. Mariners Blown Out Monday Night

The Minnesota Twins had lost nine out 

of ten games heading into this game.

Luis Castillo has been struggling in

recent outings so the Twins were

looking to turn it around for at least 

one game. The weather was rain

going into it as well plus the Twins 

were starting a lefty. The Mariners 

are now 1-5 against them. The 

Mariners need to make some changes

when facing lefties as well as what 

they do with Luis Castillo who has

a career losing record on the road 

although has a 47-40 at home.

The Mariners expect to have Bryce

Miller back soon as he is on rehab

assignment pitching three times.

Emerson Hancock has pitched 

well. They would like to keep him

start pitching however where will

Bryce Miller fit in.  I don't see

sending either Hancock down.

I would like to see him in the

bullpen if he s me doesn't start for 

the Mariners for now.  This game

was another where the end of the

bullpen didn't work.

Final Twins 11 Mariners  4

Luis Castillo went five innings

giving up 7 runs. The Mariners 

didn't want to over use the

bullpen. Cole Wilcox got four 

outs in relief of Castillo. He 

gave up one run. Alex Hoppe 

finished the game for the

Mariners however gave up 

three runs. This was first 

outing after the M's dfa

Casey Leguimina then trade

him to Tampa Bay. 

We are not sure what the M's 

will do but Hancock needs 

to be on the team in some

way. By one outing we can't 

judge what Hoppe may do.

Cole Wilcox may not be the 

answer in the bullpen either 

in the long run. The Mariners 

do need another high leverage 

reliever though.

Cal Raleigh had another home

run though didn't make a 

difference  in this one. He has

now his 160th career home run

and is tied at number 7 with 

Alvin Davis on the Mariners 

all time list. We should see

him continue to go up. Where

he ends we will see. 

Tuesday Logan Gilbert will

start followed by George Kirby. 

The Mariners will be this coming

weekend. They will be honoring 

the Big Unit Saturday by retiring 

Randy Johnson number 51. 

Last year it was Ichiro number 51.

Go Mariners!

Mariners Sweep The Cardinals

The Mariners finally came through on

this road trip after struggling mightly 

before.

All three games were close however 

Mariners found a way to win. This is

much like last season.

Sunday final Mariners 3 Cardinals 2.

Road trips are usually hard to sweep 

as well as win the series.

Four runs were scored on solo

home runs.  St. Louis had a home run

in the bottom of the third then Cal

hit a home run to tie the game.

In the 6th Nathan church who hit

two home runs Saturday hit another

for the Cardinals.

Cole Young who has done quite 

well hit a single driving in Connor

Joe from second. At some point 

the Mariners may have to move 

him up in the lineup. Joe played 

first base today for Naylor. 

Rob Refsynder hit a home run

in the 9th to win the game. He 

pinch hit for Raley. Luke has 

struggled as of late, whether

he would have if he hit a few

more time it is hard to tell.

Emerson Hancock was able to go 

six innings for the Mariners though 

he had plenty of  runners onboard.

Gabe Speier got two outs in the 

7th with a walk. Bazardo got the 

final out on one pitch and faces 

three in the 8th. Jose Ferrer took

care of the 9th.

The Mariners are now 14-15 in

third place a game and a half 

behind the A's.  The Angel are 

three back and the Astros are

still struggling being four and 

a half.

The Mariners now go to Minnesota 

to take on Twins. They have a record 

of 14-16. They have lost nine of

their last ten games so maybe the

Mariners caught them at the right 

time . Go M's. 

Day Three Of NFL Draft 2026

The Seattle Seahawks were busy on

Saturday acquiring several draft picks.

 The first pick was acquired from the

 Cleveland Browns in Beau Stephens

a guard from Iowa in the fifth round.

The Seahawks are looking at adding 

depth and competition for the right 

guard spot.  Iowa had several players

drafted this year.

In round six the Seahawks selected

Emmanuel Henderson Jr. a wide

receiver from  Kansas who has a lot 

of speed. Most likely he will see

most of his action on special teams 

if he makes the team. He was acquired 

in  a trade with the New York Jets.

In the seventh round the Seahawks 

acquired three picks including the

first and in the round from the

Green Bay Packers. Both of these

are cornerbackd so be tough

competition. They are Andre Fuller 

from Toledo and Michael Dansby 

from Arizona. Sandwich between 

them was a defensive tackle acquired 

from the Jets picked in  Deven Eastern

from Minnesota. We wish them all

the best.

The Seahawks have signed already 

three undrafted college players so

let you know who they are and others

with notable names on Sunday.  

The draft pick of Stephens was for the

4th round pick in next draft. The Seahawks still have eleven picks for next year right 

now.. The two picks in the 7th round 

from the Packers was for the late sixth 

round. The two picks acquired from

the Jets was for an earlier sixth round 

pick. Go Hawks 

The San Francisco 49ers drafted 

two players from University of

Washington. Both players were 

selected in the 4th round. Offensive 

lineman Carvis Wills and cornerback 

Ephesians Prysock. 

In all the Washington Huskies had 

seven players drafted. Edge rusher 

Zach Durfee was the last one  in

the 7th round by Jacksonville.

The Washington State Cougars

Had only one player wide receiver 

De'Zhaun Stribling  by the San 

Francisco 49ers. He was the very 

first pick of the second round. 

Mariners Win Slugfest

Saturday afternoon we were not expecting 

a slugfest with Bryan Woo on the mound

however that happens..We just hope

an injury hasn't happened.

The Mariners have Bryce Miller coming 

back soon. We just hope this was just

an off day.. Woo was only able to go 

three innigs and gave up seven runs.

Final Mariners 11 Cardinals 9

The .Mariners used four relievers.

Jose Ferrer went two innings giving

up two hits, one walk however not

a run. Cooper Criswell went two 

innings as well but gave up three

runs. Mariners not doing too well 

late in innings when bringing in

a reliever like this. I am not sure

why they would do this. Brash 

and Munoz shut the door again.

The key hit was a single into

right center by Leo Rivas with

the bases loaded one out to

drive in the final two runs.

