Seattle Seahawks and Mariners Both Win

The Seattle Seahawks won their opening game of
the season Sunday over the Falcons in Atlanta 38-25.

The Falcons scored first with a field goal then 

Chris Carson scored two touchdowns by the pass

to take a 14-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Falcons scored a touchdown but missed the

extra point in the second quarter along with a 

field goal for the Seahawks to lead at half time

14-12.

The Seahawks scored two touchdowns in the 

3rd quarter the first by DK Metcalf with a 

38 yard pass from Wilson. The second was a

seven yard pass to Greg Olsen also from Wilson.

The Seahawks led 28-12 at the end of the 3rd

quarter.

In the fourth quarter the Seahawks scored first with

a field goal followed the Falcons with a touchdown

but were not able to convert a two-point conversion

making it 38-18. The game was pretty much over

when the Falcons scored again with three minutes

and twelve seconds remaining in the game.

The Seahawks offense looked like they were in

mid-season form while the defense looked like

bend don't break as the Falcons threw for 434 yards.

Tyler Lockett led the Seahawks in receptions with

eight though no touchdowns. Russell Wilson threw

for 322 going 31 for 35. The Seahawks ran for 84

yards. Much of the passing game looked like running

the ball for the  most part outside of Metcalf's touchdown.

The reason Russell didn't complete four passes on the

day.

The Seahawks will be home next Sunday Night at home

against the New England Patriots who won 21-13 over 

the Miami Dolphins at home. The Patriots scored a 

touchdown in the second, third and forth quarters.

See now whether the Seahawks will be able to beat 

the Patriots to go 2-0 before facing the Cowboys at

home the following Sunday. 

The Seattle Mariners beat the Arizona Diamondbacks

Sunday afternoon 7-3 same identical score as Saturday

to take the series 2-1. The Mariners will take on the

Oakland A's in a doubleheader starting at 2 pm on 

Monday to  make up for the two of the three games

cancelled two weeks ago. Manager Scott Servais did

mention about the air quality but we hope it won't 

cancel the two games. 

Justin Dunn started the game for the Mariners but 

had control problems walking five batters so he

lasted only two innings though giving up only one

run. He did strike out five batters as well. Dunn had

thrown 66 pitches in the two innings so new his  time

would be short.

Casey Sadler recently acquired by the Mariners came

in for Dunn. He went for two innings giving up no 

runs on one hit while striking out three batters. The

Mariners used five other relievers on the day.

Donovan Walton started at shortstop was the offense

hero of the day driving in three of the Mariner  seven 

runs. He had one of the three doubles the Mariners 

had on the  day. It was his first hit of the season in

limited action. JP Crawford is expected back on 

Monday. 

Marco Gonzales is expected to start game one 

against the A's. Both games are expected to go

seven innings. Since the Mariners will be going

primarily with the bullpen as the second game 

starter hasn't been announced as of yet expect

Gonzales to go  most of game one. 

The Mariners are now a game and a half behind

the struggling Houston Astros who have gone

2-8 in their last ten games while the Mariners

are 7-3. The Mariners play the Astros in another

week at home. Depending on how they do against

the A's, the Giants and Padres at home this week

the series against the Astros at home could put

the Mariners into position to make the playoffs.

The  Mariners have a record of 21-25 right now.

Go M's. 

Sheffield Goes Seven

For the second game in a row on Saturday

night Justus Sheffield went seven inning

giving up two runs on five hits though he 

walked three but did strike out seven.

Sheffield is showing right now besides

Marco Gonzales he is a pitcher on the

starting rotation can go longer in the game.

Long term with youngsters like Logan

Gilbert coming up it is hard to know for

how long Sheffield will be in the Mariners

rotation but right now he is showing that

he is belonging.  His ERA is 4.06. Not

outstanding but not bad in this day and 

age.

The important thing is for Sheffield to

go deep into game allowing the Mariners

to have a chance to win.

The Mariners got off to a good start

Saturday helping Sheffield out by 

scoring four runs in the top of  the 

fourth inning. It included a home run

by newcomer Ty France. It was his

second homer since joining the team

at the beginning of the month. He has

hit a home run in back to back games.

He has six rbi's in the short time with

the Mariners.

Jose Marmolejos was a big contributor

as well. He hit a home run in the fifth

inning with Kyle Seager on base. Jose

has raised his average from .103 to

.247 since being called up on August

27 to play in the double header at 

San Diego.  He has four home runs

since the call up.

Both France and Marmolejos could

be big contributors in the Mariners 

final 15 games.  The Mariners are 

two and half games behind the Astros

for second place with a record of 20-25.

