Preview Washington Huskies at USC Trojans

The Huskies have a 3-1 record however 

haven't played up to expectations in any

of the four games.  The offense has been

the major problem. The offensive line 

has been criticized in both running game

and passing protection. Head coach Jedd

Fisch has  been criticized for his play calling 

as well being the offensive coordinator too.

Many are calling him to get an offensive 

coordinator or having someone play calling.

The USC Trojans are favored by 10.5 points.

Not a good sign being on the road too.

The Huskies will have to play much better

ball to have a chance too win.  

The Trojans are 4-1 after losing to the Oregon

Ducks last Saturday. The Trojans are averaging 

164.4 yards on the ground. The Huskies aren't 

as good against the run as expected but giving

up 3.2 yards per carry. The biggest issue is

giving up a lot of yardage on short downs. 

The passing game the Trojans are high at 

325 yards a game and the Huskies are averaging 

almost half that amount against the pass.

The Huskies are expecting a couple guys 

back on the defensive side and center Laden 

Hatchett is expected back after missing the

first fourth games with a broken wrist.  This

could help the Huskies offensive woes.

The Trojans are averaging around 40 points

a game while giving up 26.4 points a game. 

They are 5th in the nation converting on

3rd down at 56.4 percent so this where the

Huskies need to help themselves.

Trojans quarterback Jayden Maiava has 

completed 87 of 115 passes for 1499 

yards with 14 touchdownd and 1 interception.

This means the defensive line and edge 

rushers will need to get to Maiava and 

get him to rush the ball.  Safety Alex 

McLaughlin will need to get at least one 

turnover.

It will be important for the Huskies to

upset the Trojans to stay in the face 

even this early of the season. Go Dawgs.

Seahawks Safety Julian Love

Julian Love missed the game against 

the Commanders on Sunday with a

calf injury. This meant that the Seahawks 

were without both of their starting 

safeties.

Julian right now is listed day to day

and we could see him on the practice 

field on Wednesday and play Sunday

against the LA Chargers.

Some media sources felt that Julian 

missing was a major piece in why the

Seahawks were upset by the Commanders.

Not only missing both safeties  but by

his presence on the field.  Being the

backbone of the defense.  

I guess we will see when he is back

this Sunday or the following week.

One player missing shouldn't make

a big deal like on a Super Bowl 

championship team.

The offense had three turnovers 

that allowed the Commanders to

score 21 points and the Seahawks 

lost by only three points. This was

the Seahawks first loss since last

November.  Other team are gunning

fir them so other losses could be

on the horizon. The key is to make

the playoffs and be ready to go.

Let's do it Hawks. 

News Came Out With Additional Changes For Mariners

On Monday the Seattle Mariners announced

that bench coach Manny Acta, infield coach

Perry Hil who both have been around for 

some time going back to when Scott Servais 

was manager along with hitting coach Kevin 

Seitzer and first base coach Eric Young Jr.

we're not retained for the coming season as 

well.

In the same manner as Dan Wilson we are

not sure they resigned or were fired. The are

all good choices and find employment 

some where in baseball. This what happens 

when a team who is favored to win the AL West 

and had not so good season for sure when

the whole division wasn't good. The Mariners 

should have won easy without the offense 

struggling all year long besides three players.

The bench wasn't good most of the year and

the pitching suffered as well especially in the

second have and had trouble winning against

teams like the Athletics and the Angels who

lost 100 games and almost didn't without

Mariners winning the final two games of the 

season.

I found it hard to watch or listen when September 

came along. I probably listen to the Angels series

since at the end with Rick Rizz the radio voice 

of the Mariners retired after Sunday's game.

Thank you Rick. 

The love baseball hit hard with the same things

happening over and over again. Bringing up

Lazaro Montes, Michael Arroyo and Kade Anderson 

have a reason to stay connected. They should 

be members of the Mariners for a long time we

hope. 

I am sure we will see who will be the next manager

although Jerry Dipoto president of baseball operations says it might be a little while. They

will look outside the organization for the manager

at least and the coaches most likely too. 

Now we will look at the other sports in the

Seattle area and Washington State. Football 

is going on and college men's basketball just

around the bend. 

My love of baseball I will write still during 

this time before next season as well. We 

hope for some good news and a much 

better season next year. Thanks for coming

along with me always along with my other

blogs too. 

Mariners End Season With A Win

The Mariners though a disappointed 

season ended on a good note and

having the Angels lose one hundred 

games.  