Will Wilson had a home run with

runner on base in the second inning.

It was on his first pitch in his first 

at bat in the majors. Wilson started 

at third base.  Rivas came in for

him after Canzone had pinch hit

and drove in a run two. The 9th

sot in the order drove in five runs.

Julio Rodriguez hit a home run in 

the first inning with Cal on base

 Unfortunately the Cardinals tied

it with two home runs in the bottom 

of first. Cole Young hsd three hits

including a home run. Every hitter

got at least one hit except Luke 

Raley who pinch hit for Refsynder.

Connor Joe had a good hit to

late in the gym when he went

in for Raley. 

We hope that the Mariners can

sweep the Cardinals on Sunday.

Emerson Hancock will go for the 

Mariners.  Go M's 

Washington Huskies Jonah

Coleman was drafted by the 

Denver Broncos in the fourth 

round at running back  The

Huskies had a few others 

drafted too. We will let you 

know they went as well. Go 

Hawks 

P

 

Mariners Win Opening On Road Trip and Seahawks Draft Picks

The Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis 

Cardinals Friday night. It ended  where

the Mariners had lost eight in a row 

coming into this game

Final Mariners 3-2

The Mariners  had only four hits

however made the best of them.

Cole Young singled driving in

Randy Arozarena for the first 

run in the second inning. Dominic 

drove in Josh Naylor who had 

walked. In the 6th inning hit a 

home run to win. 

George Kirby went six innings plus

giving up two runs after the two runs

they had run. This was the first loss

on the Cardinals in one run games.

Matt Brash came in the 7th and

gave up no hits. He is having a good 

season so far. 

Gabe Speier started the 8th giving up

two hits and one out. Bazardo came 

and was able to get a grounder into

a double play. Munoz got the first 

two outs then gave up a hit however

was able to strike out the batter.

Bryan Woo will start Saturday against 

the Cardinals. We hope for more hits

in the game and at least one more run.

The Seahawks had one draft pick in

both the 2nd and 3rd rounds. The 

Seahawks have only one more pick 

in the sixth round. We will see if they

will trade up. Next year is supposed to 

be better so they may not do anything.

Bud Clark from TCU  was in the second

round. He played safety in college but

we could see him at cornerback.

Julian Neal a cornerback was picked 

in the 3rd round from Arkansas.

He only played there one season 

after four years at Fresno State

Both could play at cornerback or

at nickel back.  General manager 

John Schneider and his staff will

be sitting around a lot on Sunday.

They could move up or back. 

The Seahawks have 12 picks in

2027. That draft is supposed 

to be better however trading 

several to get additional picks

this year would be good. They

have their own picks in each 

round plus some compensary 

picks for the free agents they 

lost this year. They are expected 

in the 4th and 5th rounds.

Go Hawks.

University of Washington Huskies 

wife receiver Denzel Boston was

drafted in the second to the Cleveland 

Browns. We wish him the best. 

Seahawks Make Their Pick

The Seahawks winning the Super Bowl 

meant they had the last pick in the

first round. There was the thought 

they might trade down however they 

set where they were.

The Seahawks wanted to draft the

replacement for Super Bowl MVP

Ken Walker..Not a big surprise 

they decided not to resign him 

since he has had injuries in the 

time in Seattle.  The injury to 

backup Zach Charbonnett may

have changed their minds but

the amount he signed with the

Kansas City Chiefs I am sure

why they didn't sign him. I guess 

we will see. 

The Seahawks drafted running 

back Jadarian Price from Notre 

Dame.   His teammate Jeremiyah 

Love was drafted third overall 

by the Arizona Cardinals. Love

was Notre Dame starting running 

back and the best one in college 

football.  This means that Price

will be healthier for playing

limited time. Price averaged 7.08

yards per carry. He has a lot of 

speed so he will be a good change 

up for anyone else who plays at

running back until Charbonnett 

returns. Price will be different from

Charbonnett who has carried the

ball a lot when the Seahawks are

close to the goal line.

We will see him in Seattle soon

so it will be good to see him up

close.  The Seahawks will have

a mini camp for the draft picks

as well as any who are signed

as nondrafted  free agents . 

Friday will be round two and

three. We see who they draft 

or whether they make any trades 

to add picks. The pick in the

second round as well as the third 

will be the last pick of the round.

So they could move down.  A lot 

will depend how other teams pick.

Go Hawks..

Mariners Wins Wednesday Afternoon

It wasn't easy however the Mariners 

beat the A's 5-4 so they were able to 

win without losing all three games.

Logan Gilbert was only able to go

four innings giving up three runs.

The bullpen did a good job not giving

up a run until Munoz gave up a

home run to tie in the top of the 9th. 

Fortunately Josh Naylor drove in 

the walk off hit in the bottom of the

9th.  

Josh Naylor and Cal Raleigh each 

had three hits. Cal had his third 

home run in these three games 

against the A's. JP, Julio and

Arozarena had two. Top of the 

order did well. 

The Mariners have Thursday off

then play the Cardinals in St. Louis

over the weekend.

A's Beat Mariners

Tuesday night the Seattle Mariners 

lost to the A's 5-2.  The Mariners 

who had been playing better at

home lost the second night in

a row to the A's. Wednesday 

will be an afternoon game.

Logan Gilbert will start.

The Mariners continue to have

trouble when facing a lefty. 

Rob Refsynder had his second 

hit on the season as he struggles.

His hit though allowed the Mariners 

to tie the game at one. 

Jeff McNeil hit a home run in the

4th then Cal had his 4th home run

of the season to tie again 2-2

in the 5th.

Luis Castillo was only able to go

five innings however he was able

to keep the Mariners in the game.

The bullpen though surrendered 

the three additional runs. Bazardo,

Speier and Wilcox each gave up

a run. 

Cal was dh as Mitch Garver was 

the catcher.  Mitch had a single

in his first at bat but forced at

second. Cal and Julio each had

two hits. Julio drove in the first

run. 

Casey Leguimina who gave up

three runs on Monday was

designated for assignment.