Remember the Seattle Seahawks kick

off their  season this morning Seattle 

time while they take on the Falcons 

in Atlanta.  Last year the Seahawks 

beat the Falcons in Atlanta in October

27-20. It will be a good start if the

Seahawks can win by a similar score.

Let you know how they do.

You can watch the Seahawks then follow

up with the Mariners game.  Go teams!

Third Straight Loss: Mariners

The Seattle Mariners lost their third straight game
in the opening game of the series on Friday night
to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3.

Yusei Kikuchi got off to a rough start giving up

three runs in the first inning. In the third inning

he gave up his final run. At that point the Mariner

were behind 4-1 as Dylan Moore hit a home run

in the top of the third inning.

Kikuchi pitched well after the third inning going

six innings total. He walked one batter while striking

out five. He needs to throw his fastball a little bit

harder at the beginning of the game.

Roots Sports analyst Bill Krueger believes Dylan 

Moore could become a superstar. The Mariners need t

o have him stick at one position though he is versatile 

according to Krueger. Second base right now would

be the spot for him.

Shed Long Jr. who had played a lot of second base

before not able to hit pitching like the Mariners 

wanted him to has gone on the injured list. So we

will see Moore a lot there instead. We may see Ty

France at second base as well. Speaking of France

he hit a home run in the 8th inning to bring the 

game closer however the offense couldn't score 

in the ninth inning to tie or go ahead.

JP Crawford  isn't going to be in the lineup for a few 

days as he is on the bereavement list  Dee Strange-Gordon

played short on Friday night.  I am sure Crawford will

be back when the Mariners are back home next week.

We will be seeing Justus Sheffield on the mound Saturday

night against the Diamondbacks. He has pitched well 

lately so hope for the same. It will be nice if he and the

offense can stop this losing streak.

Remember football the Seahawks have their opening 

game of the season in Atlanta with the game starting

10 am  Seattle time. 

On the injury front back up offensive lineman Cedric 

Ogbuehi will be out and wide receiver Phillip Dorsett 

is questionable. Left tackle Duane Brown sat out of 

practice most of the week with a knew problem, 

however, he is expected to play.

Remember Go M's and Hawks!

Preview of Arizona Series

Though the Seattle Mariners lost both games to the
San Francisco Giants on Tuesday and Wednesday
they are still only two games behind the Houston
Astros.

The Arizona Diamondbacks the Mariners play this

weekend are dead last in the NL West Division. 

They do play in a tough division so what it means

we will have to see. 

We can hope the Mariners can play the Diamondbacks

like have the Texas Rangers. 

Caleb Smith will be making his first start for the

Diamondbacks. He was to the Diamondbacks at

the trading deadline from the Miami Marlins. He

has made only one start on the season and it was

with the Marlins. He was placed on the injured

list shortly after that start. He pitched three innings

giving up one run. We see the Mariners offense can

get after him.

Yusei Kikuchi has started six times on the season 

for the Mariners. In his last outing on September

4 he went six innings giving up one run on two 

hits while striking out seven without a walk. If

Kikuchi can duplicate that pitching performance

the Mariners will have a pretty good chance in 

winning.

No transactions occurred since Wednesday's 

night game. We will see  any happen before

Friday night's game. We wish the best for the

Mariners in Arizona before returning to Seattle.

Go M's. 

Mariners Take It On The Chin

The Seattle Mariners had won six straight
before going on the road to San Francisco
taking on the Giants for two games. Now
they have lost two in a row. The series is
over now the Mariners have Thursday off
before facing the Diamondbacks in Arizona.

Nick Margevicius who had pitched well for

the Mariners after taking over for Kendall

Graveman when he was injured and now is

in the Mariner bullpen had his worst outing

of the season.

In the third inning Margevicius surrendered

a three-run homer to Mike Yastrzemski follow

by a run in the fourth and three more in the fifth.

Walker Lockett making his second appearance

for the Mariners gave up three runs in an inning

and a third on six hits. So the Mariners had a 

hard hill to climb which they didn't make losing

to the Giants 10-1. The Mariners only run came

in the eighth inning after a double by Dylan Moore

who was brought home on an rbi by Kyle Seager. 

Right now it is hard to know whether Nick Margevicius 

will be in the Mariners rotation next season. Marco

Gonzales along with Yusei Kikuchi, Justus Sheffield

and Justin Dunn will make up four of the spots. 

The Mariners have a full season next year they will

probably be back to five starters. Nick Margevicius 

and Ljay Newsome will compete for the fifth spot

in spring training along with Logan Gilbert. We 

would have to be sure to say Gilbert would have to

be the favorite. Nick Margevicius and Newsome 

may be in the bullpen next season making spot

starts on occasion.