Final Mariners 7  Angels 3 

Logan Gilbert went four innings giving

up no runs, one walk and eight strike 

outs. JP Crawford had a hit before 

leaving to a standing ovation with 

Leo Rivas who came in for him had

a hit too. Randy Arozarena had a 

double scoring a run, and driving in

two runs. He left to a stand ovation 

and he no doubt was the Mariners 

player of the year. Michael Arroyo 

came in for him and had a hit. Dominic

Canzone who had a great season to

had a hit and a run to.  Cal Raleigh 

who had a season like no other in 

2025 but was hurt and out for about

month in 2026  along struggling much

of the time at the plate end with 3 hits.

News has that Dan Wilson will not

return as manager next season.

The off-season will be interesting 

since we have to see who the new

manager and coaches come in

along with new pl

Seahawks Are Upset

The Seahawks lost to the Washington Commanders 

Sunday afternoon 33-31. It is never easy to win

on the road although they have done well since

Mike MacDonald has been there. 

The Seahawks still had the chance to win

however the Commanders got two first down

with the second allowing the clock to run

out. All the Seahawks needed was a field 

goal. It was frustrating to see as a fan.

Sam Darnold had a good passing day throwing 

over 300 yards and four touchdowns however

two interceptions.  The Commanders had

21 points on three Seahawks turnovers. I

am sure many fans though maybe they should 

have Drew Lock play again. We won't know

how it will be for a few weeks. 

Jadarian Price led the Seahawks with 15 yards

rushing on five carries. Which doesn't happen

often either. This is why you play the games.

Next week the Seahawks at home against the

LA Chargers.  Go Hawks. 

Washington Huskies Upset At home

The  Minnesota Golden Golphers beat 

the Washington Huskies Saturday night 

at  Husky Stadium 27-24.

The Golden Golphers at 6:46 of the

first quarter they had a hard rush 

Huskies quarterback Desmond 

Williams Jr.. Instead of taking the

the sack the ball was intercepted 

when attempting the pass. The

first play they scored on a 12 yard 

touchdown pass. Less than five 

minutes later Minnesota quarterback 

Drake Lindsey threw another td this

to wide receiver Jalen Smith making

it 14-0.

Two minutes into the second quarter 

Williams three a touchdown pass to

receiver Dezman Roebuck for 16 yards.

That made it a touchdown down for

the Huskies and maybe they will be

on a roll. It didn't happen and Lindsey 

threw another touchdown pass at 5:48

to go in the first half.  The Huskies 

kicked a 33 yard field goal at 1:57.

The first half ended Minnesota 21-10.

The Golden Golphers had the only

score in the third quarter less than

s minute to go.  The Huskies Williams 

threw two touchdown passes in the

4th quarter and between them 

Minnesota kicked a field goal for

the win. 

Next Saturday the Huskies will see if

they can beat the USC Trojans in Los 

Angeles for first Big Ten win. The 

Trojans lost to Oregon Ducks at home 

Saturday 41-27.  The Huskies will see

they can do the same. Go Dawgs.

Mariners Beat Angels Saturday Evening

The Seattle Mariners beat the Angels 

8-4 Saturday evening to get the first

win after losing the first two games 

of the series. 

The sad part of the game rookie pitcher

Kade Anderson was going well then in

the 4th inning a line drive hit his left 

arm which was bruised. He hadn't given

up a run and it was his 4th hit given up.

It looks like he will be ok although not

a great way to go into into the off-season.

Laz Montes hit a double to score Cole 

Young in the 2nd inning. In the bottom 

of the 4th Leo Rivas hit a sacrifice fly 

scoring Young again.  The Mariners 

scored two more runs in the 5th and.

Young drove in one of the runs.

The Angels tied the game in the  sixth

with four runs.  In the 7th Taylor Ward 

hit a single scoring Michael Arroyo 

and who else Cole Young. JP Crawford 

hit a two run homer with  Ward scoring

ahead of him.

Julio Rodriguez didn't play in this game.

The Mariners had Randy Arozarena in

center. Michael Arroyo was in left again 

and had three hits. Montes played in

right.  Tomorrow will be the final game

of the season with Logan Gilbert on

the mound and Rick Rizz last broadcast.

We hope the Mariners will win. 

Tomorrow morning will let you know 

how the Huskies game goes as they 

are play a late game. Currently Minnesota 

is leading 21-10 in the third quarter.

Go Dawgs. 