Alex Hoppe was recalled from

Tacoma taking his spot. 

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Now Have Three New Players

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

basketball team has two new player 

since the last time I reported. They lost one

as well as we aren't surprised.

Freshman Hannes Steinbach who had

a great season for the Huskie declared

for the NBA. He will likely be a lottery 

pick. Too bad the Sonics aren't back

on as of yet.  On professional level 

the Seattle Storm have begun practices.

As far as the Storm goes Sue Bird is

part of the WNBA broadcast team.

I am sure you heard about her break-up.

Last week the Huskies signed former 

Gonzaga forward Steele Venters to the

roster. On Monday announced that

Ryan Beasley a point guard who the 

Huskies need signed  on too. Beasley 

played three years at San Francisco 

and last year was WCC all first team. 

Last season he averaged  13.6 points 

a game and four assets. 

The Huskies have now eight scholarship 

players. A team is allowed  15 players total. 

Tuesday April 21 is the deline to declare

for the transfer portal though no deadline.

Most college teams start the season 

mostly playing ten players however

when conference play starts in Dec

or January they go down to eight  or

nine who play regularly.  Wesley Yates III

is the primary regular player coming 

back to the Huskies. He and Beasley 

should tantem in the backcourt. 

Nathan Sommerville who was a 

transfer over last season did start 

a few games last season averaged

4.5 points a game and 2.6 rebounds.

The Huskies are hoping for a big 

improvement from him.

Nikola Dzepina from Serbia came over 

to the Huskies in December played in

14 game  is listed at.  6'10. With potential 

he could play a lot next season. 

Jasir Rencher a freshman plan in only

eight games last year is listed as a

forward for the Huskies at 6'5.  

Mady Traore is a power forward at 6'11

out of Paris France.  He played at New Mexico Sate and   Maryland. How much 

playing time  at Washington we will see. 

It will be interesting to see who the

Huskies will pick up over the next few

months. Whoever else the Huskies 

will pickup will see where they land 

as a team next season. Sprinkle fate

as the coach is in question too. 

Ten teams in the  Big Ten made the 

NCAA tournament and Michigan won

it all.  The Huskies need to be better 

than at least one of those teams. 

Go Dawgs. 

Mariners Give A Game Away

 Not the first time however the Mariners 

gave Monday's game away losing to the

A's 6-4.

The Mariners scored two runs in the

first inning beginning with a home run 

from Cal. Josh Naylor drove in Julio

to make it 2-0. In the second inning

Dominic Canzone hit a home run to

make it 3-0.

The Mariners had other opportunities.

Emerson Hancock pitched well until 

the 4th inning when he gave up a home

run. In the 5th inning he gave up two

more home runs to tie the game.

The A's had three more runs in the

8th inning with a sacrifice fly and a

single. The Mariners made it interesting 

in the 9th when Leo Rivas hit a double

to score Cole Young . 

Luis Castillo will start Tuesday night.

We hope a better game. Go M's. 

Mariners Against The A's

.Monday evening the Mariners start 

a three game series against the

A's. Emerson Hancock will start game 

one followed by Luis Castillo and Logan

Gilbert. 

Hancock has started out well. Bryce 

Miller is on rehab assignment with

the Tacoma Rainiers. His next start 

will be his second one. How many

starts will he take before being

activated. Hancock right now looks

like he should still be in the rotation.

Luis Castillo who had a bad outing 

last time could be out however

I am sure the Mariners won't do that.

Into May the Mariners could go to

a six man rotation which they did a 

few years ago.  The Mariners have

three off days in May.  They have 

15 home games and 13 road games. 

Of course injuries will decide how 

the Mariners will go. At home home

games five man rotation would fit

well while six on the road. A lot would

depend on who they face as well. If

the starters can go seven innings 

six starters could go. 

I could see Hancock go back to the pen. 

He deserves to be on the roster no matter

how they go. Being the first one out of the 

pen on some games is a good idea. At

this point he looks like a high leverage 

pitcher. This would come down to how

many close games they play or not.

The A's and the Rangers are tied for first.

The Angels are third a half game back 

and the Mariners are a game and a half. 

The Astros are two behind the Mariners.

The Rangers play three against the

Pirates then next weekend against 

the A's all at home. So things could 

change by next Monday. 

The Angels play the Blue Jays at home 

followed by the Royal on the road.

The Astros who have a lot of injuries 

start out with the Guardians followed 

by the Yankees so this could continue 

to be a hard time for them.

The A's top of the lineup has gotten 

off well while the rest of the lineup 

has not. The Mariners playing better 

at home so far should have the 

advantage.  These could be close 

games too. We hope that Cal and 

Naylor can get going. I have read 

where some fans think that the 

lineup should stay the same as far

as Cal and Naylor go. The Mariners 

have to do something about the

righthanded lineup against lefties 

along with when to pinch hit when

they bring in a lefty when the righty

is starting. 

Raley is one of Mariners top hitters

right now. With Robles out I would 

start him against lefties although

moving him down the order. I wouldn't 

pinch hit for him against a lefty either

unless the Mariners have runners on

base especially late in games. Canzone 

can be a different story. I was watching 

the Phillies vs Braves game on Sunday 

Night baseball. They asked Braves 

manager Al Weiss about pinch hitting.

His answer matches what I think.

Only late in games. I am not sure

it is how Dan Wilson manages or

whether Jerry Dipoto has instructed

him. It would be nice if we knew for

sure. I hope we have a change in that

area. Go M's. 

Update: Brendan Donovan went on the 

Injured list to his groin. They brought 

up third baseman Will Wlison. I guess

they are not looking at bringing up

Colt Emerson yet.  

Mariners Win Sunday

The Seattle Mariners beat the Rangers

Sunday afternoon 5-2. 

The Mariners won the series which is

good. Now they play the A'S for three 

beginning on Monday.  Next weekend 

they play the Cardinals in St. Louis

followed ending April playing the

Twins on the road.

Rob Refsynder led the Mariners off 

with a home run. It was his first hit

this season too. In the second JP 

Crawford hit a two run homer. 

