Seattle Mariners Lose More Than A Game

Tuesday night was a rough night for the
Seattle Mariners not only losing to the
Chicago White Sox 10-4 but lost James
Paxton in the second inning with one out
with left arm strain. In the fifth inning
diving for a ball Jake Fraley came up
with a hamstring pull.

Both Paxton and Fraley will have MRI's

Wednesday before the afternoon game

to finish the series off. Hopefully the 

Mariners will be able to win the game

so they can go in a positive note into

Minnesota.

Paxton looked like he was going to have

a good game starting out but the injury

bug came his way again. Hard to know

how long he will be out but likely longer

than Fraley's. We hope Paxton won't

have to need surgery but we should 

find out by game time. I will up date

you when I find out.

Who will the Mariners recall to replace

both players. Most likely a reliever for

Paxton as Nick Margevicius went into 

the game for him in relief will take his

spot in the rotation at this time. 

Margevicius didn't pitch well going 

three and two-third innings giving

up four runs on four hits. He gave 

up two home runs with a runner on

base in each case. I am tired of the

Mariners pitchers giving up home 

runs. Many of their runs scored 

are coming from the long ball.

The coaching needs to change.

Yes I know teams are hitting more

home runs these days because 

that is what batters are looking

for but still no excuse.

Braden Bishop will be the likely

one to take Fraley's spot on the

roster as he is on the 40-man 

roster and on the alternate 

training site. 

Yes it would be nice to see 

Jarred Kelenic however he is 

at the spring training site and

 needs more reps at this point.

We could see him soon though

if the offense continues to spuder.

Is spuder a word I am using it

anyway. 

Right now things not looking 

good for the Mariners. Not only

do they need some offense help

the starting pitching certainly

took a blow with Paxton out

for some time it looks like.

We do hope he is able to 

return this season but we

should know Wednesday.

We hope for the best not

only for the Mariners but

for Paxton too.

Justin Dunn goes for the

Mariners in Wednesday's 

game. Right now is spot

in the rotation looks safe.

Go M's. 

Mariners Now Even On Season

We all know the baseball season has just
started so we have no idea how it will end
up for the Mariners, however, they are now
2-2.

Monday night's game wasn't what Justus

Sheffield wanted in his first outing of the

season but he got it out of the way. What

is important did he learn from it. We won't

know until his next outing. 

Sheffield went only five innings giving up

eight hits, six runs with four earned, two 

walks while striking out five. He gave up 

three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth.

Sheffield had given up a home run in the

second inning.

It is nice to see Mitch Haniger back playing

for the Mariners. He has gotten off to a great

start hitting.  In this game Haniger had two

of the Mariners three hits: both were doubles,

unfortunately the Mariners were not able to

bring him home.

The third hit was by JP Crawford who is 

struggling at the plate. Hopefully this will

allow him to snap out of it. The Sox

tried to pick him off first the ball went into

right field so Crawford made it to third base.

Again they were not able to get him home.

Drew Steckenrider made his second appearance

of the season. Much better than his first. We

hope this will be more often than his first one

was. We will have to see with him to. He went

two innings giving up two hits, one walk, two

strikeouts and no runs. 

Will Vest the rule five pitcher the Mariners pick

up during the off-season pitched the final two

innings of the game in his second appearance.

He gave up no hits, walked one and struck out

one. Not given up a run so far. See how that

continues. Could be a good find for the Mariners.

James Paxton makes his first appearance starting

Tuesday night. If he pitches like his last outing

of spring training the Mariners will have a good

shot at winning. 

The Mariners face Lucas Giolito right handed 

pitcher of the White Sox. In his first outing

on opening day against the Los Angeles Angels

Giolito went five and one-thirds innings giving

up two runs, two hits, two walks and striking out

eight. We hope the Mariners can do better than 

that.

Taylor Trammell did not play in this game since

the Mariners started a tough lefty. He should be

back in Tuesday night's game. Sam Haggerty

utility player  started in center field in Trammell's

spot.

Kyle Seager had a rough night Monday where he

had a fielding error along with striking out three

times. I heard some Mariner fans asking what is

wrong with Kyle. Have no idea right now, however,

we will have to see. May have to give Ty France

a game at third.  Go M's. 

