Colorado Rockies Even Series Against Mariners

The Seattle Mariners started out well 

where Cal Raleigh hit a two run homer 

in the first inning. It was his 23rd on

on the season. Cal has been hitting 

much better since August. Having an

injury that cost him about a month

had been a disappointing season 

like for most of the Mariners.

In the third inning Randy Arozarena 

who is one of the Mariners who has

had a good season hit a solo home 

run making it 3-0. Unfortunately the

Mariners didn't score anymore runs.

The Mariners haven't won too many

games when scoring three runs or 

less. 

Bryce Miller who has been struggling 

on the mound for the last couple of

months after having a good season 

though he did spend a little time on

the injured list. He went five and one-third 

inning giving up only four hits however

a run by the Rockies was scored on a

throwing error in the bottom of the

third.

This is where it began to crumble Carlos 

Vargas came in the sixth and got the two

remaining outs however pitching again

the 7th he gave up two runs and then

Jose Ferrer came in and surrended 

two more runs. Neither team scored 

after that. This has been a problem 

for the Mariners all season not able

to score more runs when needed

after early in the game. The bullpen

has had issues especially since

July. 

Outside of Canzone no other left

handed hitter had a hit against a 

lefty. Though he didn't get a hit

Laz Montes had his first start to

face a lefty handed pitcher. Though

he didn't get a hit I am glad he had a 

shot.  Michael Arroyo started at 2nd

base and batted 7th.  He had two 

hits in the game. Maybe he is one 

of the guys who will play against

a left handed starter next year.

The Mariners have seven games

left on the season. They are six 

games out of first place with seven

to go. The Rangers are now in

first place one game ahead of the

Astros. 

The Rangers and Astros have no

games against each other in the

remaining schedule. The Mariners 

do face the Astros in Tuesday 

and Wednesday in Seattle so they

could make the difference.

The Rangers play Sunday against

Toronto then they face the New 

York Mets for three then finish

the season against the Minnesota 

Twins.  The Astros face the Atlanta 

Braves on Sunday after losing on

Saturday. After the two games

against the Mariners they finish

up against the Athletics so they

certainly have a shot to win the

AL West.

Sunday the Mariners will start Kade

Anderson so hopefully he will pitch

better than his last outing. The 

Rockies will have a right handed

starter so Lez Montes should be in

again. The Mariners have done better

against them than the lefties especially 

on the road.  Go M's..

Washington Huskies Win Third in a Row

The Washington Huskies played better

Saturday late afternoon beating Eastern 

Washington  48-13.

The Huskies had their best game of the

three. In the first quarter the Huskies.

had two touchdowns and Eastern Washington 

had a field goal in between them.

In the second quarter Eastern Washington 

had a touchdown early on making it

Washington 14-10. The closest they got

in the game.  They had an interception 

where the Huskies were in the area to

score. Huskies qb was hit while releasing 

the ball.  Desmond Williams Jr had  to

be checked out before coming back in.

The Huskies defense were able to stop

Easter Washington without getting a

first down.  The Huskies were able to

end the quarter with two touchdowns 

and a field goal.  Wide receiver Rashid

Williams who missed last weeks game

had a touchdown catch in both the first

and second quarter. At half the Huskies 

lead 31-10.

At the 10:44 of the third quarter EW 

kicked a field goal. At the 3:08 left

the Huskies had a one yard run. This

was just after tight end  Baron Naone 

came up short on 75 yard pass.

Score  Washington 38 EW 13

In the 4th quarter  EW had another 

field goal and the last score they 

had in the game at 13:07.  The 

Huskies had a field goal at 5:57.

On 3rd down they just missed a

touchdown. It looked the receiver

came up short however it was 

ruled an incomplete pass.

At the 3:40 the Huskies brought 

in backup quarterback Elijah Brown.

He threw a shovel pass to wide

receiver Trez Davis for a two yard

touchdown at 1:10 remaining in

the game and that was it.

On the sidelines head coach Jedd 

Fisch after the game. It was 

improvement however they will

need to do better next week at

home in the opening game against.

Minnesota next Saturday. Go Dawgs.

Washington State Cougars Win Home Opener

The Cougars won by a land slide 48-7.

The first half  wasn't quite this way

being up 14-7 at half however the

more talented team prevailed.

The Cougars had three touchdown 

in the third quarter with quarterback 

Pinnick throwing for two and a 58 

yard run on top of that. The defense 

had a lot do with it as well.

It became a laugher in the 4th quarter

when the Cougars ran back two punt

returns by two different returners which

seldom happens.

The Cougars had 525 total yards with

two running backs going over 100 yards

and 329 rushing yards total . Duquesne 

had only 180 total yards with only 75

yards passing and completing only

50 percent of their passes.

The only areas to improve is in  scoring 

in the first half and reducing penalties 

from eleven down.

The Cougars will play Arizona next 

Saturday in their final nonleague game.

Though this game gave hope the Cougars

will need to continue to improve. Go Cougs.

Coming up will be the Washington Huskies 

game which is happening right now and

the Mariners in Colorado against the Rockies. 

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Mariners Win the 9th

The Seattle Mariners won the series opener

over the Rockies on Friday night.

The final was 5-4.

The Mariners seem not often to make it 

easy on themselves. 

JP Crawford led off with a home run in

the first inning. With two outs Naylor 

singled to make it 3-0.  The Rockies 

scored four unanswered runs through

the sixth inning . In the 7th  Canzone 

hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game 

In the 9th Laz Montes hit a towering

home run. He is one of the missing 

players have needed on the season.

Like his countrymen Randy Arozarena 

he knows when something needs to

happen. We hope to see more of  it

next year.  

The Rockies  were able to get a single 

off Munoz  then stole second. The 

trouble he got picked off by Munoz 

trying to make it to third.  Before that

it looked like the Rockies would at least

tie the game.  Good for the Mariners.

Bryan Woo had some trouble getting 

started  in the first inning however

gave one run.  When he left the game

with one out in the 6th inning. He did

give up ten hits however not easy to

pitch in Colorado.

The Rangers won while the Astros lost.

So a  tied for first at the moment. Bryce 

Miller will start on Saturday. We hope he

doesn't fail. Go M's. 

 

 

Preview. Seattle Seahawks at Arizona

Sam Darnold will be out for the game

this weekend. Reports are that his 

injury will keep him out for three to

six weeks. Without more news on it

we could say four weeks would be back.

Drew Lock will start for the Seahawks 

against the Cardinals. Since he has

been practicing with the first unit he

will be prepared to play. He will feel 

more comfortable. 

Jalen Milroe will be now be the backup

quarterback. Most likely won't play

unless Drew gets hurt. Ty Okada cornerback

will miss game two as well.  Nick Emmanwori 

did have some practice this week however

be a game time decision if he plays or not

Cardinals tight end Trey McBride is someone

to reckon with. The Cardinals use him like

a eude receiver sometimes. His physical 

size Nick Emmanwori is the best Seahawks 

player to go one on one. If Emmanwori isn't 

able to play it will be harder on the defense

Good news Tory Horton practiced this week

so he will be back after being out for some

time last season and last week. So he should 

be the 4th receiver and be on special teams.

He is a talented player.

The Seahawks are favored in Arizona at

4.5 points. Both teams won their season

openers do they are tied along with the

49ers after week one. Since it is  a divisional

game it is important to win though at this

time of the year not as much for the Seahawks 

For Arizona playing at home it will be more

difficult for them if they lose. Splitting a series

between two division members is the most

important though taking both is more ideally. 

Cardinals cornerback Garrett Williams is

ruled out in this game. They have six players 

currently are questionable

The important thing for the Seahawks Drew

Lock has very few turnovers  and less 

penalties that could stall them on offense

and or allow the Cardinals to stay on longer.

Go Hawks. 

Preview Duquesne at Washington State

The Washington State Cougars are at

home for the first time on the season 

at Martin Stadium. This is the first game

they are favored in too. A good thing

being at home. 