Randy Arozarena hit a two home run

to in the 5th.

Bryan Woo pitch well going seven

innings. He gave up two runs in

the seventh when he began to

getting tired. 

Gabe Speier pitched the 8th followed 

by Andre Munoz who got the save

in the 9th. 

Arozarena along with Luke Raley 

have been the top two hitters on

the season. Go M's 

Mariners End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners beat the

Texas Rangers Saturday early 

evening 7-3.

It started in the first inning. JP

Crawford led off with a double 

and Julio drove him in with a 

single. Brendan Donovan was

out and is day to day.

The score stayed the same until

the 4th when Canzone singled 

driving in Raleigh and Arozarena 

who have  been the two best

hitters so far.

George Kirby didn't pitch as

well as he did in two previous 

starts though he recorded the win..

He gave up a home run the sixth.

Matt Brash came in and finished 

the inning.  Luke Raley hit a home

run to increase the lead 4-1 in the

bottom of the sixth.

In the 8th Cole Young drove in

Raley and Canzone. Rivas hit 

a sacrifice fly to score Young.

The bottom of the order has

done a bang job this season.

The Rangers score two runs 

in the top of the 9th. Andre 

Munoz came with two outs

and the bases loaded.

He shut down the door 

Sunday afternoon Bryan Woo 

will pitch for the Mariners. 

Mariners Shut Out

The Mariners were able to beat the

Rangers four straight at home now 

they have lost four straight. 

Final Texas Rangers 5 Mariners 0

The Mariners had the bases loaded

in the first inning with one out but

couldn't bring in any runs.

Logan Gilbert went five innings plus

one out in the sixth giving up two 

runs on seven hits. Not great out

but able to limit the run. The M's 

were able to get to deGrom to go

only four innings with a lot of balls

thrown. They couldn't get to the 

Rangers bullpen either. The M's 

looked out of Sync. 

The Mariners bullpen gave up three 

runs so that didn't help either.

George Kirby will start Saturday 

late afternoon as game is on Fox.

We hope they can get going.

Brendan Donovan had to leave the

game with a hip injury so right now 

he is day to day however we will

see. Go M's. 

Washington State Cougars Qbs and Wide Receivers

Kirby Moore is the Washington State 

Cougars  new head coach. The Cougars

lost several players during the transfer 

portal. They have competition at 

quarterback and wife receiver spots.

Moore a former receiver himself 

and the Cougars known for throwing 

the ball things probably won't 

changing a whole lot.  I am sure

there will be different looks.

Caden Pinnick a transfer from Cal 

Davis is listed number one though

he might not be the starter when 

things end up.  Owen Eshelman 

and Julian Dugger are two other

candidates. 

The Cougars  have competition at

the three wide receiver spots with

seven players. 

Tony Freeman a senior and Daniel 

Blood a senior transfer from Missouri 

who had Moore as a coach are the 

two candidates to be the slot receiver.

The two wideouts listed as first team 

Darrius Clemons and  Tank Hawkins. 

Clemons is a senior transfer from 

Oregon State. He had injuries so not

participating in spring camp yet.

Hawkins is a transfer from Florida.

Backing up Clemons right now are

Branden Ganashamorthy and sophomore 

Jordan Dees a transfer from West Georgia.

Hawkins backup is Ryan McKendry 

a sophomore who transferred from

Los Mendos College in California. 

Looking at tight end senior Jack 

Pedersen a transfer from UCLA.

Next time we will look at the offensive 

line. Go Cougs

Mariners Get Swept In San Diego

The Mariners are now 1-8 on the road 

losing 5-2 to the Padres Thursday 

night. Coming home they play the

Rangers in a three game series. It

will be important to take two out of three

games. Logan Gilbert will start on

Friday. 

Luis Castillo struggled going five

and one-thirds innings. He gave up

all his four runs in the second inning.

He rided the ship not giving up a

run in the remaining time in the game. 

Cole Wilcox came in and got the 

final two outs.  He pitched the 7th

as well and gave up one run. 

The Mariners scored their two runs

in the 6th inning with Cal hitting a 

single driving in Cole Young and

Julio hitting a single to drive in

Donovan. 

The 8th inning the Mariners had two 

runners on base. Connor Joe who had 

pinch hit for Luke Raley earlier had a

nice swing however was caught by the 

left fielder. When he pinch hit earlier he 

had struck out. Also Mitch Garver 

pinch hit for Dominic Canzone. 

This showed the Mariners didn't look

ahead since the 8th inning would 

have  been good to have Raley at

the plate especially when he has

been hot.  Time to move on.

Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Football Wide Receivers

The Washington Huskies currently 

having spring practice.

 Looking at the wide receivers 

Denzel Boston the Huskies top

receiver last year decided to go

the NFL. He might be drafted 

near the end of the first round

or in the second round. Outside

of a very few wide receivers 

don't go in the first round. All

comes down to the player and

whether a team needs a receiver.

It would be nice if he could be

with the Seahawks however

they aren't in need of one. I am

sure they would draft him if he

is the best player available.

Desmen Roebuck who had an

outstanding freshman season 

last year could be the go to guy 

this season. They went to him

quite a bit when Boston missed

a few games. He is listed in the

slot. Right now Kevin Greene Jr.

is his backup.

Christian Moss is projected to be 

one of the side outs. He is transfer

from Kennesaw State and the other

is expected to be Rashid Williams 

a redshirt junior who is in his 4th

year in the program. Last year he

played only in two games with five

catches for 54 yards. 

Chris Lawson and Justice Williams

 expected to be backup however 

they could find their way in for

more playing time. Lawson and Moss

have been slowed by injuries this

spring so incoming freshman Jordan

Clay is showing his stuff so he could 

be the newcomer to get playing time. 

With both Lawson and Moss out he 

is getting valuable time with the first 

unit. 

Next time on Huskies football we will look 

at the offensive line.

We will look  at how the WSU Cougars 

are doing with a new coaching staff

and turnover of players. We will look

at their receiving core. 

.Mariners Lose In Walk Off Fashion

The Mariners had the game until the 

9th inning. They were leading 6-2

then gave up five runs to lose.

