

facing Cleveland's closer

and they had success.

Dylan Moore who pinch run

for Dominic Canzone after

his single was able to get

to third base. Mastrobuino

who pinch hit for Williamson

ended up walking. Cole Young

laid down a bunt to move

Moore and Mastrobuino over

to third and second. JP Crawford

walked to load the bases. 

Dylan Moore scored to tie the

score on a wild pitch. Julio

Rodriguez struck out on a 

hundred plus fastball. Cal

Raleigh was intentionally

walked. Jorge Polanco hit

single to score Mastrobuino

with winning run.

George Kirby went five innings

struggling a bit but gave up

just two runs. Gabe Speier 

gave up the go ahead on a

wind pitch. The other three

relievers did a goof job.

It looks like Emerson Hancock

will start Sunday and see of they

can sweep this series.

Interesting the Mariners play 

better against the good clubs.

It would be nice to play better

against the not so good clubs. 

Go M's.

Mariners Win Friday Night

It has been a while however

the Seattle Mariners one

the first game of the series

7-2 over Cleveland. Also they

have even record at 34-34.

The Mariners are four and

half behind the Astros in the

AL West. The Rangers and 

Angels are a game behind

the Mariners.

Cleveland scored twice in

the third hitting back to

back home runs and that

was it for the night. Luis

Castillo had a quality start

going six innings giving

up three hits, three walks

and seven strike outs .

The bullpen did a great job

giving up  one hit and no

walks. 

The Mariners tied the game

in the fourth inning on a

home run by Rowdy Tellez 

and a single by JP Crawford

to score Ben Williamson.

JP had a good game having

three hits. 

In the 7th inning the Mariners

scored four runs to break it

open. Randy Arozarena hit

a single scoring Cal Raleigh

who had walked and Jorge

Polanco to third base. 

Dominic Canzone who was

called up this week hit a single

scoring Polanco and Arozarena.

Cole Young finished the damage

hitting a double to bring home

Çanzone.

The Mariners had Andre Munoz

warning up in the bullpen looking

like he would pitch the ninth.

Polanco hit a solo home run

to make it seven runs. Arozarena

had an infield hit and Canzone

had a hit to right field. Both were

stranded though didn't need tgem.

Munoz didn't pitch the ninth instead

Bazardo did. 

After his last great start George 

Kirby is supposed to go on Saturday.

There is a possibility Logan Gilbert

will come off the injured list to 

start on Sunday. If not it will be

Emerson Hancock. We should

see Gilbert in the series against

the Red Sox if he doesn't start

Sunday.  Go M's.

Tacoma's Catcher Harry Ford & More

The Seattle Mariners going on

a 1-5 road trip this past week

and before that a not so good

home stand had gotten off

to  good start are now 33-34.

Injuries primarily to pitching

staff along with a few position

players finally got to them.

Logan Gilbert being on rehab

assignment is expected back

soon. Bryce Miller is on injured

list for second time and who

knows when he will be back.

Luke Raley outfielder-first 

baseman is starting rehab 

assignment this Thursday

for the Tacoma Rainiers. 

How long a lot will depend

how he hits.

It has been at least a month

that fans want to see Harry

Ford catcher with Rainiers 

up with the ballclub. The

Mariners are playing Cal 

Raleigh a lot as well and

without his production the

Mariners record wouldn't be

this good.

The thing with Ford the Mariners

need to play him a few times a

week. With Cal Raleigh who will

catch probably five days a week

or at least four.  This means Ford

would have to dh a few times

a week or play in the outfield

or some place. In Tacoma Ford

is at dh now as well as catch.

Mitch Garver who is currently

the backup catcher and dh on 

occasion against lefties is

hitting .200. The trouble isn't

the average it is the fact he

has only one home run and

has driven in 10 runs. Garver

only has three doubles so

four extra base hits in 21 total

hits. The Mariners need more

than that. His defense is good

however the Mariners more

production out of him.

Last year though Garver's batting average was .172 his home runs

was at 15 and 51 RBIs. At this

rate he won't be close at all.

Does this mean bring Harry Ford

up and releasing Garver. They

still have to pay him regardless

what he does. You have to figure

Ford will be the backup catcher

next season. Adding another 

position besides dh will probably

happen during the upcoming

offseason. President of baseball

operations Jerry Dipoto says 

there is no plan to trade Ford 

so bringing him up sounds like 

the thing to do. 

This week the Mariners brought

up Dominic Canzone from Tacoma

and dfa Leody Taveras who could

play for the Rainiers.