Gonzaga Fails To Make History

Going into Monday night NCAA Tournament
Championship for Men's basketball the Gonzaga
Bulldogs were undefeated.

Unfortunately the Bulldogs were unable to 

beat Baylor who had been number two 

throughout the season rankings to the Zags!

The final score in the game was Baylor  86

Gonzaga 70. Had Gonzaga won the game

it would have been there first national 

championship title ever and they would 

have been the first team since Indiana went

undefeated back in the 1975-76 season. 

It makes you think had they lost during 

the regular season once they may have

won the championship. We will never

know for sure.

Monday night Baylor was the better team.

Whether that is true on the season or just

in this game we will never know that 

answer either. 

Though they lost the Zags had a great 

season for sure and all of us in Washington

state should be proud of them.

Junior guard Jared Butler led Baylor in 

scoring with 22 points. Gonzaga was led

by freshman guard Jalen Suggs also with

22 points. 

Gonzaga had a higher shooting percentage

at 51 percent however Baylor took more 

shots  making 30 shots compared to Gonzaga

25. A major difference to was Baylor made

ten three point shots to Gonzaga's five. 

So basically the difference in the game. 

Baylor made one more free throw then

Gonzaga so the difference in the score.

Again a great season. See how they do

next year. Don't be surprised if they 

come back and play in next year's

championship title with a different 

outcome. Go Zags!

Mariners Now Take On White Sox

While the Seattle Mariners had success
against the San Francisco Giants the
Chicago White Sox didn't do as well
against the Los Angeles Angels on
the road in Anaheim. The Angels took

three of the four games in the series.

We just hope this continues in Seattle

for the White Sox. They can start winning

when they finish up with the Mariners.

The White Sox lost their shortstop Tim

Anderson Sunday night in the first inning.

 He pulled a hamstring running down the 

line to first. He had to leave the game and

now he is day to day.  Most likely he will

miss the first game of the series tonight

or more.  We will have to hear whether

this could put him on the injured list 

for ten days.

I was able to see Ohtani pitch for the first

time on Sunday night for the Angels. He 

looked pretty good on the mound and in 

the first inning he hit a massive home run

as well. He got in some trouble in the fifth

inning where the Sox were able to get the

bases loaded a wild pitch on a slider brought

a runner home and then another pitch the

catcher couldn't handle then tried to throw

to first which overthrew and then trying to

get a runner at home Ohtani went to the 

ground. I believe he will be okay but he

did leave the game with the score tied

3-3. I certainly was impressed by his 

performance.

In other local sports Monday night the

Gonzaga Bulldogs go against Baylor

in the championship series. This will

be pressure for Gonzaga for sure. They

win it will be a bit of history in the 

making. Go Zags!

In a sort of related news the Stanford 

Cardinal women's basketball team

won the NCAA championship over

Arizona Wildcats. Stanford was ahead

for most of the game with both teams

going on runs. 

Stanford was able to go on a 11 point 

run in the first quarter than Arizona 

came back in the second quarter to 

continue making the game interesting. 

The final score came right down to the end 

with Arizona having the last shot but good 

defense by Stanford allowed not a good shot

 selection so the shot missed with Cardinal 

winning 54-53. Can't do much closer than 

that for sure.

One member of Stanford women's team

was Russell Wilson's little sister Anna.

One of the reasons to mention it besides

being a great game.

Hopefully in the next post we will see

another Mariner victory. Go M's. 

Mariners Take Opening Series

Though a sweep is nice over the season
winning series as many as you can is
what baseball is about and that is what
the Seattle Mariners did Saturday night
beating the San Francisco Giants 4-0.

The Mariners finally able to have a

couple home runs with Ty France 

getting the first one in the third inning.

Seattle scored two more runs in the 

fourth inning followed by another

solo home run in the seven by Mitch

Haniger his first since 2019.

Chris Flexen had an outstanding start

in his first game with the Mariners and

the season. Flexen went five innings 

giving up four hits, walked two while

striking out six. He threw 94 pitches,

being his first start he went the five

innings.