Arizona Wins In Pullman

Arizona was a big favorite to beat the

WSU Cougars however it started

difficult for them. 

At 9:57 of the first quarter the Cougars 

scored first when quarterback Caden 

Pinnick ran in for 11 yards on a 70

yard drive.  Just over two minutes left

in the quarter the Cougars intercepted

an Arizona pass for a touchdown.

The Wildcats scored right at the end

of the first quarter when wide receiver

Tre Spivey III made it just in on 28 yard 

catch. He had another tremendous catch

before that. The first quarter ended 

Cougars 14 Wildcats 7

At 7:42: Spivey he had a second touchdown 

for four yards to tie the game at 14-14.

In the first half he caught six passes for 125

yards. He only caught one pass in the second

half for four yards.

The Cougars did have a field goal with 22 

seconds in the first half for the lead at

17-14.

Just over four minutes left in the third

quarter Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita 

threw his third touchdown of the game 

to wide receiver Caleb Smith to  give

the Wildcatd the lead. The only score

in the quarter.

Early in the 4th quarter Wildcats 

kicked a field goal to make it 24-17.

At 9:07 left in the game Fifita threw

his 4th and final touchdown to

wide receiver Isaiah Mizzell to make 

it 31-17. 

Less than two minutes later Caden 

Pinnick threw a touchdown pass

put the Cougars within seven points

to make it interesting.  The Wildcats

though just under two minutes left

kicked a 51 yard fiend goal to make 

it hard on the Cougars to win.

 

Final Arizona 34 Cougars 24

Have to say the Cougars made it a

game and it was exciting.  The 

Cougars are now 1-3 on the season.

Next Saturday evening the Cougars 

will be home for the third game in

a row. They begin Pac-12 conference

schedule taking on Fresno State.

Go Cougs  

Another Loss By Mariners

Friday night the Seattle Mariners lost 

again to the Angels this time 7-5.

They have two remaining games 

of the season.  The Angels are two

short of losing 100 games. The Angels

is the only team not to lose 100 games.

The way the Mariners continue to play

the Angels may be able not to this

season either. 

The Angels score a single run in the

first, fourth, seventh and insurance 

run in the 9th. Angels score 3 in the

sixth inning.  Christian Moore who hit

a home run on Thursday hit three run

homer.  Zach Neto  hit a homer in the 

7th and a double in the 9th.

The Mariners made it interesting 

when they scored all the runs in

the 8th and ninth innings. In the 

8th  Julio Rodriguez was hit by a

pitch with the bases loaded so

Laz Montes scored.  Michael Arroyo 

had an infield hit scoring Randy 

Arozarena.  In the 9th Randy Arozarena 

hit a triple scoring Weston Wilson 

then Dominic Canzone hit a two 

run homer to make it close.

Saturday Kade Anderson will start

for the Mariners and we hope a

victory.  

Arozarena and Canzone were the

big hitters however Michael Arroyo 

had two hits. He started in left

field then moved to second late

when Laz pinch hit for Leo Rivas.

Go M's. 

In Seahawks news Sam Darnold 

will  start Sunday. 

Preview. Seahawks At Commanders

Seattle Seahawks are favored this Sunday 

by 10.5 points. Sam Darnold has done

some practice this week however word

has not come out yet whether he will start

or not. Drew Lock who has done well in

his place will go if they decide to wait 

to week 4 to start Darnold.

The Seahawks are ranked 17th in scoring 

while number 2 against. They are ranked 

second in defense as well. They are number

one in passing defense while number 9

against the run. They are 9th also running

the ball while 18th in passing. 

Drew Lock passing at 72.9 in completions

and has passed four four touchdowns.

A key has no interceptions. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 

has the four touchdowns by Lock.

Jadarian Price leads in rushing with 109 yards.

He is questionable whether  he will start or

play after being hurt last week. Emanuel Wilson 

will likely start if Price can't go. 

Earnest Jones IV linebacker leads with 21 tackles.

Leonard Williams has two sacks and Julian Love 

has two interceptions.

The Commanders have started out 0-2. I am

sure they want to rebound at home this week

however playing the defending Super Bowl 

champions won't be easy and the fact that 

the Seahawks are 10-2 since Mike MacDonald 

has been head coach on the road and the 

Seahawks took care of the Cardinals on the

road last week.

The Comanders are number three in rushing

in the first two games so they will get that 

going first. They win the coin flip I would 

suggest taking the ball first though most 

teams decline so they can have the ball the

 begin of the second half.