On Wednesday Harry Ford who has

been hot as of late like Canzone

and Cole Young before him. On

Wednesday night Ford a grand slam

home run in the third inning and

a double to driving in a total of

six runs.  He is batting .312 with

seven home  runs and 36 RBIs

after getting off to a slow start.

At Everett AquaSox Luis Suisbel

third baseman has been a big

surprise leading the team with

a .284 batting average. He has 

seven home runs which is fifth

on the team. Outfielder and 

superstar in the making Lazaro

Montes has thirteen home runs

and 41 RBIs to lead Everett.

Another top prospect infielder

Michael Arroyo got off to a slow

start however now he is second

to Montes with eleven home runs

and has thirty RBIs.

Update you again on other prospects

in the Mariners minor leagues soon.

Washington Huskies Football Recruiting Class 2026

Our first look of the year at next

year's football recruiting class

for the Washington Huskies.

The put out 229 offers out there

with 13 commits so far. Many of 

the offers the players are going

elsewhere. With the transfer

portal the recruiting classes 

are not as large as they used

to be. Now colleges are going

to pay the players plus have NIL

on top of that.  

The Huskies recruiting class

has four offensive players, six

defensive and two who are

identified as athletes. Those

two most likely play offense

however could go to defense.

Also have a kicker too.

The Huskies have three four-star

recruits while the rest are three-star.

Offensive tackle Kodi Greene out

of Santa Ana was the first one to commit in late April. Gavin Day

safety from Las Vegas was the

most recent. The third of the trio

is local Derek Colman-Brusa from

Kennedy Catholic who is edge rusher.

The Huskies have two other players

locally as three-star prospect. Elijah 

Durr cornerback from Mt. Tahoma

in Tacoma and defensive lineman

Ah Deong Yang from Puyallup

High School.  Besides Day they

have two other players from Las

Vegas in athlete Dre Pollard and

offensive tackle Dominic Harris.

The other listed as athlete is Sam

Vyhlidal from Beaverton Oregon.

Another Oregon player is running

back Ansu Sanoe from Lake Oswego.

The lone quarterback in the group

is Derek Zammit from Wayne New

Jersey. Two more cornerbacks in

Ksani Jiles from Bradenton Florida

and CJ Lavender from Santa Ana

California. The kicker is CJ Wallace

from St. John Bosco from Bellflower

California a school  the Huskies have

gotten players from before.

We will update you again when 

we find out any other players commit.

Go Dawgs. 

Mariners Get Swept

The Mariners got beat again in

the final game of the series.

Arizona 5 Seattle/2

Bryan Woo was cruising along 

fine until the six inning. Ended

up loading the bases with no outs.

He was able to get one out however

former  Mariner Eduardo Suarez hit

a grand slam to win the game.

The Mariners were leading at the

time 2-0. Still not enough to win.

Matt Brash came in and pitch

the seventh inning. To be honest

he would have been the only 

reliever I would have put in

besides Munoz. Not sure why

manager Wilson didn't do so

but that's life.

The Mariners have Thursday off

before facing the Cleveland Guardians.

The Mariners need to make s couple moves before this ends it for them.

Go M's. 

Mariners Continue To Struggle On Road

The Mariners offense and bullpen

continue to show their inconstancy

on the road.

Tuesday Arizona 10 Seattle 3

Against the Diamondbacks the

Mariners are raking up hits but

they are leaving runners on base.

They had 12 hits Tuesday and

that's how many runners left on

base as well.

The Diamondbacks scored two

runs off of Logan Evans in the

third inning followed by one 

each in the fourth and fifth.

Evans being a rookie is going

to look good at times and not

so at other times. When Logan

Gilbert is set to start again which

should be soon Evans will likely

be sent back to Tacoma. Besides

the four runs he gave up seven hits.

The Mariners scored two runs in

the sixth to make things interesting

on solo home runs by Randy Arozarena

and Rowdy Tellez. The trouble 

happened in the bottom of the

sixth  when reliever Trent Thornton

gave up five hits and five runs 

along with two walks. Three of the

runs came on a homer.

This was Thornton's second relief

appearance since coming off the

injured list. To be honest he hasn't

had a good season at all and how

long will the Mariners go with him.

Right now Thornton is good when

the Mariners are a ways ahead or

behind. If he continues this way

might as well let him loose.

Outside of Andre Munoz and Matt

Brash the rest of the bullpen has

been inconsistent in much the 

way of the offense. We were hoping

this road trip would put the Mariners

back to their winning ways.

Wednesday the final game at

Arizona is in the afternoon. We

hope that the Mariners can win

one game in the series.

The Mariners return home on

Friday to play the Cleveland Guardians.