The Cougars are favored by 35.5 points

in this game. After playing against two

of the nations top defenses this will 

allows to see how the offense goes. 

The Cougars did show especially against

the Huskies they may have a very good

defense.

The Cougars opponent is 0-2 on the 

season. Opener was against Air Force

losing 34-0. Game two they lost to a

very good Youngstown State in a blow

out 70-13. So the Cougars should be 

able to correct the passing game trouble 

in this one.

The following week the Cougars are at

home against former Pac-12 opponent 

Arizona. See how this one helps them

next week. Go Cougs!

Preview Eastern Washington at Washington

This coming Saturday the Washington 

Huskies take on Eastern Washington.

The Huskies had a media conference 

on Wednesday.  Besides some coaches

there were several players speak too. 

Head Coach Jedd Fisch said that he

is confident that the offense line and

the running game is correctable. I am

not sure that is a big endorsement. 

Any way the Washington Huskies though 

they are 2-0 on the season they didn't 

match or come close to how much they

 were favored.  Against Eastern Washington 

they are favored by 42.5 points.  Just I am

skeptical they will come close  to scoring

that many points. 

In any case it would be nice if the Huskies

can run for a hundred yards to gain the

confidence in the running game. In the 

passing game quarterback Desmond 

Williams  Jr. last week  completed 26 of

41 passes for 249 yards against Utah

State. Statistically that looks good 

however he didn't throw a touchdown 

pass. The only touchdown was on a

1 yard run. The Huskies had to settle 

for three field goals. 

The Huskies sophomore receiver Dezman

Roebuck led them in receiving yards in

last weeks game. He is the closest one

to be the number one receiver. Jordan

Clay a freshman caught a 19 yards catch 

to help setup the lone touchdown. Another 

freshman wide receiver Trez Davis made 

some contributions to and sophomore

tight end Baron Naone . We will keep 

an eye on these guys during the rest

of the season.

Eastern Washington has a record of

1-2 on the season with both losses

on the road.  The lone win was at home 

in game 2 against Northern Iowa 34-24.

Obviously they have some offensive 

power however now they play against

the Huskie defense.  Go Dawgs!

 

Nice the Mariners Didn't Get Swept

Wednesday night the  Mariners beat the

Angels 7-2.  George Kirby had a tough

night and didn't make it through five 

innings though he tried.  Kirby had poor 

control walking five guys which isn't him.

Also gave up five hits. The Angels weren't 

able to take advantage to score more runs.

Probably why they have 58 wins despite

winning the first goes in the series. 

Former Mariner Yusei Kikuchi started for

the Angels and control problems too. He

lasted the same as Kirby however the 

Mariners were able to score four runs off 

him. Kikuchi hasn't done well this season

having a record of 1-6 and an era of 5.02.

Of course it hasn't stopped others pitchers 

with similar record to beat the Mariners.

The Mariners did do something in this game 

that they haven't done often enough this

season they scored all seven runs without 

hitting a home run. 

Cal Raleigh was the hitting hero as he had

two hits with three runs batted in. Josh

Naylor  was honorable mention as he drove

in two runs on two hits. Also Randy Arozarena 

made honorable mention. Although he didn't 

drive in any runs he scored three times. 

The Mariners used Andre Munoz in the 9th

although it was not a saved situation. Had

he not pitched in this one and with Thursday 

off he wouldn't have pitched four days until

Friday's game.  This allows the Mariners not

to pitch him in Colorado if it isn't a save 

situation on Friday.

Bryan Woo will start Friday against Colorado 

followed by Bryce . Miller on Saturday and 

Kade Anderson on Sunday. The Rockies 

haven't announced yet who they will started 

in this series.  Go M's.

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It's Official The Mariners Lose

Tuesday evening the Mariners lost to

the Angels 2-1 in another close game

in Anaheim. 

The Angels scored first in the fifth

inning. The Mariners scored in the

top of the sixth when Dominic Canzone 

hit a triple that almost was a home run.

Julio hit a hard double to bring in Canzone 

to tie the game. Unfortunately no one was 

able to bring him home. The Orioles 

scored a run in the bottom of the sixth

on a homer that didn't go over the fence.

Almost the whole month of August we

heard how the Mariners have the easiest 

schedule between them, the Astros and

Rangers. The Mariners are playing mostly 

teams under .500. The record this month

in this date the Mariners are 6-8. 

The Mariners started September winning

the first two games against the Red Sox.

A good beginning and promise.  The Mariners 

then lost three out of four to the Athletics 

at home. They took two out of three against 

the Rangers. Maybe they will be on a role.

Again the Athletics took it to them winning 

two out of the three. Now the Mariners lost 

both games to the Angels. Wednesday 

evening they play again will the Mariners 

get swept we will see. Thankfully they don't 

play on Thursday.  Friday thru Sunday the

Mariners are in Colorado to play the Rockies.

They should win but will they.   

Last year the Mariners missed the World 

Series by one swing. The Mariners were

favored to win the division and hopefully 

play in the World Series. This year was a

down year for the American League West

the worst in the majors. They could have

won the division easily but they didn't 

play any better than anyone.  Going into

these two series against the Athletics 

and the Angels they had the best record

against them then any division they face.

The Mariners are now 70-82 with ten games

remaining so they will end the season with

a losing record even if they win all ten games.

Depending how these games go right now

the have a solid D score on the season. 

If the Mariners plan to fire Dan Wilson I 

hope they do it before Friday.  It would be

nice to fire Dipoto to but they probably 

won't. Go M's.

Washington State Cougars Lose Wide Receiver

The Washington State Cougars announced 

Monday that their number one receiver Tony

Freeman is out for the season with a torn

ACL. Freeman was also their return man on

special teams. 

Freeman was injured in the Apple Cup just 

like two of the Huskies running backs were.

The Cougars are looking at a four man 

rotation among their wide receivers. Though

they go with three receivers it is possible 

they will go with two tight ends more often.

They may have to add one of the less experience 

receivers to the group to gain playing time.

The Cougars are much   like Huskies where they

struggling on the offense. Against Kansas State 

they threw for only 67 yards while running game 

did go over one hundred yards. 

The Huskies have struggled more on the running 

game though Desmond Williams Jr somewhat in

the passing game too.

Cougars quarterback Caden Pinnick didn't handle 

it well in post conference on Saturday.  So on 

Monday in his press conference be apologized 

on his actions. A transfer he didn't have the

issues at UC Davis.  So we will see how he 

and the Cougars do this coming Saturday.

The team they play isn't up to the level of

Washington and Kansas State  defenses. 

Go Cougars.

Mariners Lose Again On the Road

September the Mariners were expected to

go on a good winning streak to be in

the race for the playoffs.  

The Astros and the Rangers were get 

back in the pack since they were playing 

s difficult schedule. The Mariners playing

the bottom two teams in the AL West. 

The worst division in baseball. 

The Mariners came home after winning 

two games at Boston. They lost three 

out of four against the Athletics in

Seattle.  They followed by beating the

Rangers teo out of three. Something 

that would have been good if they 

had beaten the Athletics three out of

four instead as expected.

The Mariners are now on the last road

trip of the season. They are playing in 

they have been eliminated from the

playoffs like the Athletics and the Angels.

Over the weekend at Sacramento two

of the three against the Athletics they

lost they did at home. The middle game

they beat them 19-1 like a revenge but

Sunday they went right back like have

for a while losing. 

On Monday night they play the Angels 

im Anaheim. This was the first team 

in the American League be eliminated 

from the playoffs. The Mariners have

something to play for while the Angels 

don't. The Mariners play again as they

have more recently. They might as well 

pack in since they are playing this way.

The Angels score two runs in the first

innings which has been common a lot

too. The Angels scored two more in

the third inning.  The top of the 4th 

Cal Raleigh hits a three run homer 

so here we go the Mariners may win

after all. Kade Anderson has been

struggling in this one unlike his

previous start. He gave up a run 

in the bottom of the fifth.  He leaves 

with one out.