They were down to one strike 

to win with two outs. 

Andre Munoz pitched the 9th until

the bases were loaded. There was some

bad luck involved as well. The Mariners 

brought in Jose Ferrer for Munoz.

Not a good idea since he is the 8th

reliever in the bullpen.

Emerson Hancock pitched well again

giving up two runs in six innings on

four hits. The two runs were on a

homer in the sixth inning. He deserved 

the win. Arozarena and Raley continue 

to hit well. Raley had four hits including 

a home run.

Final Padres 7 Mariners 6

Thursday is the final of the series 

with Luis  Castillo stating for the M's.

Mariners Win Streak Ends

The Mariners continue to struggle 

on the road losing to the San Diego 

Padres  4-1.   This means the 

Mariners are now 1-6 on the road. 

The Mariners scored first in the 

second inning. Randy Arozarena 

hit a single the first of two in the

game.  The Mariners had only

four hits total. Luke Raley with

the third baseman  playing back

laid down a bunt for a single. 

JP was hit by a pitch loading 

the bases. Dominic Canzone 

hit a sacrifice fly scoring Arozarena.

Bryan Woo pitched seven innings 

for the third starter in a row. The

third inning was Woo's trouble 

inning giving up four hits and

three runs.  Ramon Laurano 

hit a triple with one out than came 

home on a Fernando Tatis Jr. single.

The following two runs were on two 

more single. The triple was the only

extra base hit in the game. 

The Padred score another run in

the bottom of the 8th off Casey 

Leguimina. A three run lead is

hard to make up in the ninth 

compared to having a two run

lead.

Wednesday Emerson Hancock 

startd to see whether they can

tie the series.  Go M's. 

The Seattle Mariners brought up

infielder Patrick Wisdom as Rob

Resynder took paternity leave.

Expect him back when the 

Mariners return home from

San Diego to take on the

Rangers on Friday.  Wisdom 

ended up hitting late in the 

game..  

The Men's Basketball Transfer Portal

The , Washington Huskies have added 

their player from the transfer portal in

guard junior Parker Freidrichsen.

The four star recruit out of high school

Washington will be his third spot. Coach

Sprinkle hopes he improves the team's 

three point shooting. At Davidson last 

year he averaged 10.8 points a game.

Freshman JJ Mandaquit who was starter

for  the Huskies when last season then

was hurt was the first transfer landing 

at Arizona. A good choice if you had to 

leave Washington. I am sure Coach 

Sprinkle will do a better job dealing with

players.  Zoom Diallo had a visit at 

Kentucky however hasn't committed yet.

Go Dawgs.

The transfer portal has  been brutal to

the WSU Cougars as they have lost 

basically the whole team. Only two

redshirt freshmen return. 

They have signed one player already 

in  Fraser Foxburgh a small forward 

from Manhattan. Updated will come.

Gonzaga had five players in the transfer 

portal as well as five who have eligibility 

used up. Unlike Washington State the

Zags will have easier time filling slots.

Adding a big man to go with Braden Huff 

is a must. Several big time programs 

have players in the transfer portal so

they should  be able to fill the spots 

soon. 

They did signed incoming sophomore 

Isiah Harwell from Houston Cougars. 

A swing man he played only 13.8 

minutes a game. He averaged 3.4 points

and two rebounds  in limited time.

We see whether he will be a starter

ot coming off the bench. 

Again we will see who else the Zags

acquire soon. 

The portal closes on April 21 however they

should be a me to sign players after that.

Do one week to go so we will check back

in unless a big name comes before that.

Goes for all three schools.

There are schools trying to recruit players 

who are not yet in the transfer portal 

My opinion those schools should be 

charged with tampering.   The NCAA 

board had put in rules on tampering

so coaches can lose 50 percent of

the season of they are caught.

At least something positive. 

Mariners Sweep Astros

After the last road trip where the Mariners 

went 1-5 and could have been 5-1 they

beat the Astros in all four games. 

Monday afternoon the Mariners beat the

Astros 6-2. They had a great opportunities 

to score more runs however the Mariners 

pitching shut the doors. 

It was primarily George who pitched into

the eighth inning and left with two outs.

George only walked one batter and that

was Alvarez at the end of his pitching.

He struck out seven batters. Matt Brash 

came in to get the last out of the 8th 

and  Cole Wilcox pitched the 9th just

giving up one walk.

Josh Naylor who has gotten off to a

rough start was the player of the game.

He hit his first home run in the first

inning after Cal and Julio had singles.

In the third inning he had a second 

homer with Donovan on base.  Luke 

Raley had his second three hit game 

in a row.  

The Mariners are still in 4th place in

the division however only one game

behind the A's in first place. The 

Mariners now go play the Padres 

for three so if they can do better 

on this road trip who knows. The

Mariners record is now  8-9. 

The Astros are in a bad place not

only  swept by the . Mariners they

continue losing players to the 

injured list. I am sure most Mariners 

fans are not to sympathetic to

them.

Bryan Woo will start the first game

Zin San Diego so we hope for a good

start. Go M's. 

Mariners Take Series

Though there is one game left on

Monday the Mariners are now 3-0

on this series. 

Logan Gilbert went seven innings 

for his best start. Arozarena and

Raley each had three hits.  Julio

getting better with two hits. 

Final  Mariners 6 Astros 1

Three of the runs Mariners were

on 9 walks so they had more

opportunity.  Monday against 

same opponent is unusual 

it will be a day game. George 

Kirby will pitch. 

Tuesday thru Thursday they

will play the Padres in San 

Diego before playing the 

Rangers in Seattle.

The Astros will be home to 

play  Colorado Rockies and 

St. Louis Cardinals. This 

should be it for the season 

against the Rockies. 

Kraken Miss Playoffs

The Seattle Kraken got off to a good 

start however it was awful in the 

secong half. 

Ron Francis who was the original 

general manager then became 

President about a year and a half 

resigned last week.  The Kraken

have had three head coaches 

so likely won't change the position 

now.  It is amazing since they did 

made playoffs once. 