The Commanders are 21st in passing so

playing the number one pass defense running 

the ball is a  good idea too. The Seahawks 

like to keep the defense on the field in each

series however it would be a good idea to

go with the best run stoppers to begin with.

I am sure the plan will be somewhat like

that. The Seahawks good at adjusts if need 

be.  It should be an exciting game to see.

Go Hawks.

Thursday Mariners Lose More Than One Way

Before Thursday night's game the Mariners 

found out that the Texas Rangers had won

their game so the Mariners were eliminated 

from the playoffs. Later the Astros won as 

well.

Rookie Brock Rodden was put on the injured 

list so infielder Leo Rivas was recalled to

finish the season.

The Mariners end up losing to the Angels 

as well 6-4 to end the night. 

The Angels scored first in the 2nd inning 

with a run. The Mariners responded in the

bottom of the inning with a two run homer 

by Julio.  Josh Naylor walked followed by

a single by Cole Young.  Laz Montes ground

moving Naylor to third and Young out at 2nd.

Leo Rivas singles Naylor home.  

Mariners 3 Angels 1

Top of the fifth the Angels scored twice 

to tie 3-3.  The bottom of the 5th JP 

Crawford scored from third on a wild pitch

making it 4-3. The 6th inning the Angels 

took the lead again for the final time. Began

with a walk and hit by a pitch. Christian 

Moore hits a double with both runners

scoring. The Angels scored final run in

the 8th. After a walk and two outs scored

on single. 

Now with three games remaining we will

see how things go and what changes

might happen. There is thought that

manager Dan Wilson will be fired.

 Bryce Miller last start will be Friday.

The highlight will be the retirement 

party of  Mariners play by play radio 

announcer Rick Rizz. Go M's.

 

Preview Minnesota Golden Gophers at Washington

The Washington Huskies who are favored 

at home generally against others are ten

point favorite to beat Minnesota Golden 

Golphers is Saturday.

The Golden Golphers have a 2-1 record on 

the season while the Huskies are 3-0 all

games at Husky Stadium though they 

still haven't played their best ball offensively.

Minnesota their lone loss was against 

Mississippi State in game two 38-13 

and last week bounced back beating 

Akron 41-7. Against MSU they were down

by 22 points at halftime. They were having

trouble running the ball averaging under

one yard per carry. In an usual nway the 

Golden Golphers threw 36 passes in a

row in the second  half scoring six points.

The Huskies have a good defense against

the run so we could see Golden Golphers 

throwing a lot especially when getting 

behind.  The Huskies have averaged 4.4

yards rushing and over 120 yards a game

although got to a rocky start in the Apple 

Cup where their top two running backs 

were injured and won't return until later

in the season.  They didn't click in the 

passing game until last week against

Eastern Washington when QB Desmond 

Williams Jr  threw four touchdowns in

the first half.

Minnesota's running back Darius Taylor

missed last week with lower body injury 

is expected to play this week. They have

three other players back too.

The Huskies have three defensive players 

that are questionable but they have two

starters that are returning in defensive tackle 

Elinneus Davis and edge rusher Logan George.

We are hoping to an entertaining game.

Go Dawgs. 

Mariners Win In Extra Innings

Wednesday night the Seattle Mariners 

could have been eliminated from

the playoffs however they won in

ten innings 6-5. This gives them

another day. 

The odds are against the Mariners 

to get in the playoffs but for now

they are still alive. 

George Kirby started and he has done

well in his career against the Astros 

so a good one to have on the mound. 

The first two innings George looked

good however in the top of 3rd the

Astros scored four runs including

a home run. Not a good sign since

the Mariners have had trouble scoring 

runs.

It didn't take them long though in

the bottom of the 3rd Dominic Canzone 

who has had a very good season hit

a single scoring two runs. Julio

Rodriguez hit a double to score a

third run. So they were down by a run.

In the bottom of the 5th hit another 

single driving in Randy Arozarena 

to tie at 4-4.  In the 9th inning Taylor 

Ward pinch hit for Laz Montes against 

the Astros closer John Hader who

is having an outstanding season.

Taylor had a single to keep it alive.

Unfortunately he got picked off 

first base. A big mistake for sure.

Michael Arroyo who had pinch hit

earlier was able to walk but was 

stranded. 