Cooper Criswell comes in and we

hope  he stops the bleeding however

he gives up another run. The Mariners 

are now down by three. How they have

played recently except last Saturday 

it would be hard to come back from

a three run deficit.  They are playing the 

Angels and have four innings to turn 

it around.  

The Mariners scored one more run

which isn't enough in the 7th inning.

JP Crawford hits a home run which

shouldn't surprise us.  The weakness 

of the Mariners comes up. 

Interesting the Mariners have a winning

record at home against lefties at 9-8.

On the road they are now 5-12.  The 

Mariners win at home because the pitchers

have a good earn run average. The 

interesting thing is they hit better on the

road than at home but they give up a

one run more on the road. 

What makes this frustrating is the

Mariners have a record of 70-81.

They have to win all remaining games

which is eleven to go 81-81.  Don't 

think it will happen.  Another thing 

is the Angels have won only 57

games and the Mariners have won 

more games against their division 

than any other. 

This team not only having problems 

overcoming their weaknesses which 

I include the management decisions 

starting with Jerry Dipoto to Dan Wilson. 

Most figure that Dan Wilson will be

fired or he will resign. In my opinion 

again Dipoto should too. In fact I like

to see it before this road trip is over.

This way the fans will have something 

besides bad memories.

The final score Angels 6 Mariners 4

Logan Gilbert starts on Tuesday the

Angels will start a right hander so

Laz Montes will start it looks like.

He has been one of the bright spots.

I which the Mariners would start him

against some lefties to see if he

can hit against some of them. 

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Lose Another Player

The Washington Huskies offense has had

trouble since the beginning of the season 

though only two weeks gone by.

After the Apple Cup it was announced 

that the teams top two running backs

would miss a bunch of time. 

It was announced this Monday that wide

receiver Christian Moss one of the starters

is going to be out two or three months 

with a lower body injury. Moss a transfer

player missed spring camp with an injury.

 Not sure it is the same.

Neither the running or passing game is

up to what the Huskies expected. After

the game Coach Jeff Fisch said we would 

have to look at his part to possibly with

the play calling.

At this juncture it doesn't look like the 

Huskies don't have a number one receiver.

Whether they need one of the the passing

game was what they expected. It will be

interesting to see what happens in practice 

even before they play Eastern Washington 

on Saturday. Even if they win again they 

have to have a much better performance 

before facing Minnesota the next week 

to start the Big Ten schedule. Go Dawgs. 

NFC West Three Way Tie

Not only did the Seattle Seahawks win

in week one of the NFL season so did

the San Francisco 49ers who beat the

LA Rams and the Arizona Cardinals 

upsetting the LA Chargers.

The Seahawks will be playing the 

Cardinals next Sunday in Arizona 

so only one team will be undefeated 

between the too. 

With Sam Darnold out we are hoping

even a better game from Drew Lock.

We hope Darnold be back in week

three however we will get further 

news possibly this week. We will get

news on the other guys who missed 

week one on the defensive side.

The Cardinals on the other side have

s new starting quarterback this season 

in Jacoby Brissett a veteran quarterback 

who is in his second season with the 

Cardinals.  Brissett actually start 12 games

last year when Murray was out who is

now with Minnesota Vikings.

Brissett did start and play in the second

game in Seattle for the Cardinals. He

completed 22 of 44 passes for  258

yards and two touchdowns. 

This well be the first match up for Jadarian 

Price  against his running partner at Notre

Dame Jeremiyah Love. Who was the first

running back picked in the first round this

year's draft.  He too will be sharing the

load with Tyler Allgeier. Love had the

Cardinals first touchdown. He carried the

ball 11 times for  41 yards while Allgeier 

carried 17 times for  61 yards. They both

averaged almost the same in the game. 

Both just under four yards per carry. 

Look forward to see how this game goes.

Being in the division it is important to win.

Go Hawks. 

Mariners Blow a Lead

Sunday after such a great game on

Saturday the Mariners blow a game

they should have won losing 8-7.

Bryce Miller had his best game in

some time.  He gave up two runs

in the first inning and nothing in

in the next four. I thought it was

s good idea to take him out the

score 6-2  however that was not 

the case. 

The Athletics scored four runs off

Carlos Vargas and Gabe Speier in

the 7th to tie.  In the 8th Randy 

Arozarena  hit a home run however

Munoz gave up two runs in the 9th.

The Mariners are making it hard for

us to root for them. This has to be 

the worst September in some time.

The Mariners now go to Anaheim to

play the Angels. The question will 

they do better. The Mariners play 13

more games and they have to win 

all 13 to have a chance. Go M's. 

Seattle Mariners Offense Explodes

The Mariners on Saturday evening 

hd likely their biggest offensive

game of the season.

They scored 19 runs on 23 hits

including five home runs.  In the

first inning JP Crawford led off

with a single. Dominic Canzone 

hit a home run. In the second 

inning Randy Arozarena hit a

three run homer.

In the 4th Michael Arroyo who

dh had his first major league 

hit with a double. He scored 

on Weston Wilson's single.

Wilson led with five hits.

In the 7th Arroyo had his first

major league home run. 

The third and sixth inning were

the only ones they didn't score.

The A's scored once in the third

inning on a throwing error by

pitcher Bryan Woo for the only

run they had. With the lead 

Woo went six innings.

Though the odds are not good

for the Mariners to make the 

playoffs however we hope this

allows them to go on a good 

winning streak. 

Bryce Miller will start Sunday 

afternoon. He has struggled 

pitching for two months so

how long will go we will see.

The Houston Astros lost again

do the Mariners are now five

games behind. Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Win But

The Washington Huskies won Saturday 

afternoon at home against Utah State 

however wasn't as expected.

The Huskies won the scoreboard and

on defense but the offense had a lot

of mix reviews. 

Final Washington 16 Utah State 14

The Huskies didn't even score amount of

points as they were favored again. This

was much like the Apple Cup last Sunday.

The main difference Utah State almost won.

Neither team scored in the first quarter 

though the Huskies offense had the chance 

In the second quarter the Huskies scored

first with a field goal.  It didn't take USU

verty long to take the only lead of the game

scoring a touchdown in less than 30 seconds.

What the Huskies defense didn't do well. 

The Huskies took less than five minutes 

to score their only touchdown of the game

to take a 10-7  lead into the second half.

Both teams didn't score in the 3rd quarter 

either. The Huskies kicked a field goal early 

on in the 4th quarter. At 6:28 they kicked 

another field goal giving them where  Utah 

State would have to score twice to win.

Utah State made a touchdown at 1:50 left

in the game.  Had they kicked a field goal

instead with more time left on the clock

they may have upset the Huskies.

The Huskies weren't able to run out the 

clock so under a minute Utah State got the 

ball back. The trouble was they had no more

time outs. They got the ball around the 40

yard line in Huskies side of the field but

kicking and making a field goal so they 

threw a hail Mary however the Huskies 

intercepted the pass for the win. 

Head coach Jedd Fisch said when the game

ended that they are 2-0 but dirty. They will

have to go back to the drawing board beginning 

with him and trickles down. Next Saturday 

the Huskies are again home against Eastern Washington. They usually have a good team.

The Huskies will be favored they will have to

play better to win.

At least the Huskies are not their Big Ten

rival Oregon who were upset Saturday 

39-31 by Oklahoma State. Might be the

biggest upset of the season. Oregon still

can win the national championship however

they may have to win all their remaining games.

The Washington State Cougars as expected

lost by a large margin to Kansas State 34-7.

This game started about three hours before

the Huskies game. 

The Cougars offense struggled once again.

They had 166 total yards with 65 in the air.

The Cougars only score and touchdown 

ended the first half with a interception.

The Cougars quarterback Caden Pinnick 

completed only 9 of 20 passes for 65 yards.

He didn't throw any interceptions. He ran

the ball 13 times which was the most on

the team but tied for second with 29 yards. 

Next Saturday afternoon the Cougars 

will have a home game against Duquesne.