Anthony Misiewicz and Yohan Ramirez are the 

only relievers who have spent the whole shortened

season in the Mariners bullpen. Speaking of the 

bullpen the Mariners added another reliever on

Wednesday Jimmy Yacabonis who was in extended

training camp to the squad. He pitched the final 

inning of Wednesday's game surrendering no runs 

or hits. 

Yacabonis the Mariners acquired from no other than

the San Diego Padres on August 19 for cash. Since

the bullpen needed additional help he was brought

up while reliever Brady Lail was sent to extended

training camp. He is actually on the taxi squad just

in case the Mariners do need to add another pitcher

while in Arizona.

Next year we will see more changes to the bullpen.

Would not be surprised if most of the relievers on

the team now will not be on next year's squad. 

Yusei Kikuchi is scheduled to start Friday's game

against the Diamondbacks followed by Justus

Sheffield and Justin Dunn. Monday Marco Gonzales

is scheduled to start the first game of the double-

against the Oakland A's. Not sure who will start

game two as of yet. It may depend on how the bullpen

is used so won't be surprised someone come up from

extended training camp to start.  Go M's. 

Win Streak Ends in San Francisco

The beginning the game Tuesday night looked
like Mariners were going to extend win streak
to seven games but it didn't turn out that way.

The Mariners scored a run in the top of the

first inning then Giants tied in the bottom of

first. The Mariners were able to get the bases

loaded with JP Crawford hitting a double to

drive in all three runs but was thrown out 

himself at third base. I am not sure why 

manager Scott Servais did try to have the

call overturned because it looked like 

Crawford was safe. Too early in the ball

game I suppose.

The bottom of the second with one out 

Mariner starter Ljay Newsome was hit

by a line drive ball with one out he had 

to the leave though x-rays were negative.

Newsome might be able to make his next

scheduled start.

Brady Lail came in for Newsome. He got

the final two outs of the second inning. The 

top of the third Ty France hit a triple then

scored for the Mariners to be up 5-1.

The score was short lived as Lail gave up

four runs over the next two innings including

two home runs to tie the score 5-5.

The score was tied until the 7th inning when

Giant left fielder Alex Dickerson hit a home

run off Anthony Misiewicz who was the third

reliever after Lail. The Mariners were unable

to tie the game or go ahead. So they had to

settle for the loss.

Wednesday night Nick Margevicius will take

the mound for the Mariners against the Giants

on Roberto Clemente Day. Those who have 

been around awhile remember the player 

Clemente was before dying in a plane crash.

The Mariners hope to start a new win streak.

The Mariners will have Thursday off before

playing in Arizona against the Diamondbacks

for three games. The Mariners return to play

the Oakland A's next Monday in a double-header

to make up for two of the three games were

postponed. Go M's. 

Seahawk Wednesday

The Seattle Seahawks made a couple of moves
since they made their initial roster on Saturday.

The Seahawks waived wide receiver John Ursua

and activated fellow receiver Penny Hart. They

are hoping Ursua will be able to pass waivers to

put on the practice squad. I wonder why Ursua

wasn't waived initially then put on the  practice

squad. The Seahawks must have an idea why they

did so. 

They signed fullback Nick Bellore after releasing

him on Saturday.  At the same time offensive lineman

Phil Haynes was put on the injured list.  Haynes could

have been put on the injured list on Saturday, however,

he would have been lost for the year. Haynes might

be out for half of the season instead. 

We will see whether any other moves are made before

Sunday's game in Atlanta against the Falcons. I will let

you know any more changes do happen,

Since there hasn't been any pre-season games it will

be interesting to see how things go for the Seahawks

in the opening game. The offense is expected to center

around quarterback Russell Wilson. We know he runs

the offense but expected to be even more involved.

Seeing whether the defense is improved we will see

first hand as well. We know it the first game so whether

the Seahawks win or not things can change over the weeks.

I will not let you know the games go over the coming 

season but how many of the players are doing well.

Wednesday's will be on a particular player while Sunday

will be how the game went whether winning or losing.

We do hope this will be a special season for the Seahawks,

however, with covid-19 it could end up being a shorten

season. Major league baseball for the most part has had

a good season playing 60 games which is about a ten week

season compared to 17 weeks for NFL including a week

off for each team.

So let's go Seahawks we are rooting you to the Super Bowl

we hope anyway. Let the games start out well instead of

waiting for the fourth quarter for a surprise comebacks.

The comebacks can be exciting but I know don't want 

it to happen very often. Go Hawks.