It will be interesting to see what 

changes  they will make.

This last season the Seattle Storm

lost all there free agents. Have

to see how things go there too.

The Mariners at least won the two

games over the Astros in the start 

of this four game series. They are

only a game and a half out of first

place though early.  The A's lead

with 7-7 record. Hopefully the 

Mariners will win at least one of 

the two games in this series.

Mariners Make It Two

For  the second game in a row the

.Mariners beat the Astros on Saturday 

night 8-7. 

The Mariners began the game with 

a two run homer by Cal Raleigh in 

the first inning. The Astros scored

three runs in the second and third

then one run in the 4th. 

Luis Castillo who started gave up 

all seven runs on ten hits  before 

being lifted in the 4th inning with 

one out.  It looked dismall at the 

time. The Mariners used five 

relievers who gave up seven hits

however gave up no runs.

The Mariners scored five runs to

tie in the  5th inning. JP Crawford 

hit a single to drive in two runs.

Cal had a sacrifice fly to score 

Rivas then Julio had a home 

run scoring JP ahead of him. 

Everything was silent at least in

scoring until JP hit a single to 

short left field to score Rivas 

who had walked. 

Sunday the Mariners will look

to win the series with Logan 

Gilbert on the mound. 

Brendan Donovan is expected 

back on Sunday to start. How 

JP has done in these two games

I would leave him leading off

for the meantime. Go M's. 

Mariner End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners ended their five

game losing streak by beating the

Astro 9 to 6. 

It wasn't as easy as you would think

although they could have scored more

runs. The Astros who have injuries 

to their starting rotation the starter

in this game left after giving up three

runs in the first inning.  They could 

have scored at least a couple more 

runs.

It got tough in the top of the second 

inning for Emerson Hancock where 

he threw 3 to pitches in the inning.

The Astros were able to score three

runs thing the game. Hancock though

was able to survive going through

five innings.

In the bottom of  the fifth Randy Arozarena 

hit a two run to end the tie. It was into

the second level. What I thought was

funny Randy hit his helmet a few times 

right after the previous pitch. I think

he couldn't believe he didn't challenge

that pitch that was called a strike. You

have to decide fast to do so. If he

had challenged Randy might have

walked. I know the announcers didn't 

see what I did it at least didn't mention 

it. 

In the 7th inning the Mariners scored

four runs to make it 9-3. That didn't 

last long as the Astros had two straight 

singled in the top of the 8th than Yordan

Alvarez hits a three run homer to make

it 9-6.

In the top of the 9th with Andre Munoz 

in he walked two batters however he

was able to strand both runners with

with a ball hit to Rivas at who ran over 

to third and stepped on the bag to

end it. 

This is a four game series so important 

to win the first game.  Luis Castillo will

start Saturday in game two. All nine 

position players scored a run.  Ten 

Mariners were walked in the game.

In his second game Kade Anderson 

ended up striking out 11 of his first

14 batters. He ended up going five 

innings. Let's see how he goes in

his next outing for Arkansas. 

Gonzaga's Men's Transfer Portal

Gonzaga has lost five players in the

transfer portal as of now.  I am not

sure why leaving Gonzaga unless 

you feel that the team won't be as 

good in the coming season or you

want more playing time. Not making

it to the sweet sixteen might be a

a factor as well or having difficulties 

with teammates or the coaching 

staff. 

The Zags weren't good at shooting 

three pointers  so may look to pick

up a few guys there. Graham Ike 

graduation will be a key to replace.

Braden Huff will be back after 

missing the WCC schedule and  

March Madness. Leaving the WCC 

to the new Pac-12  could be another 

reason players are leaving.  Not 

playing St. Mary's or Santa Clara 

might be an issue too.

Huff will be a key player next season.

Davis Fogle had a good freshman 

season where he plays guard and

small forward will return as well

The same goes for Mario Saint-Supery 

who had a good freshman season 

to should get more playing time. 

The Zags have three others returning 

however two are walks and another 

is redshirt freshman.  They have  

three other player coming on board

that are recruits so look forward 

to look at least a couple come 

through the transfer portal.

The Washington State Cougars who

had a poor season last season has 

had several go into the transfer portal 

to. We will look to see who come 

aboard. It is important they become competitive in the new Pac-12.  See 

how Oregon State does to.

The Washington Huskies have four 

who have entered the transfer portal. 

The hardest is Zoom Diallo. We hope 

he finds a way back. They are looking 

at several players to come in so we

will at them in the next week or two

as well.  Danny Sprinkle felt he did

make some mistakes with the guys

leaving so hopefully he will grow in 

that area.  The season was difficult 

with so many players being injured

throughout the season. Tucker who

was hurt at the beginning and end

of the season said he was going to

declare for the NBA draft. I am not

sure why he should stay in college 

for a other year to be healthy whether 

st UDub or not. He could be back as

well. Go Dawgs.

NFL Draft In Two Weeks

Winning the Super Bowl the Seahawks 

have the last pick of the first round.

The Seahawks have only three picks 

so they drop down and pick up a 

couple extra picks.

The Seahawks look at drafting a

running back along with an offensive 

line and edge rusher. If they are able

to get additional picks we could see

a defensive back in the process.

If things work out the running back

could come in the second round. 

If that were the case the Seahawks 

would have two second round picks.

They could trade the second pick

in the second round and pick up 

third rounder  along with another 

pick. The Seahawks have a third

round pick but it is late so could

move down again. 

The first day will be April 23 so we

will won't see the Seahawks pick

unti late if they keep. The second

and third I believe will be on  Friday.

4th through 7th will be Saturday 

so the Seahawks won't have a

pick unless they make a trade or more.

The picks on Saturday will be guys

who would be playing special teams 

mainly and we know how much it

means to have players on special 

teams. Go Hawks!

Mariners Go 1 for 6

This wasn't hits the Seattle Mariners 

though close to it. Wednesday 

afternoon the Mariners lost  to the 

Texas Rangers 3 to 0. We hope a 

turnaround when they get home to

face the Houston Astros on Friday.