We will have a preview during the week.

We will see whether Pinnick will start

next week depending on his leash.

Go Cougs! 

Walk Off Win By A's Friday night

The Mariners continue struggling in

September. The Athletics beat the

Mariners once again in the opening 

game of this weekend series. 

The game went 10 innings. The 

Mariners scored in the top of the 

10th with a run however the A's 

had a walk off home run in the

bottom of the 10th.  

Eduardo Bazardo who has been

struggling lately  came in the 10th 

gave up the home run. This is his 

third game already in September 

and his third home run.  

I know some are asking for Dan

Wilson head however Jerry Dipoto 

should take accountability for this. 

Final Athletics 6 Mariners 5

George Kirby started and went six 

Innings giving up nine hits and four

runs. Not quite a quality start.

The Mariners started off the first 

with a run then the bottom of the

inning the Athletics scored two.

The Mariners tied it in the second.

The A's took the lead in the 3rd

Inning. The Mariners tied it in  the

sixth by Laz Montes home run.

The score stay the same until the 

10th.

This was an opportunity as the 

Houston Astros and the Rangers

both lost. The Mariners are still

down by six games with  14 to go.

The Mariners really need to win

however the decisions are not

made correctly..

My thought can't wait until this

season 

Preview of the Huskies and Cougars Games

In my opinion the Apple Cup last Sunday 

did look like an opening.game for both 

teams so another week next time would 

be better. 

This Saturday the Washington Huskies 

are home against Utah State who is

now a member of the Pac-12.  The game 

is the same time as the Apple Cup was.

Usually teams like the Huskies play a

team that isn't very good to say the least.

This is the case with Utah State. The 

Huskies are favored around 27 points 

which is high for a team that didn't play

their best ball in their opener.

At half time of the Apple Cup head coach

Jedd Fisch was not very happy with their

running game. I would say that the passing

from Desmond Williams Jr wasn't that great

either until the 4th quarter.  On social media 

the Huskies fans were not very happy with

his play calling. Let's see how that goes

this time.

On Monday Fisch announced that both

the starting and number two running backs

were injured in the Apple Cup so that gives

more of a challenge as they both be out for

a while. At least playing a soft team will

allow the running game to see how much

improvement is this week with different 

running backs. The improvement will have

to come from the offensive line. 

We were not able to see how good the 

receivers were until late in the game so

we hope better things from Desmond 

this week in the throwing the ball.

It won't be good for Utah State since 

the Huskies have a good defense which

they showed in the Apple Cup so we

could see some turnovers since the 

Cougars had some against the Huskies.

Speaking of the Cougars, they play in

the midmorning Pacific time at Kansas 

State. Again they are playing on the

road. The Cougars are better than Utah.

State though KSU is favored by almost

as many points as the Huskies are.

Although Cougars will likely not win 

need to see improvement from the 

Cougars offense. Almost three quarters 

of the Apple Cup the Cougars running

and passing game were not good. I

am sure the Huskies defense had a lot

to do with it.

I am sure replacing Pinnick was in the

minds of the Cougars fans at least.

They did change tactics in the 4th

quarter where Pinnick actually ran the

ball with some success. The trouble 

was having turnovers when passing 

the ball. I would say that the Cougars 

begin with running Pinnick in this

game. This might allow them to have

more room for the running backs as 

well as passing to the receivers.

The Cougars defense showed better

than expected against the Huskies 

for basically with new players and

coaching staff for sure. Now we see

if the defense can keep them below 

what the point spread is. Of course

if the offense can put the defense 

in good position to do so like making

KSU go on the long field and keep

the turnovers to a minimum.

In both games we hope better results 

no matter who wins. Go Dawgs and Go 

Cougs. 

Mariners Beat Rangers Again

The Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers 

are both fighting to make the playoffs. The

Rangers have the best shot.

The Rangers have won the season series 

so the Mariners couldn't tie the Rangers

to win the division while they can do so

against the Houston Astros. The lead the

Astros and the Rangers have on the M's 

make the odds of making the playoffs 

as very remote. 

The Mariners won the game 4-3 but it

wasn't easy to do.

First thing the Rangers scored two runs

in the third inning when Logan Gilbert 

gave up a two run homer and then the

single run in the fifth. Of course that 

turned out to be the only runs the Rangers 

scored in the game.

What made the odds that the Mariners 

would win Rangers veteran  starter

Jacob deGromm  pitched a perfect game 

through five innings. At that point he 

struck out ten of the fifteen Mariners.

The Mariners have problems scoring 

runs.

In the 6th inning Cole Young lead off 

with a single off deGromm however

he struck two out of the next three 

guys to end the inning.

The Rangers took out deGromm in

the bottom of the 7th inning. They 

brought in reliever Jakob Junnis 

to face the Mariners. The Mariners 

haven't had a great record as of late

to come back to win.  Not even 

getting a base runner for five innings.

Junnis ended up hitting Randy Arozarena 

then threw a wild pitch. Canzone hit

a single scoring Randy.  Cal Raleigh 

hits a single moving Canzone to second.

Julio Rodriguez who we know has 

struggled at the plate since the all-star 

break hits a home run making it 4-3

Mariners. This was all with no outs. 

Josh Naylor strikes out. Cole Young 

who sort of started this whole thing

flied out to feel center field. Laz Montes

struck out to end the inning.

Logan Gilbert was able to pitch through

seven innings so he got the win.  He 

walked two Rangers and struck out 11.

What an awesome game he pitched too.

Gabe Speier pitched the 8th giving up

a hit and striking out two.

Andre Munoz game in the 9th and got

the save but made it really interesting 

since he walked two batters. This game

sort of has the same ring as Wednesday 

night  win by the Seahawks. The difference 

is their opening game of the season.

The Mariners are now 69-78 with 15 games

remaining in the season.  The Phillies didn't 

help the Mariners or the Rangers for that 

matter losing Thursday to the Astros 2-1. 

The Mariners are still six games behind 

the Astros while the Rangers are three.

The Astros have 75 wins.  Using the 

criteria of 81 wins the Astros only need

to win five of their remaining 15 games 

while the Mariners need to win 12.

Still not great odds. 

The Rangers are at 72 wins so they 

would need nine wins and they have

the tie breaker against the Astros and

the Mariners.  If you are a betting person 

the odds would be good if the Mariners 

win the division. As we see it doesn't 

look good.

Friday the Mariners start a three game

series against the Athletics in Sacramento.

Last week the Athletics beat the Mariners 

three of the four games. We have to keep 

our hopes up since we are fans but still 

a miracle needs to happen. 

Until Friday night have a good one. Go M's.

Seahawks Sam Darnold Out Game 2

Sam Darnold went to the hospital in

the third quarter. He ended up staying 

overnight and released in the morning.

The hospital took a MRI and his hip

isn't too serious where he will be out

got a long time.  They know that he

 be out for game two at Arizona.

It is a tricky situation. He will be going 

thru physical therapy so all depends 

how his body responds.

Drew Lock will take the snaps with the

first unit when they get back to practice.

Lock had a good game under the circum

-stances so  should be fine.

No other player got hurt in the game 

so we will who see who missed the game 

whether they be ready to go. 

Seahawks Win In Amazing Fashion

Sometimes an end to a game is worth

watching.  The Seahawks lost quarterback 

Sam Darnold ealy in the game when he

was sacked by Patriots on the fifth play 

of the game withs hip injury. At this point

don't know if he will play a week from 

Sunday against Arizona.

Backup Drew Lock had to play the rest

of the game.  After the game he said 

his thinking was to protect the ball.

The Patriots took a ten point lead  close

heading into the 4th quarter.  The Seahawks 

scored 13 straight points.  They had two 

interceptions that helped them to get there.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had the lone touchdown. 

He was quiet for a while though he had

eight receptions. 

The Seahawks had the opportunity to

score a second td to take a good lead

put penalties cost them which happened 

often on the night so settled for the 3

points. 