George Kirby went five and the 

bullpen did a good job. In the 

top of the 10th the Astros hit

a triple when Ward dived for the

ball. Cooper Criswell did a good

not allowing the runner to score

to make it down by one.

In the bottom of the 10th Hader

was still out there. Arozarena, 

and Cal Raleigh both walked 

to load the bases. Julio did a 

good job not chasing any pitches

end up walking to bring in the

tying run. Josh Naylor was able

to take a tough inside pitch to

drive in the winning run.

Now the Mariners play final four

games against the Angels beginning 

Thursday at home. They struggled

recently against the Angels on the 

road but now have to win all four

games.  The Astros and the Rangers

who are tied with one to win the.

division both have to lose all four

game as well so the odds are really 

against the Mariners. The division 

has had all teams struggle this season.

The winner could have a losing record 

going into the playoffs..

Bryan Woo will start Thursday evening 

for the Mariners. He has pitched well 

recently. So go one game at a time.

Go M's.

Preview Arizona at Washington State

The Arizona Wildcats are a 10.5 favorite 

over the Washington State Cougars in

late Saturday game  in Pullman.

Arizona has a 2-1 record on the season.

The only loss was to conference foe

BYU in week 2 which makes it difficult 

when they get back to play in the 

conference. They had strong play in

against the other two smaller schools.

The Cougars had tough times against

Washington Huskies in game 1 and 

Kansas State in game 2.  They were

able to beat who they had to in

game 3. This game will be a tough 

one for the Cougars as it was against

their first two games. Hopefully last

weeks game will give more confidence 

for them.  The second half was when the 

game broke open..

These four games will prepare the Cougars

when they open Pac-12 play but won't 

know until it happens. The Cougars defense 

was a surprise when they played the Huskies 

in game one. 

Pinnick the Cougars quarterback will

have to improve more in his passing 

game. Maybe they will need to put in

some trick plays or unconventional 

ones for sure. They have to get off to

a good start and not make turnovers 

while causing one or two.

The Cougars running game was going 

last week. The Wildcats are good against

the run. On the passing game they rotate 

their linebackers and edge rushers so 

Cougars must be good offensively again

and it won't be easy.

The Wildcats go with Kendrick Reescano

as their primary running back. Quarterback 

Noah Fifita will run the ball some to do

Cougars will have to be careful.

Fifita is a quick read so he will get the

ball out fast so the Cougars defense 

will have to be fast to react. He throws

a lot of short to medium passes. He

completes a lot of them too.

Tri Spivey is the Wildcats deep threat.

Chris Hunter III is the  one out on

side the Cougars will have to try to

stop and Isaiah Mizzell is their 

possession  receiver.  Tight end

Tyler Powell the Cougars will have

to stop him in short yards and in

the red zone.

We wish the Cougars the very best

this weekend in every. Go Cougs. 

Frustration in Mariners Land Again

Tuesday evening the Mariners began their two

game series against the Houston Astros 

we would have thought they would have

played better however the Mariners have 

done the opposite.  

Logan Gilbert who earlier was the Mariners 

best starting pitcher at home but recently 

has struggled.  The first inning he gave

up four hits however he got out of it by giving 

up only one run. Maybe a good sign for the

team. 

Though he has a little trouble in the 2nd 

the Astros scored no runs. The third

inning Gilbert gave up a three run homer 

to  Christian Walker.  Logan only went 

one more inning.

Jose Ferrer came in the 5th where he

gave up no runs however in the sixth 

inning  Ferrer gave up a solo home run. 

In the 8th the Astros added two more 

runs.

The Mariners were shutout having 

only four hits and five walks above 

that. 

One more left against the Astros. 

The Mariners Lose Wednesday 

it is over or the Rangers win.

So not great odds even with 

six games remaining. Go M's. 

Good Job Drew Lock

On radio sports in the Seattle area Drew

Lock received the praise in Game two.

Also from Head coach Mike MacDonald.

The positive talk was that Lock will get

an starting  quarterback job next year 

some where. He will likely be in Seattle 

for the season even when Sam Darnold 

returns. They might possibly trade him

late so they could get a draft pick next

season. 

Speaking of Sam Darnold he is expected 

to do some practice this week however 

they will have evaluated him to see if

he can go. The more likelihood he will 

be ready for game four. 

The chest injury to Jadarian Price turned

out to be a shoulder injury instead and 

xrays were negative. He might be ready

to be back Sunday. If not Emanuel Wilson 

will get a lot of carries.  Go Hawks. 