It won't be an easy task for the

Mariners to get back to winning ways.

Go M's

Mariners Lose In Extra Innings

The Seattle Mariners for the first

eight innings were shutout than 

scored four runs in the ninth inning

to put the game into extra innings.

Donovan Solano and Cole Young

each drove in a run than Dominic

Canzone hit a two-run homer.

Earlier Canzone called up was a

pinch hitter. 

Diamondbacks first baseman

Josh Naylor hit a grandslam

homer run off Mariners reliever

Carlos  Vargas to win.

Final Arizona 8  Mariners 4.

Vargas was the Mariners fifth

reliever after Emerson Hancock 

Hancock started going five 

innings giving up two runs.

The Mariners will see if they

can even the series Tuesday

night. It will help if the M's

can drive in runs besides

getting hits.  Will they make

a trade soon or see if the

current guys start getting

it done. 

Logan Evans will start Tuesday

as Bryce Miller goes back on 

the injured since cortisone shot

didn't help his arm. We should

see Logan Gilbert soon and before

Miller returns. Hard to know when

Bryce will return. 

 

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Adds Another Player

The Washington Huskies men's basketball team continues to

have a successful offseason with

the transfer portal.

Last season under first year head

Danny Sprinkle the Huskies ended

up ending last place in the first

year in the Big Ten as well. The

trouble wasn't the starting lineup

however getting little action

from the bench consistently.

Frushmen Zoom Diallo started

some as well coming off the

bench. 

The Huskies players either graduated

or went into the transfer portal besides

Zoom Diallo and center Franck Kepnang who spent another season

being injured. Most likely he will be

the backup center to the new guy

Latham Somerville. Thing about

Kepnang he has been the heart of

the Huskies though he has been

hurt most of his time at Washington.

On Friday Desmond Claude announced

he is coming to Washington from

the USC Trojans. He is the second

player coming from the Trojans.

The first was former Huskies guard Wesley Yates III  who went to USC

last year after being hurt his freshman

year under former coach Mike Hopkins.

Zoom Diallo is expected to be Yates

backup however we could see them

play together too.

Desmond Claude spent one year

at USC averaging 15.8 points a

game. He played two years st Xavier 

before USC. At Washington Claude

is expected to start at small forward.

The Huskies don't necessarily need

him to score the same this coming

season however being a double

figures scorer will certainly help.

Another area was interested in

Claude to and that was Gonzaga.

Bryson Tucker who earlier transferred

over from Indiana is expected to

be Claude's backup. He average

5.4 points a game off the bench

for Indiana last season as a freshman.

If he could add another couple points

to his average for the Huskies that. would be good. He averaged almost 

three rebounds a game so another

one or two plus increase of minutes

will help the Huskies too.

The Seattle Mariners announced they

designated outfielder Leody Taveras.

They felt he didn't do what they hoped

since coming over from the Texas

Rangers. Mariners called up Dominic Canzone from Tacoma. He has been

hitting hard with the Rainiers. He likely

be in the lineup against right handed

pitchers while Dylan Moore most

likely start against lefties. How this 

works we will see. Luke Raley is

expected back shortly to after 

rehab assignment. How well Canzone

plays will determine whether Raley

will play right field or first base.

Raley can play center field if the

Mariners need to give Julio Rodriguez

a game off as well.

Over the next  couple weeks whether

the Mariners  need to make a trade for a position player as well.  Harry Ford has  played some at dh when not 

catching so he could come up to

the Mariners too. Stay tuned. 

position player.

Mariners End Skid

Sunday afternoon the Mariners

ended a five game losing streak

and avoided a second sweep

in a row. Final M's 3 Angels 2

The Mariners won only by one

run which is better than losing

for sure. We saw the old George

Kirby for sure and hope he keeps

it going. For the Mariners to

make the playoffs that is a must.

Kirby went seven innings so gave

most of the bullpen the day off.

He didn't walk a batter and a 

career high 14 strikeouts. Matt

Brash pitched the 8th striking out

two and hasn't given up a run in

the time be hss been back. Munoz

was back to his old self

 He walked the first batter of the

inning and struck out two including

ending the game against Mike

Trout. 

The Mariners though only scored

three hits they did have eleven hits

which at least is a good sign. The

Mariners now off to face Arizona

for three. Now we hope the Mariners

can take at least two out of three.

Oh by the way  Cal Raleigh was able

to get a day off and didn't use him

as a pinch hitter either. 

Monday against the Diamondbacks

Emerson Hancock will start for the

Mariners. If he pitches like his last

outing it will give the Mariners a

good shot to win. Go team.

Another Loss To The Angels

Right now the Seattle Mariners 

are not playing very good ball.