Under 30 seconds left in the game the

patriots had the opportunity to at least

tie with a field goal however quarterback 

Drake Maye tried to win the game throwing

near the sideline in the end zone but 

Seahawks cornerback  Josh Jobe intercepted

the ball to win the game. The Seahawks 

ran the clock out on two plays.

Jadarian Price started the game as the

running back. He had ten carries on the

night for 52 yards.  He had two catches

as well. George Holani had eight carries

for 29 yards. At least two were when

they had short yardage.

For three quarters the Seahawks offense

especially looked like they hadn't played

in preseason. Lock played in two preseason 

games which I am sure helped.

The NFL game be Thursday with the 49ers

and Rams playing in Melbourne Australia.

The winner will be tied for the NFC West

Division with the Seahawks.

We have to see what more happens in

the next 16 games ahead. Go Hawks. 

Kade Anderson Gets His First Major League Win

Kade Anderson was able to go six innings

to receive his first major league win.

Cal Raleigh said he was getting stronger as 

the game went along. 

Kade gave up one run in the second inning 

which was a home run and nothing after

that.  He gave up six hits, one walk and 

five strike outs. If Kade can do that more

times than not the Mariners should take

it.

The Mariners tied the game in the bottom 

of the 2nd. Cal had a walk in the second

on nine pitches. Taylor Ward singled him

in with two outs.  In the 4th inning the 

Mariners scored two runs on a double

by Cole Young. Unfortunately they only

had two hits against the Rangers bullpen

the rest of the way. 

Corey Seager hit a home run in the 8th 

inning for the Rangers to come within

one. Andre Munoz shut the door in the

9th for another save. He ended the game

on a strike out with his change up.  

Something  he has gotten better this 

season besides relying on his fastball 

and slider.

Final Mariners 3 Rangers 2

Thursday the Mariners will see if they

can win the series with Logan Gilbert.

Coming up next is how the Seahawks 

do Wednesday night at home against

the New England Patriots. Go Hawks.

Mariners Lose At Home Again

The Mariners continue having trouble 

in the current homestand losing 10-5.

Makes it 1-4 with two games remaining.

The Mariners are on must need to

win but hard to find at the moment.

Bryce Miller started and still struggling 

went only into the four inning getting two 

outs. 

Corey Seager hit a home run in the 

first inning for the Texas Rangers. 

The Rangers scored one in the 2nd.

No problem in the third though.

Bryce gave up two more in the 

4th.

The Mariners were facing a left handed 

starter which they have had trouble 

against all season.  The Mariners 

decided to start Laz Montes a left

handed bat at dh.  He hit a three run 

homer to make it close down 4-3.

Jose Ferrer came in for Bryce 

in the 4th and getting the final.

He started the 5th surrendering 

a hit though got the first out

of the inning.  Eduardo Bazardo 

came in for Ferrer. He has had

trouble giving up home runs

and he gave up two the Rangers

in the 5th.  five runs were scored.

So 9-3 and making it very hard to

come back to win.

The Rangers scored their last 

run in the 7th.  Dominic Canzone 

hit a double scoring Randy Arozarena.

in the 8th and  Randy hit a sacrifice 

fly in the 9th. Josh Naylor scored.

The Mariners ended up using six

relievers.  

Wednesday the Mariners and Rangers 

play a day game since the Seahawks 

and Patriots play in the evening. 

Kade Anderson makes the start 

He will be on a pitch count. We hope 

that he will make it through five

innings at least. 

The Mariners using six innings 

means only three who didn't 

pitch in this one.  Since Kade

is a lefty means that Seranthony 

Dominguez will likely come in

for him.  Lefty Gabe Speier who

didn't pitch either most likely 

will go too.  Closer Munoz will

likely pitch too. The Mariners 

may need to use someone who

pitched Tuesday unless they

activate a pitcher from the minors.

Depending on the score if the 

Mariners do activate another 

pitcher that pitcher could come 

in for Kade Anderson. 

The Tacoma Rainiers are at home

this week against El Paso for

the final homestand of the season.

So Mariners could bring someone 

up from there.   I thought possibly 

the Mariners could bring up another 

top prospect Ryan Sloan from

Arkansas however he started 

Sunday.  If he is called up likely 

won't be until the Mariners go

on the road to play in Sacramento 

this weekend against the A's.

The Mariners now have 17 games

remaining on the season. For the 

Mariners to make it  to 81-81 they.

will have to go 14-3. It will be hard

to do as how they are playing down

the stretch.

The Houston Astros beat the

Phillies this evening 6-5. They

have 17 games remaining as 

well. They only have to go

7-10 to reach 81wins. Though 

the Mariners are not mathematically 

out of it yet things don't look

good.  Making it as a wild card

is likely more difficult. Go M's. 

 

 

Seahawks Injury Report Into Game One

The Seahawks have three safeties on

the active roster.  Starter Ty Okada 

likely going to miss the game with a

hamstring.  

Second year safety Nick Emmanwori 

had ankle surgery during camp. He

likely play at least some of the game 

hopefully. Though listed as safety 

Nick can be seen all over the defense 

in the same manner as Devon Witherspoon.

This means that the Seahawks often

do not take players out on either passing 

or running plays by the opposition. 

The Seahawks have four safeties on the

practice squad. A team can only activate 

two players in a given week  from the 

practice squad.  There are six players 

each week that are selected from the

53 man roster not be activated for a

game. 

So the Seahawks will likely activate

two safeties from the practice squad.

Most likely Rodney Thomas II and

D'Anthony Bell who are the most

veteran of the four.  This could come

down to what the four bring to the 

table. 

Two other Seahawks players on the

53 man roster who could be inactivate

for game one is wide receiver Tory

Horton who has had to deal with a

hamstring injury and offensive lineman 

Josh Jones with a knee injury. The 

Seahawks do have ten offensive 

lineman on the roster. If he is inactive 

means they will have four remaining 

lineman as backups.  

The Seahawks  have ten defensive 

lineman on the roster so we could 

see one of them inactive and the

same goes for linebackers and 

edge rushers.  

Generally the Seahawks start two

inside and outside linebackers each

with three lineman.  Again with the 

versatility of Witherspoon and 

Emmanwori one or the other could

come inside on any given down.

They could come in on the rush. 

Though there are others who have

dealt with nagging injuries the rest

should be ready to go.  

Washington Huskies Lose Top Two Running Backs

Sunday's Apple Cup the Washington Huskies 

running game didn't look so good. Was that.

the Cougars defense or the Huskies need

more work at the position?

Monday head coach Jedd Fisch announced

that the Huskies number one running back

Quiad Carr will be out for some time as he 

had surgery to his hand. Jayden Limar who

transferred from Oregon is the second running

back who grew up Seattle is a senior and

injured an elbow. Depending on their return 

Carr could add another year to eligibility 

and Limar could come back next year too.

Trey Cooley a graduate student attended

Troy last year but injuries caused him to

miss the season. Previous be was at 

Georgia Tech and Louisville. He will 

get most of the carries as  his two backups

are  freshmen in Brian Bonner Jr. and 

Ansu Sanoe.  At least they all should

get playing time in practice before this

Saturday's game against Utah State. 

Utah State is one of the new teams in

the Pac-12 conference.  They were beat

by Idaho State  29-17.  Turnovers were 

the major for the loss..Idaho State is

a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Utah State isn't considered a good team

getting the running game  going will be

important. The Huskies first three games

are none league then they begin the 

Big Ten conference at the end of September 

against Minnesota also at Husky Stadium.

Seeing comments from some Huskies fans

they didn't think much of coach Jedd Fisch 

play calling.  Being the first game I am

sure he was trying to feel out the Cougars 

defense. We could see more of quarterback 

Desmond Williams Jr. running the ball too.

Since the passing game didn't start out 

good for the Huskies against the Cougars

maybe passing first could be a good idea.

It may open holes for Desmond and Trey.

Go Dawgs. 

.