Monday Morning Sports

The Seattle Mariners have Monday off 

and play the Houston Astros for two

beginning on Tuesday. The Tacoma 

Rainiers season ended on Sunday. 

I would like to see the Mariners make 

a possible roster move since all their 

minor league teams are done for the

year. They do have a few players

from double A and down who are 

playing in the Arizona Fall League.

I would like the Mariners to activate

a player that may be asked to spring

training and take off a bench player

or reliever who isn't expected back

next year. 

The San Francisco 49ers beat the

Miami Dolphins with almost the 

same as the Seahawks over Arizona.

They are tied for the division lead.

The L A Rams will play home to the

New York Giants on Monday night 

football.  A win would make them

tie with the Cardinals at 1-1.

This week the Seahawks will prepare

to play the Washington Commanders

in the road next Sunday. The Washington 

Huskies the same for University Minnesota

next Saturday and the Washington State

Cougars against Arizona the same.

The Huskies, the Cougars and Gonzaga

men's basketball team are or will start 

practices soon.  The nonleague games 

will begin late October or early November.

The Seattle Kraken will begin their

regular season on October 1st going

on the road to Calgary. Currently they

are playing preseason games. Last

season the Kraken were disappointing 

and missed the playoffs. They hope

to bounce back this coming season.

Have yourself a wonderful day and

may you enjoy the sports you watch

and any you may play. 

Seahawks Dominate Second Half

The first half of Sunday's game at Arizona

was a dead heat though the Seahawks 

could have scored another touchdown 

near the end of the first half. Some reason

they ran the same play on 4th down where

the Cardinals stopped before the end zone.

I am sure the Seahawks felt and should 

have gone in. I would have tried another

play going the other way making a fake 

first and Drew Lock running in. Anyway 

good game in the end.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a touchdown 

in the first quarter. It was the first of

the in the game. The Cardinals scored 

in the second quarter to tie it.

End of the half Seahawks 7  Cardinals 7

The Seahawks had the ball first in the 

second half with Jaxon having his

second td at 12:25 in the 3rd quarter.

The Seahawks were able to have an 

interception that led to a field goal 

at 6:47 of the third quarter. Jaxon

had his third touchdown about the 

same time in the 4th quarter.

Rookie Jadarian Price ran the ball for

the Seahawks 13 times for 52 yards.

He had to leave the game early in the

4th quarter having a chest injury. On

the sideline he looked ok so with the

big lead Emanuel Wilson who the 

Seahawks signed as a free agent before

the season.

Wilson ended up running the ball 21 times

for  92 yards. Didn't help the Cardinals 

to have the ball. The Cardinals had the 

ball for only six minutes so the defense 

was on the field a lot. Certainly helped 

the Seahawks defense too.

Drew Lock threw for 235 yards. He had 

no interceptions and was sacked once.

He had the three touchdowns to Jaxon

Smith-Njigba who had nine catches total.

Seven other receivers caught at least one

catch in the game.

The Seahawks last score and touchdown 

was at 1:11: remaining when tight end 

AJ Banner took a direct snap and went in

for one yard. 

Next week the Seahawks will be in

DC to take on the Commanders.

There is a possibility that Sam Darnold

will play if things go well bin practice 

this week. If he does thanks Drew.

Go Hawks.

Mariners Win Take Series

The Seattle Mariners beat the Rockies 

Sunday afternoon in Colorado 2-1.

A great pitching matchup at Coors Field 

where runs happen often.

Kade Anderson had his best game so

far. He went seven innings giving up

three hits, no walks, seven strike outs 

and no runs. Mariners be in good position 

if he does this often next season. 

Andre Munoz gave up a home run in the

9th inning.  He had to leave the game

hurtin his right leg after walking the ball.

Ironically Eduardo Bazardo who recently 

has given up several home runs came

in for him. He walked a batter but struck

out two to end the game. 

Dominic Canzone no doubt was the hitter

of the game.  In the 4th he singled with

Randy Arozarena coming home. In the

6th he hit a double driving in JP Crawford.

Canzone had two of the Mariners four

hits. Crawford had one that he scored on

and Julio the second. Arozarena walked

before his score.

The Mariners have Monday off before

facing the Houston Astros on Tuesday 

and Wednesday.  The Astros and Rangers

both lost Sunday so the Rangers are still 

up by a game. The Mariners will help in

one way or another to who wins the 

division. I am sure they hope that they

keep the Astros out. Go M's. 

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.