To give a grade for the road trip

I would give the pitching an A -. 

They should have won all six games

or at least five. The pitchers did 

 a good job keeping them in each

game. 

The offense I would give a D minus.

It would be an F  if it wasn't for

Cole Young and Brendan Donovan 

who actually missed a few games.

The defense wasn't much better

so I have it a D and the same for 

the coaching not setting up the

offense to succeed. 

Emerson Hancock will start Friday

for the Mariners.  Victor Robles 

went on the injured list and they

brought up   Connor Jo who can

play first base or the outfield.

Whether he was  the best choice 

we will find out.  In the 5th inning

where the Rangers had all three 

runs Jo did have a throwing error.

Woo only pitched five innings with

one run earned.  Makes sense to

take out Woo to fight another day. 

Cole Young and Mitch Garver had 

the only runs of the game. Please 

guys let the offense turn around. 

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose 4th In A Row

The Seattle Mariners could have a 

good record however now have lost

four games in a row.  Now they are 

1-5 on this road trip. Bryan Woo 

will go on Wednesday late morning 

in Texas before coming home to

take on the Astros. 

The Astros they gave four times. The

final game ends Monday afternoon 

which I have never seen before.  

Final Rangers 3 Mariners 2

Brendan Donovan again started the

game leading off with a home run.

The difference was later on George

Kirby made one mistake giving up 

a two run homer. This is something 

that  happens more frequently than

we like. The trouble though is the

Mariners can't execute when they

need to especially early on in the

season.

The only good thing is that George 

Kirby was able to pitch all eight 

innings. He thrown only 90 at the

end of the 8th. The Mariners did have

Luke Raley on the bases who got as far

as second bases.  Donovan ended the

game with a swinging bunt.

This was the fourth loss in a row

with good pitching. We hope the

Mariners can find a way to end this

steak. All four games were by a run.

Mariners Lose Series Opener To Rangers

So far not a good road trip for the Mariners.

Now  have lost 3 out of 4 with two remaining.

It is sad with the offense still struggling.

The Mariners could have easily won 3 of the 

games. 

Monday final Rangers 2 Mariners 1

The Mariners only run came on Cal's 

first home run of the season in the

first inning. Logan Gilbert went six

innings giving up the two runs. Right

now he is like Randy Johnson and

Felix Hernandez getting little run

support. Felix might be in the hall

of game of he did have more run

support. 

The Mariners had only two hits

in the game  including Cal's home

run. The other hit was by Arozarena.

Some  are saying the players who were

in the WBC are off to slow starts. We

know Cal didn't get the chance he 

should have had. The Mariners seem

to always get off to a slow start. My

opinion they need more preparation 

in spring training.

We hope the Mariners can turn it around

soon. George Kirby should start Tuesday.

Again I am tired of pitch hitting when

it comes to the platoon spots. Not

one hit today. Refsynder is 0 for 12. 

Unless runners are in scoring position 

leave whoever started in.  I won't 

repeat myself since it is happening.

The Mariners are not a good pinch hitting

team.  Go M's.

Mariners Sunday Loss

The Seattle Mariners lose Sunday

letting the game get away from 

them. 

Come Young hit a three run homer 

in the fifth to take the lead 5-3

then gave up two runs in the bottom 

of the inning.  Leo Rivas had an error.

Whad I didn't understand was the

Mariners had infield come in. 

The Mariners again had some trouble 

scoring runners on base while the 

Angels did better.

The game was tied after nine innings 

at 6-6.   In the top of the 10th Josh

Naylor was about to move Julio 

to third on a deep fly to left field.

Arozarena singled Julio in however

they couldn't bring in another run

as they did in game one. Angels batter 

was hit so runners on first and second.

They bunted the runners along.

They tied the game with a sacrifice fly.

In the 11th the Mariners weren't able 

to score. The Mariners intentionally 

walked Zero and did the same thing

with a sacrifice but then a sacrifice fly 

again to win.

Was this a bad coaching mistakes 

that cost the Mariners the game 

it seems so.  

Now the Mariners to Texas  to face

the Rangers to turn things around.

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose At Great Odds Saturday

The Seattle Mariners lost to the LA Angels 

1-0. Emerson Hancock struggled a bit

 in the first inning and gave up a home

run to shortstop Zach Neto to lead off

the bottom of the first. After that first

inning Hancock was amazing and lasted

until two outs in the seventh inning when 

Eduardo Bazardo came in and finished 

the game.

The amazing thing and this would  not

happen times in a career of an outfielder

than in one game. Right fielder Jo Adell

robbed the Mariners of three home runs.

Each one looked like a home run and 

Adell was able catch all three over the

frnse. The first one was to  Cal Raleigh 

then Josh Naylor. The final one was

the most amazing one of all. JP Crawford 

looked like he was going to tie the score

in the top of the 9th. Adell actually went

diving into the stands to take the ball

Zaeay. JP  just staired not believing what 

had happened. 

Sunday the final game of the series 

the Mariners will see if they can win it.

Luis Castillo will start. Brendan Donovan 

didn't play Jose dr he could be back in

the lineup. He is day to day

 Go M's.

WSU and Washington Huskies Transfer Portal

Freshman Ace Glass who was the 

WSU Cougars best player announced 

he was going to enter the transfer 

portal. I would say not a big surprise 

though it will be a big loss for them.

This is for a team that will try to 

build their team up and this will make

it harder.

The surprise move into the transfer 

portal was on the Huskies. A team 

that should be competing in the Big

Ten next season though it is a tough

conference for college basketball. 

Talented guard who is getting better 

and a local player from Tacoma 

Washington Zoom Diallo announced

he is going to enter the portal. I hope

the Huskies convince him to stay. 

I can understand player who want

to transfer for lack of playing time

or the program is having a change

at the coaching spot.  This must

be an underlying trouble with Zoom.

I believe the biggest trouble with

the portal is coaches recruiting 

players from other schools. If

a player wants to move on need

of change of scenery as well so

be it.  NCAA need to put in rules

that this can't happen.  This

wouldn't have happened. This

is most unfair for the students,

alumini and fans for the schools.