What Should The Mariners Now

We all know that the series the Mariners 

had just with the Athletics is the low

point of the season. We expected them

to win three out of four however it the

A's instead. They looked more like what

the Mariners should have.

At least Bryan Woo went eight innings 

of shutout baseball giving up one hit.

That was a good thing since the offense 

muster up two runs on seven hits. The

Mariners actually looked good in the 4th

inning with the two runs however went 

silent after that. 

The Mariners brought infielder Michael 

Arroyo up from triple A Tacoma. Since

they were facing a lefty he started in

place of  Cole Young. He did have the

opportunity to drive in some runs with

the bases loaded but struck out. He

must have watched too many Mariners 

videos. Give him the benefit of the doubt

being his first game. 

The Mariners start a three game series 

against the Texas Rangers beginning on

Tuesday. The Mariners are 67-77 with

18 games remaining on the regular season 

schedule. Finishing 81-81 the Mariners have 

to win 14 games.  Doesn't look good.

The Mariners long winning streak was in

late May win they won 8 straight. They have 

to begin there to have a fighting chance.

The Rangers are four games ahead of the 

Mariners so sweeping them would be ideal.

The Mariners play next weekend against

the A's in Sacramento. The Mariners need 

to do what they almost did to them in

Seattle by sweeping them. That would be

six of the eight.  

The minor league seasons are almost

over. Ryan Sloan seems to be the best

one to bring up next.  He could be in

the bullpen and the Mariners could use 

him as a piggy back with Kade Anderson.

We do know the Mariners will need to

make changes during the off-season 

no matter what these last 18 games

go.  The changes should start with

the front office and working their way

down.  For many fans selling the team 

might be the best place to start.

The Seahawks were sold at $9.6 billion.

The San Diego Padres and the Angels 

were sold for a couple billion below the

Seahawks do this could be a good time.

We are hoping the Sonics will return

to the NBA. 

The Mariners showed this weekend 

that the fans are going to games despite

losing.  I am sure most of the season 

fans were hoping for the team they were

expecting. Without some turnover it

would be hard to see fans coming at the

same rate at the beginning of the season.

At this point with having to sign a new

collective bargaining agreement we have 

no idea when the season begins. At least

with the front office and coaching staff 

that could happen soon.

We do know that Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez 

and Josh Naylor will be the big three to 

return. Also the season Dominic Canzone 

and Cole Young too.   Kade Anderson will 

be there too along with Colt Emerson.

Andre Munoz out of the bullpen. The Mariners 

will have to work on the rest of it.  Most of

the starting rotation will return though they

haven't done will in the past month. Someone 

could be traded however with the CBA 

it is hard to know how much time they will

have to do so we will see.

Besides these last 18 games the next

six months should be interesting for

the Mariners. We hope the season will

begin around April 1.  Not a joke I hope. 

Washington Huskies Win Apple Cup

First thing can next year the Apple Cup 

not be the opening game of the season.

The Washington Huskies offense didn't 

look like it will be. Most of the game the

Huskies defense was good. 

Final Washington 24  Washington State 10

The best quarter was the 4th quarter.

More excitement than in the other three

It looked like a bad opening game and

not so much as a rival game.

The Huskies are the better team however

the Cougars looked good on defense.

Lack of a running game other than qb

Desmond Williams Jr.   Also penalties 

killed them. 

The Cougars offense was inconsistent 

until the 4th quarter however they had

 turnovers. 

I think both teams will be better as the 

season goes on.

Washington plays Utah State next Saturday 

in Seattle at 12:30pm.  Utah State lost to

Idaho State Saturday 29-17.  The Huskies 

should win easily if they can run the ball

and lose the penalties.

The Cougars will play Kansas State on

their field next Saturday at 9:00 am

Pacific time.  Kansas State beat Nicholls 

Saturday 71-3. The Cougars are much

better than Nicholls however it will be

a challenge and show how good they are. 

Mariners End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners beat the A's in a disappointing 

series on Sunday 2- 0 taking only one of four 

games. 

Bryan Woo may have had his best game of

the season. He went eight innings  giving 

up one hit while walking two and striking 

out nine. Andre Munoz got the save in

the 9th giving up no hits. 

The  Mariners scored both runs in the 4th

inning when they hit five singles in a row.

In all they had seven hits.

The Mariners brought up rookie  Michael 

Arroyo and he made his debut. He played 

second base however had no hits. 

Patrick Wisdom was sent to Tacoma.

The Mariners have Monday off then

have a three game series against the

Texas Rangers. The Mariners really 

need to sweep them to stay in contention 

for the playoffs. 

Mariners Lose Again

For the third game in a row the Seattle Mariners 

lose to the A's at home.  The final 6-2. 

The Mariners didn't score a run until the 

8th and 9th.  Jeffrey Springs went seven

innings giving up only two hits both to 

Cal Raleigh. Gave up no runs.  I heard 

excuses that he has always pitched well 

against the Mariners though this season 

his era is over six runs a game. Last night

they faced a pitcher who hasnt had a good

season either. 

George Kirby went six and two-thirds giving

up four runs with three being earned. Mike

Rucker gave up the other two runs when he

came in for Kirby.

Cal actually had three hits so another one

after Springs left the game. The Mariners 

had a total of six hits. 

The A's have the worst bullpen in the majors

so not a surprise the Mariners were able 

to score at the end.  Arozarena, Canzone 

and JP Crawford had the other hits. Not a

big surprise.  Canzone had the only rbi.

We hope the Mariners will have some dignity 

to win the final game of the season. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Critical Game

The Seattle Mariners who needed to

win this series at home against the 

Athletics lost for the second straight 

 night.  Final Athletics 7 Mariners 6

The Mariners started it off by scoring 

 two runs in the bottom of the 2nd 

inning however it was short lived.

In the 3rd inning Logan Gilbert who

has been their best starter recently 

and looked good in the first two innings

gave up four home runs and five runs.

In the bottom of the third Cal Raleigh 

hit a home run to tie.  The 4th inning

neither team scored. Unfortunately 

Gilbert gave up two runs and left

with two outs in the fifth.  One of

the two runs scored Laz Montes

crashed into the right field fence

with the batter gettings a triple.

He ended up scoring the second 

run.  Laz stayed in the game however

when Logan left the game they took

Laz out the same time for precaution.

The X-ray showed being negative.

He might be back in the series. If so

probably be as dh. 

The bullpen did a good job not

giving up a run at all. A good sign

after struggling  recently.

The Mariners scored a run in

the 8th to make it close.  Munoz 

pitched the 9th getting all three 

batters.

In the bottom of the 9th Patrick

Wisdom lead of pinch hitting.

Not a good move in my opinion.

Randy Arozarena walked Wisdom 

was out. Dominic Canzone hit 

s short grounded for the second 

out. The only good thing Arozarena 

moved.  Julio who has struggled 

at the plate popped out to end the

game.

The Mariners will need to win

the final two games of the series 

to have any chance to make the

playoff. Let see what happens. 

Look At Seattle Seahawks First Opponent

The Seahawks start their season against 

the New England Patriots who they beat 

in the Super Bowl.  Expect both teams 

ready to go. 

The Patriots are expected by the experts 

to win at least ten games.  They are playing

eight teams who were in the playoffs last

year including the Seahawks and division 

rival Buffalo Bills.   The Seahawks are

expected to win around  11 games. 

It looks like backup running back TreVeyon 

Henderson maybe among the injured and

likely won't play. We will have see.

It will be interesting how the Patriots come

out. Quarterback Drake Maye is expected 

to have a stellar season. The Mariners plan 

to have that after week one.  They confused

him in the Super Bowl so he will likely be 

better than in that game. The Seahawks will

have other plans.  Best to stop the running 

game so he will have to throw more. The

Seahawks top defense players like Devon Witherspoon will be on different sides of

the ball and Leonard Williams will look to

stack the line too.  A big keys is on first

and second down.  Turnovers be at a

minimum. 