Kendall Graveman a former starter

making his first relief appearance of

the season went two innings. Graveman

was outstanding giving up no hits

and striking out five. 

Lefty Anthony Misiewicz went two-thirds

of an inning giving up a couple hits. Closer

Rafael Montero came in to finish off the

eight and pitch the ninth as well. He looked

outstanding dominating the Giants though

he only struck out one. We see this Montero

most of the time closing games off the Mariners

are going to win a lot of games.

The Mariners have Easter off then take on 

the Chicago White Sox  at home Monday

thru Wednesday. The White Sox are 1-2 

and the Mariners hope to do the same in

this three game series as well. Justus 

Sheffield will start the first game followed

by James Paxton and Justin Dunn.

On Thursday the Mariners go on their first

road trip of the season facing the Twins in

Minnesota. We hope they don't have any

contact with snow. This series will be three

games with a rare day off on Friday.

The third game against Wednesday will be

an afternoon affair starting at 1:10 pm. This

way they will be able to fly to Minnesota at

a reasonable hour. 

The Mariners are hoping to have Kyle Lewis

back in the lineup when they go to Minnesota.

His replacement in center field Taylor Trammell

had his first hit in the fourth inning with a double

and driving in a run. Now he can relax with his

first major league hit under his belt. It would be

nice if he is still on the team when Kyle Lewis

is able to return.

Enjoy your Easter while there is no baseball you

can have fun with family and friends. 

Mariners Now One and One

The Seattle Mariners won the opener on
Thursday night 8-7 after being behind
5-0. The Giants showed they couldn't
keep hold of the lead.

Friday night it became the opposite

though the Giants didn't have as far

to go to win. 

The Mariners had a 3-1 lead then 

Yusei Kikuchi gave up his second 

homer of the night in the sixth inning

for the Giants to tie 3-3. 

Kikuchi pitched well going thru six

innings. Besides the three runs he 

walked only one batter while striking

out ten. Pitching that way he will 

have a good season especially if

he can cut down on the home runs.

Drew Steckenrider made his first

appearance for the Mariners. It didn't

go well with him giving up three 

runs in the sixth inning. The Mariners

were unable to comeback not getting

anymore runs in the game so final

Giants 6 Mariners 3

I hope Steckenrider won't have another

performance like this one anymore for

a while anyway. Right now the question 

still the bullpen. 

The Mariners had 12 batters strike out

in the game with Taylor Trammell and

Dylan Moore each striking out three times.

Trammell still looking for his first hit.

Playing good center field though.

So Saturday night is the rubber match of

the season. Chris Flexen makes his first

appearance for the Mariners in a regular

season game. Logan Webb goes for the

Giants. Webb looks like someone the

Mariners should get hits off. Of course,

we have heard that one before.

Kendall Graveman is the only reliever 

not seeing action in either game so far.

I expect to see him in Saturday night's

game. 

Hopefully, the batters can hit well

so make it an easy win. Go M's. 
 

Opening Day

Finally arrived the opening of major league
baseball today and that is no April fools joke.

The Seattle Mariners roster ended up with not

too many surprises. Drew Steckenrider made

the bullpen as a non-roster invitee. The bullpen

was made up of pitchers who were going to

make the roster anyway.

The starting pitching rotation was pretty set

as well. The starting position lineup was

set as well except left field where we came

with a surprise in which Taylor Trammell

one the spot. Most expected he would start

the season in triple-A Tacoma.

Ty France will start out as designated hitter

however he will see time at first base, second

and third. Over the season we will see where

he will end up in the future. One thing we are

pretty sure of he can hit.

The outfield we will see how Jake Fraley does

hitting as well. With Kyle Lewis on the injured

list we will see how Fraley does. I like the way

he plays baseball however we have to see him

prove he can hit major league pitching.

Sam Haggerty and Jose Marmolejos are the 

utility players. Sam Haggerty will play all

over the infield well as the outfield while 

Marmolejos can only play the outfield and

first base. 

When Lewis returns one of three players

will have to be sent down unless someone

else is injured as well. Fraley, Trammell,

and Marmolejos will have to show what

they can do while hitting. Fraley and 

Trammell we know can play defense.

They have the edge over Marmolejos.