The lost Saturday evening to

the Angels 8-6.

This was another game when 

they scored first and couldn't

hold the lead. It was different 

since two errors cost them two

runs. The Mariners had a couple 

times where they couldn't drive

in runs with two outs either.

It isn't an easy task however they

do need to on occasion to win.

Somehow they will need to find

a way to win tomorrow. The Angels

hadn't been a good team at home

in the same fashion and had just

got off a road. The Mariners having

played well on the road this is was

a good time to win. 

In major league baseball teams

usually make trades right before

the July deadline. It seems they

need to do sooner than  wait. 

Luke Raley is expected back soon

so a  change will happen than.

Who will go is  anyone's guess.

Bring up Harry Ford would be a

good idea too. Just like Cole

Young the youngsters who seem

ready should be brought up to

see what they can do. We hope

the Mariners can change things

around. Go M's. 

Angels Edge Mariners

Friday night the LA Angels edged

the  Seattle Mariners 5-4.

Bryce Miller looked better in

his second outing after being 

on the injured list. He went  

five innings however gave up

all five runs. Location was

the trouble when the Angels

scored.

 

What was disappointing the

Mariners scored one run in

the third followed by two 

in the 4th and and another

in the 5th. The trouble was

Miller couldn't hold back

the Angels in those three

innings either. The Angels

scored one in the 3rd followed

by two in the 4th and 5th.

Rowdy Tellez had a sacrifice

fly with the based loaded. 

He missed a grand slam 

by a foot or two. In most

major league parks it would

have been  a home run and

a Mariners win.

Both bullpens did a good job

allowing no runs. It is tough

when a team is a position 

losing recently. Now we hope

the Mariners can turn things

around. We hope another

bat comes in a trade soon

along with a reliever. Now 

we see if the Mariners can 

bounce back. Most teams

do go through losing streaks

however we hope not many.

It is to tough when the M's

have a few holes in the

lineup. Go M's. 

Seattle On The Road

The Seattle Mariners are now back on.

the road for three games against the

Angels and Diamondbacks before 

back home.

The Angels are much like the

Nationals and Orioles who they

just played being inconsistent.

The Angels though play even

worse at home than the Mariners.

They are 10-18 on the season

in Anaheim. Playing better on

the road like the Mariners.

The Diamondbacks are just

like the Mariners just slightly

bad at home and better on the

road. It would be nice for the

Mariners to sweep the Angels

like they did the Padres earlier

on the road. I would take two

out of three against both.

Winning Friday night will be

the key. Always winning an 

opening series  is good to

happen. Bryce Miller starts

and making his second start

since coming off the injured

list. The first start he went

only four innings so it would

be nice if he can go five at

least this time..

The Mariners need to score

some runs early in the game

would help a lot. Also that

Cal Raleigh isn't the only

one producing runs. Seeing

Julio continue getting better

at the plate. Important for

him getting hits with runners

on base and getting on base

when he is up early in the

game. 

So.let's see a good road trip

that can lead to a good home

stand in a week. Go M's.

Mariners Swept

As you can imagine the series against

the Baltimore Orioles at home was a

sure disappointment.

On Thursday afternoon the Mariners lost 4-3 in another one run game.

It wasn't much different than game two.

Cal Raleigh was the offense once again. He drove in Julio in the third inning after the Orioles had score

in top half of the inning.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer in

the bottom of the fifth to take the

lead. It didn't last long since the

Orioles hit a two-run homer followed 

by a solo shot in the sixth..  After

that neither scored a run. 

This is another series the Mariners

should have won at home. The

Mariners seem to play at the level

of their competition.  

The hardest thing for the

manager to do is knowing when

to take out the starting pitcher

and today was one of them.

What is difficult to is to make out 

the line up as well.

Now the Mariners see if they can

stop the bleading and beat the

Angels in Anaheim. Until next .

.

Mariners Another Loss At Home

The Mariners continue to struggle

at home losing to the Orioles 3-2.

The Mariners now have a 16-16

record st T-Mobile Park while

16-12 on the road.

Things wouldn't be so bad if

they didn't lose against the

Orioles and the Nationals

who are both having poor 

seasons just like they did

against Toronto as well.

The other trouble they continue

having trouble against left handed

pitching as well. The Mariners need

to add another bat at  first base

at least or if another infield spot

Dylan Moore could play first base

or bring up Tyler Locklear. 

The Mariners will look to make

a trade before the deadline at 

the end of July. We hope sooner

then later.

Emerson Hancock pitched good

going five and two-third innings

giving up a solo home run before

leaving. The bullpen gave up

the other two runs in the 7th.