The Patriots acquired AJ Brown in the 

off-season be someone for the Seahawks 

look at.   The Patriots have a new defensive

coordinator in   Zak  Certain. Also they.

have former Seahawks Dre'mont Jones.

Since it is a copy league could see some

looks like the Seahawks. Most likely a lot 

of  teams will.

The Seahawks with their new ownership 

group they have added 12 additional 

coowners.  Not a big surprise with the

cost of the team.  We will hear more 

from the new owners than Paul Allen 

or his sister Jody.  I don't think a big

deal.  Go Hawks. 

Mariners Lose Opener To A:s

The Seattle Mariners scored three runs

in the first inning however it was silent

until the sixth when they scored a run 

again..

Out new folk hero Laz Montes drove in

the last run of the first. The A's scored

a run in the second too.

Kade Anderson went five innings giving

up four runs. Mistake I believe made was

not taking him out after two runners got

on base in the 5th.

Final Athletics 7 Mariners 4 

Outside of that the Mariners struck out 18 times 

A couple innings had runners in scoring position but 

couldn't come through. 

Friday Logan Gilbert will pitch. Don't know yet for the

A's.  Go M's.

.

 

Laz Montes Should be in the Lineup Thursday

Laz Montes had a great opening game

when he started for his first game on

Wednesday night walking, single and 

home run with 2 rbis.  

Some fans and media were upset 

that he didn't start against a lefty on

Wednesday against the Red Sox.

Fortunately the Mariners won which

they have had problems winning

against lefties.  Maybe having Montes

in the clubhouse and on the bench

helped anyways.

The Mariners start a four game series 

against the A's starting Thursday evening.

Thursday  the A's are starting a right

hander in the game so we should see 

him starting. I expect he will dh again.

I look forward to see him in the outfield 

at some point. 

Friday and Saturday games it hasn't been

announced who will start for the A's.

Sunday's game the A's are starting a lefty.

Depending how Montes is playing it

would be nice to see him in the game.

Comes down to starting as well. 

When it comes to Brendan Donovan no

news yet whether he will be activated 

today or in this series.  Stay tuned.

Go M's. 

Update Montes is in right field while 

Canzone at dh.      No  Brendan Donovan 

yet. What is taking so long. 

Mariners Take Series

The Seattle Mariners took care of the

Boston Red Sox beating them 8-3.  

Though he wasn't able to finish the

5th inning  Bryce Miller did pitch better

than over the past month. He gave up

seven hits however one run and gave 

up only one walk. Jose Ferrer came 

in to get the final out in the 5th.

Mike Rucker gave up two runs in

the second inning he pitched. Maybe

they should have taken him after giving 

up a hit. Runs can come in spurts in

Fenway Park. 

Seranthony Dominguez pitched the

8th  and Cooper Criswell who recently 

returned from the injured list. Neither 

one gave up a hit or walk. For the 

Mariners to win in September these

two could be a key coming out of the

bullpen as well as Carlos Vargas. This

will help Bazardo who has struggled 

recently.

The Mariners scored their runs in

two innings.  The 3rd and 6th they

scored four runs in each. The Mariners 

didn't hit a home run either. Played.

small ball which is easier to do in

Fenway Park.  They have had harder 

trouble at T-MOBILE.

The bottom three in the batting order

did the job scoring five runs. Though

he didn't get a hit  Cole Young batting

6th did score a run. Weston Wilson, 

JP Crawford and Jhonny Pereda 

certainly did the job. The Mariners gave

Cal the day off. Pereda keep playing 

like this maybe the Mariners can give 

Cal a couple days off a week. 

The top four of the order Arozarena, Canzone 

Julio, and Naylor each drove in a run.

Canzone and Julio each scored too.

Although it was a losing road trip it was

better than it could have been. The Mariners 

are four and a  half behind the Astros 

who are ready  to play the White Sox.

The Mariners come home to play four

against the A's beginning Thursday.

It would be nice to win three out of 

four though since wins are important 

in September.  Kade Anderson starts

Thursday followed by Logan Gilbert, 

George Kirby and Bryan Woo. Go M's. 

The Apple Cup Coming Up This Sunday

The last time the Huskies and  the  Cougars 

played in Husky Stadium the Cougars won 

in 2024.  Things have changed a lot for 

both teams.

Jedd  Fisch was new to the program and

he had a lot of new players to Seattle.

The Huskies just joined the Big Ten.

This time  things were close to what 

happen to the Huskies in 2024. There is

a new Pac-12 along with   new  head 

coach and a lot of players transfered 

out of Washington State. 

Steve the moment the new Pac-12 isn't as 

good as the Big Ten. With a school like

Boise State who is favored to win the 

conference it could become really good

too. 

Tree

A few months ago Jedd Fisch said that

head coaches should stay as long as 

there contract. If he stands by his word

he can be in Seattle for a while. 

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

team doesn't start practice for about three

more weeks. He is busy trying to recruit

for both 2027 and 2028 for incoming 

freshmen.  

We see how the team will be this coming 

season.ast year they had to deal with a 

lot of injuries.  Go Dawgs.

Seahawks Face Patriots Next Wednesday Night

Although the Seahawks dominated the

New England Patriots winning by 16 

points in the last Super Bowl the Seahawks 

right now are favored by only 3.5 points 

in the opening game next Wednesday 

night at Lumen Field in Seattle. 

I can only think the 3.5 point favorite since

it is opening  game of the season and or 

the Seahawks are being disrespected.

The Seahawks have a few players  no

longer on the roster especially starters. 

Most notably is running back Kenneth Walker 

III. Of course he had a great games in the

playoffs especially the Super Bowl and

we will have to see how the running game

goes.

Jadarian Price first round pick is the notable 

change replacing Ken Walker. George Holani 

who played sparingly is in for Zach Charbonnett 

who will be out for several games as he recovers

from his surgery.   The offensive line  being

together should improve in the running game.

Sam Darnold second season as the starting 

quarterback should improve. The question 

should be how much.  The starting receivers

who ended  the season return as well.

The Seahawks defense should  improve 

after another year under head coach 

Mike MacDonald.  Though they play 

a standard defense we can see some new

wrinkles and unexpected changes.

If I were a betting man I would put money

down that the Seahawks will win by more

than 3.5 points.  Any additional news before

next Wednesday we will let you know. 

Go Hawks. 

Mariners Win Middle Game of Series

The Seattle Mariners Tuesday evening 

beat the Red Sox 9-6. The game wasn't 

as close as the score shows until late. 

The Mariners scored all their runs within

the first five innings. 

Bryan Woo went six innings giving up one 

run. It was the bullpen that gave up the

other five runs.  The bullpen has had

trouble late in games.

Laz Montes made his debut batting 7th

and at dh.  His first at bat was in the second

inning that helped the Mariners score five

runs when he walked. Arozarena had a three

run homer in the inning.

In the third inning Montes had a single for

his first major league hit and had rbi too.

Seahawks Sign 17 to Practice Squad

 By Monday the Seahawks have 17 players on

the practice squad. At some point many of 

them will play in some games.

The practice squad is made of rookies 

and veterans.  Cody White wide receiver 

was not one of them so he is a free agent.

Other teams can select players anytime 

to put on their active roster from other 

teams. There is a possibility a player 

could be activated . 

Each week the Seahawks can activate 

two players from the practice squad.  

48 players are available to suit up 

however if the two players from practice 

squad are activated then 46 players

are available from the roster. Since five

players are normally  not suited for the

game.  Also an emergency Quarterback 

is available to which I am not sure that

Jalen Milroe is since the Seahawks may

use him on occasion when they are in

the red zone. They may have plays  set

up for his running ability. He was used

a few times last year however now in

his second season could be used more

often.   Drew Lock will likely play if

Sam Darnold gets hurt or the game  

where the score puts the team way 

ahead in the 4th quarter. Wouldn't that

be nice to happen in the season's opener

next Wednesday night.