Coaches need to only recruit 

incoming freshmen only and 

bring those in who have entered

the portal.  I can understand that 

each player are free agents after

a season is over and now it is a

business. I can understand hiring

sn agent to however unlike the

NBA these agents should have a 

limited role. It is like a lawyer who

is hired so his client is covered

under his rights.  This is my opinion.

Mariners Win In Ten

The pitching was really good for 

the  Mariners and Angels for nine

in jngd. Going into extra innings 

the score was 0-0.

Cole Young hit a triple scoring

Luke Raley. After Cal was out the

Angels walked Julio who ended up 

going to second. Josh Naylor singled

driving in Young and Julio. In the

bottom of the 10th Mike Trout was 

moved to third however an out

happened. Trout scored on a fly out.

The Angels were still down by 2.

Gabe Speier who was pitching 

struck out the final batter on a call

3rd strike. Final M's 3 Angels 1

 Bryan Woo pitched fantastic giving 

up one hit, one walk and struck out 

six. Matt Brash pitched the 8th

followed by Munoz in the 9th and

then Speier.  Brash struck out 2

while Munoz struck out 3. The M's 

were able to record 21 straight outs

to end the game. Both Naylor and

Arozarena both had two hits which

is good. 

Brendan Donovan had to leave

the game hurtinh his leg. See how

it is Saturday. Leo Rivas took his 

spot.

Down on the farm  the Arkansas 

Travelers lost again to Midland 

5-4. Kade Anderson pitched well

in his professional debut. He 

pitched four innings. He gave up

five hits,  one walk and six strike

outs. Kade didn't give up a run. 

Midland actually scored all five 

runs in the 9th inning. Ryan Sloan 

will pitch Saturday. 

The Tacoma Rainers lost 10-5

at home against El Paso. The 

Rainers had four runs in the 

first inning after El Paso did. 

Saturday the two teams will 

play a double header.  

Tacoma Rainers and Arkansas Travelers

The Rainiers beat El Paso 3-1 Thursday 

night to even the series 1-2 after Wednesday 

nights game was cancelled for rain and

the game will be made up in a double 

header on Saturday. The weather expected

to be good.

No scoring happened until the sixth

inning when Carlos Rodriguez for El

Paso hit a single to right to drive in

a run.  In the bottom of the 7th Colt

Emerson hit a single followed by 

Conner Joe with one out. Patrick

Wisdom flied out for the second

out. Carson Taylor hit a home run

scoring both Emerson and Joe 

ahead of him. It was Taylor's first

home run of the season  and he is

only hitting .125. So the Rainier's 

beat the odds too.

Gabe Mosser  who started for Tacoma 

went six innings giving up the one run.

He had thrown 82 pitches. Blast Casano

pitched the seventh have up no hits

recorded his second win already.

None of the three relievers gave up

a hit for Tacoma.   Alex Hoppe recorded

his second save of the season. The

Rainiers are now have a record of 3-2.

The Arkansas Travelers lost their opening

game of the season Thursday at Midland

5-1. Starter Michael Morales only went

two innings surrendering two runs. In

all the Travelers used five pitchers.

Dh Hunter Fitz-Gerald hit a double 

driving in Lazaro Montes for the only

run. The Travelers had only six hits

with Hunter having two.

Friday night Kade Anderson makes his

regular season professional debut for

the Travelers. The Mariners number one

pick and third overall we hope for better 

success. Go Travelers. 

The Arkansas Travelers

Thursday the Mariners double A team

starts their regular season. Mike Morales 

starts the opening series followed by

Made Anderson make his regular season 

pro career on Friday and Ryan Sloan on

Saturday. Not sure any double A team has

a better tip three starters. Let you know 

how all three go in their first starts.

In other news the Mariners activated JP

Crawford to the 36 man roster. So we

could see him start on Friday night.

Ryan  Bliss was sent to Tacoma. This 

means that Leo Rivas is the primary 

utility player for now. Most likely he

will play some second and third base

as well as shortstop. Come Young 

hss hit well against lefties so far however 

against tough lefty Rivas could play.

In other local sports the Washington 

Huskies and Washington State Cougars 

football team have begun spring practice.

The  Cougars have lost five men into

the basketball team in the transfer portal.

We have to see how things go for them.

 The Washington Huskies have one player 

freshman Courtland Muldrew who said 

he is going to enter the portal. Head

coach Danny Sprinkle admits that he 

should have played Muldrew this season.

With freshman and the transfer portal 

always is a sticky situation. The portal 

doesn't begin until April 7th so who 

knows if he can change Muldrew's

mind.  The Huskies shot poorly behind

the three point line so possibly they 

may bring someone from the portal 

to help them do we will see.

The Seattle Kraken who were doing good

earlier are now at  32-30 so they are now

looking more looking in than being in the

playoffs. We see if they can rebound.

Go Kraken. 

Mariners Lose Again

For seven innings it looked like Mariners

were going to be shutout again.

   Ben Rice one of the big Yankee guns 

in the series hit a double in the first

inning driving in Cody Bellinger 

Things were quiet until the sixth inning 

when George Kirby gave up a couple 

walks then Paul Goldschmidt a three

run homer. 

Jose Ferrer pitched the 7th inning

and Cooper Criswell in the 8th. He

pitched two innings.

In the eighth being down 4-0  the Mariners 

were able to get the bases loaded with two

outs Cal Raleigh Mr clutch came to the plate.

Dominic Canzone, Cole Young each got hits.

Brendan Donovan walked to load the bases.

Cal hit a single driving in Canzone and Young.

Julio though struck out with Donovan and

 Cal on the bases. 

In the ninth down by two runs  Yankees 

Ben Rice hit a home run off Criswell.

Yankees closer David Bendar  came in

to face Cal in the 8th.  He got into trouble

in the 9th when the Mariners had two

runners on base. Unfortunately Cole

Young struck out to end the game.

The Mariners did make him throw 40

pitches.

The Mariners have Thursday off and

go on the road to face the Angels on

Friday. Go M's.