This still comes down to the

offense not scoring earlier or

getting a key hit later in the

game. Rowdy Tellez after

pitch hitting earlier for Solano

ended the game with a fly out

to right field. He just didn't

have enough to get a double

off the fence or a home run.

The Mariners had two runners

on base so both likely would

have won the game.

Thursday afternoon the Mariners

will try to avoid a sweep to the

Orioles with Bryan Woo on the

mound for the Mariners. Also

helps the Orioles are starting

a right hander.

The Mariners head to take

in the Los Angeles Angels

in Anaheim for three game

series followed by another

at Arizona. We hope for

favorable playing both teams.

The Angels come back from

playing the Red Sox in Boston.

We hope that with having a

long flight will help the Mariners

at least on Friday. Of course

winning Thursday will help too.

Go M's.

George Kirby Struggles Again

George Kirby plus the Mariners offense

struggled again in the opening of the

series against the Baltimore Orioles.

This is Kirby's third start and loss

on the season. He threw a lot of

pitches in the first inning and 

fortunately gave up one run. He

settled down going five innings

and giving up two runs. 

Final Orioles 5 Mariners 1

The Mariners offense struggled

in May after having a good April.

June has started the same. 

The offense doesn't  have to

be as good as April however

better than May. 

The Mariners are struggling 

at home especially against 

weaker teams. We hope they

can rebound against the Orioles.

Emerson Hancock starts Wednesday

followed by Bryan Woo on

Thursday afternoon for the Mariners.

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Football

The Washington Huskies football is about to get into summer practice 

to get ready for upcoming season.

On the offensive side they have 

three transfers in expected to start.

One is Omari Evans to go with 

Denzel Boston and Kevin Green

Jr. at wide receivers. Carver Willis

at left tackle. Geirean Hatchet 

returns at right guard next to his

brother Landen at center. The 

Huskies have inexperience as

backups along the offensive line.

The Huskies have two new players

each on the defensive line, linebackers

and defensive backfield through the

transfer portal as well. 

We will see this coming season

whether they match up with the

rest of the Big Ten.  Go Dawgs!

Mariners Win Pitching Duel

Sunday was another great matchup

between the Mariners and the Twins.

The Mariners could have won all

three games or lost all three that

is how tight it was again.

Luis Castillo went six innings 

shutting out the Twins on four

hits. At the end of six neither

team had scored.

In the 7th inning no other than Cal

Raleigh hit a home run to take the

lead. The Mariners only had one 

hit before the homer.

The score stayed until the 9th

when the Twins were able to

get a run  off of Munoz once

again. In the bottom of the

ninith  Julio got on a infied

hit then after Cal struck out

he stole second and went

to third on a throwing error.

Randy Arozarena got a hit

to score Julio and the  ball

game.

This series for sure felt like

a playoff..We will likely see 

moreike this but we  hope

for some easy ones too.

The Houston Astros won 

Sunday over Tampa Bay 

1-0.  The one run was in

the first inning. Talk about

another close one. The 

Mariners are a half game

ahead of them.

The Rangers are four behind

the Mariners while the Angels

are six and the A's the .

The Mariners have Monday off. 

Mariners Win Extra Innings

The Seattle Mariners snapped their

losing streak playing in third straight

extra innings.

Saturday night the Mariners finally

able to win again in extra innings.

Mariners number two prospect Cole Young was called up making his

major league début. 

Young not only got his first major league hit in the game he drove

in the winning run on a fielder's

choice in the 11th inning. I expect

most players in their debut don't

do this in their first game.

Young will be playing second base

for the most part and we hope for

many years ahead. Leody Taveras

layed down a bunt to move Mitch

Garver over to third. Miles Mastro-buino pinch run for him.  Young a left handed hitter pulled the ball to first

base and the Twins were unable to

get Miles at the plate. 

Mastrobuino and Dylan Moore will 

be bench players now for the most

part for the next few weeks anyway.

Luke Raley is expected to go out 

on a rehab assignment this coming

week so should see him back in

the next  week or so. It will be

interesting move they will make 

than. 

Cal Raleigh and JP each hit two-run

homers to put the Mariners in 

position for the win.

Bryce Miller came off the injured 

list to start the game. He went

four innings. He said in post game

that his arm stiffs up when the

temperature goes colder. Most

likely see him go as long as he

can over his next several starts.

Luis Castillo goes Saturday 

afternoon to see the Mariners

can win the series. He has

been on and off in last several

starts. The Mariners have 

Monday off before playing

the Baltimore Orioles for 

three beginning Tuesday. 

Go M's