The Seahawks have six offensive players 

plus international player center Fredrico

Maranges center from Brazil.   Logan Brown 

as offensive tackle, three wide receivers 

including  veteran Rickey White III and

rookie Emmanuel Henderson Jr. Also

two running backs.

The remaining ten are on defense. Three

cornerbacks including Trevon Diggs.

Three safeties too.  Three defensive 

lineman and  linebacker Marvin Jones

Jr.  

It would be nice if major league baseball 

would have a practice squad in similar 

fashion. Of course the amount would be 

much less. I would say possibly four players.

I would go for two pitchers, a position and

a catcher. The catcher be available for 

emergency.  This would allow the teams

not to put players on the injured list unless

they wouldn't be available and  go on the

ten day injured list.

Trevon Diggs and More

The Seahawks decided to cut veteran 

cornerback Trevon Diggs then signed 

him to the practice squad. According to 

general manager John Schneider have

one game and a few practices they felt

not to start him on the opening of the

season.  Depending on how the three

back up corners do and how he is doing

in practice he will be activated at some

point.  The possibility is the Seahawks 

will be going with all three of the safeties

in regular rotation. 

We will let you know who else be activated 

to the practice squad and who the Seahawks 

may pick up.

News came out late Sunday afternoon 

the Mariners are calling up outfielder 

Laz Montes from triple A Tacoma and

he will be activated on Tuesday when

the roster expands to 28 players. Another 

pitcher should be activated as well. 

How much Montes will play is anyone's 

guess.  They have Canzone in right field

along with Arozarena in left. So Montes

and Canzone could alternate when facing

lefties. Canzone will likely dh when facing

lefties.  They still have Taylor Ward as

the right handed bat in right field or dh. 

Being swept by the Blue Jays may put 

changes in the lineup. It will depend 

on the series beginning Monday against

the Red Sox in Boston for three games. 

things in change of how often 

Seahawks 53 man Roster Announced

Sunday the Seattle Seahawks  named their

53 man roster.  It will be interesting who

they name to the 16 man practice squad.

Also the roster could change before the

Seahawks opening game on September 9.

On offense the Seahawks are again going

with the same three quarterbacks as last 

season.  Friday's game with  Jalen Milroe 

at the helm showed to be the third qb.

The Seahawks are going with three 

running running backs in  Jadarian Price, 

George Holani, and Emanuel Wilson who

they acquire during the off-season. Brady 

Russell as the sole fullback.

Five receivers with Tory Horton and Montorie

Foster Jr.  as the 4th and 5th receivers.

The offensive line is made up of ten.

Christian Haynes made the team  though

there questions whether he would make it.

Also fifth round pick Beau Stephens 

made it too. 

Defensive line the reserves will be

Rylie Mills,  Mike Morris and  Brandon 

Pili. In total six lineman. 

There are ten linebackers.  Earnest 

Jones IV and Drake Thomas will be

the starting inside linebacker. 

Demarcus Lawrence and Uchenna 

Nwosu as the outside linebackers.

Derrick Hall who signed a new contract 

in the off-season is primary edge rusher. 

Five cornerbacks with Julian Neal,

Nehemiah Pritchett,  and Avery Smith

a rookie they acquired from the LA

Chargers on Sunday.

Three safeties in Nick Emmanwori,

Julian Love and Ty Okada. 

Next let you know who makes the

practice squad and those let go

all together who might be  known 

names. Go Hawks. 

Mariners Swept By the Blue Jays

Sunday the Seattle Mariners were  beaten 

and swept by the Blue Jays.  Often the Mariners 

have done well in Toronto but not this time.

This frustrating since the Mariners didn't hit well 

at all in this series. They had the opportunity to

win Saturday but not on Sunday.

Final  Blue Jays 7 Mariners 0

Cal Raleigh had the only hit in the game

which was a double that almost went out.

Logan Gilbert went five innings   giving

up three runs which might have been 

enough if the Mariners did score.  

Gabe Speier pitched the 6th giving up a

home.  Nick Navila who was recalled 

with Emerson Hancock going on the 

injured list after being hurt early on

Friday's game.  Navila gave up the

final three runs in the 8th. The low 

leverage relievers haven't done well 

recently though lack of offense was the 

issue.

Max Scherzer who has had a good 

career though no a good season 

went seven innings and struck out

ten Mariners.  He ended up passing 

 former  Mariners Gaylord Perry into

9th place on the all-time for strike outs.

Again a terrible series for the Mariners.

If they don't make the playoffs this will

be a major reason. The Mariners now

go to  Boston to take Red Sox. Not a

good sign.  Go M's.  

Later let you who the Seahawks didn't 

make the opening roster at this point.

Won't mention everyone but a few that

maybe known names. 

Blue Jays Beat Mariners Again

The Seattle Mariners and the Blue Jays 

had a mid afternoon game in Toronto. 

The Mariners scored first which they 

often don't. Cal Raleigh who loves to

hit home runs in Toronto had a solo 

home run the second inning. 

In the 4th inning the Mariners were 

able to load the bases then Taylor Ward 

who had been struggling hit a single

to score Josh Naylor and Cal Raleigh.

Unfortunately the Mariners bats went 

dry after that.

Kade Anderson making his second

start got off well then in the 5th 

inning was only able to get one out

and gave up two runs.  It is still

adjustment for Anderson but certainly 

showing good signs. 

Bazardo finished the 5th though giving 

up a couple outs.  The Jays got two

more runs off Jose Ferrer who came 

in the 6th inning.  Ferrer gave up a walk 

then was to get two outs before surrending

another walk. After that two singles in

a row scoring the two final runs for Blue

Jays win. 

Carlos Vargas came in after that and went

two more innings after the final out in the

6th inning. He gave the Mariners a chance

to win  without giving up a hit.  

Now the Mariners will have to see if they

can salvage the series by winning Sunday.

It will be important game before going to

Boston to play the Red Sox who have been 

playing well after getting off to a poor start.

The Red Sox before catching on fire were not 

playing well at home but have been all season

the road. Now though they are two games 

over .500 at home on the season. This doesn't 

look good for the Mariners.

At this point the Mariners schedule is easy

in September however they will have to win

most of those games.  Having Vargas back

in the bullpen helps and Matt Brash is starting 

to throw. Also Cooper Criswell is on rehab 

assignment at the moment.  

The Mariners are expecting Brendan Donovan 

back anytime off the concussion injured list.

He is with the team right now. Hopefully play

Sunday and if not in Boston. Go M's 

Seahawks Final Preseason End In Tie

The finals score  for Friday game was 9-9

Jason Meyers tried a long field goal at the 

end but went too much to the right.

Jalen Milroe looked much better in this game

than last week. See what he does in the future.

Not easy when your playing with guys your not

used to in practice.  

The players especially on defense helped

to make a goal line stand to keep the Chiefs

out of the end  zone. By Sunday we will see 

who made the team even by their play in

this game. Those who don't make it could

on another team. We will see for sure.

Now we wait until Wednesday September 9

that Sam Darnold and the gang are ready to

go.  Go Hawks!

Mariners Lose Opener In Toronto

Friday evening the Seattle Mariners lost the

opening game of the series and road trip. 

When trying to make the playoffs this wasn't 

a good way to get started. Now means they

have to try to win two games in a row.

Final Blue Jays 8 Mariners 1

The Mariners scored their only run in

the first inning when Dominic Canzone hit

s home run. After that the offense went

Second which has happened a lot this

season especially lately.

The Jays responded immediately scoring

three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Before the scoring which were some luck

on the part of the Jays manager Dan Wilson 

and the trainer had to go out to be sure

starter Emerson Hancock was ok. He stayed 

in for five innings he gave up two more runs

before leaving. He gave up two home runs

after the fifth inning.

Seranthony Dominguez gave up a home run 

in the sixth inning.  Michael Rucker gave up

two runs in the 7th inning. He was out there 

in the 8th too.

The Mariners had only four hits only after

Canzone home run. We hope that the Mariners 

will bounce back Saturday with Kade Anderson 

on the mound.  Go M's.