Mariners Beat Brewers

The Seattle  had a good  game  both

hitting and pitching winning 6-1 on Sunday. 

Chris Flexen his second  good  outing. He

is going to make it a difficult  decision 

who will be the 5th starter. Flexen went

three innings giving up no runs and two hits.

Brennan Bernardino who is trying  to make

the team as the lefty out of the bullpen 

went two iings, gave up one hit and struck

out four. Not sure the Mariners will  go with

lefty in bullpen  however he is showing them

he wants to make the roster.

Jarred Kelenic  continues  having a good 

spring with another home run. Cooper 

Hummel wanting be extra outfielder and

third catcher had another home run. Brian

O'Keefe another catcher had a home run to.

O'Keefe likely  start in triple-A but may get

the chance at some point. AJ Pollock had 

a couple hits himself. 

Luis Castillo  makes a start against  the 

Cubs Monday  afternoon. Tuesday the

Mariners have day off  from game action.

Go M's.  

George Kirby's First Outing

Saturday  was George  Kirby's first

outing of the spring.  Like Marco

Gonzales and Logan Gilert first

outing didn't  go well.

Kirby lasted only an inning and a

third. He threw just over 30 pitches.

He gave up four hits, four runs though

only two  were earned. The Mariners 

went on to lose 7-1.

Like Marco we expect better from Kirby 

and Gilbert in their next outing. 

The Mariners  only had four hits on 

on the day. Jake Scheiner third baseman

hit a home run for the Mariners only score.

Scheiner likely won't  make  the  opening 

roster. Last year he played at double-A Arkansas.

Jake had a .252 batting average with 21

home runs and 105 rbi's. May start the

season in triple-A.  Being a better hitting 

league Jake's stats may go up. It will be 

interesting  to  see  where his career  goes.

The Mariner acquired him from Philadelphia 

for Jay Bruce. Remember he was in the

trade where the Mariners made with New York 

Mets and the Mariners got outfielder Jarred 

Kelenic as well.

Chris Flexen  makes his second start of the

spring for the Mariners  against  Milwaukee 

on Sunday. His first start Chris went two innings,

two hits and gave up no runs. Hope to see more 

of the same. He likely  will  go three innings.  Go M's. 

Marco Gonzales Has Turnaround

Marco Gonzales  pitched much better 

in his second outing  of  the  spring. 

He pitched three and two-thirds innings 

giving  up three hits, two walks and

three strikeouts. Still  don't know whether

he will be the 5th starter or traded. In

either case he pitches well be good for 

the  Mariners. He was the Mariners 

pitcher of the game.

Another pitcher who did well was Darren

McCaughan who has pitched at Tacoma 

the last couple  years that I  remember. 

He pitched the last two innings giving

up no hits and striking out  three. He gives

additional  depth to the team.

The Mariners  beat Arizona 6-3. Tom Murphy 

was one of the hitting stars having three

hits, three runs scored and had a home run

as well. He scored on a home run by Mike

Ford who is having a good  spring so far.

Not sure he will  make the team or not, does

give depth at first base and can dh. 

Both Julio  Rodriguez  and Jarred Kelenic 

each had a hit in the game so continues

to be a good sign.

Saturday the Mariners  play Colorado at

home and the game will be on TV.  I believe

this will be a broadcast all by women so be 

interesting to see how they view the game.

George  Kirby  expected make his first 

appearance  in the spring.  Go M's 

Mariners Have Walkoff

The Mariners  always find a way to

win close games. Mariners  5 Padres 4

Logan Gilbert had a rough start in 

his first outing giving up three runs 

in one and two-thirds  innings.

Eugenio Suarez  had his first home

run in the spring. Cooper Hummel 

had a home run in the 8th allowing 

the Mariners  to tie the game at 4-4.

Hummel  had a solo home  run and

the other run scored on a wild pitch.

Albert Rodriguez hit a double to

drive in the  winning run. Alberto 

has played the last two years in

Everett. I  am  sure  he will look

to play this year at double-A.

I  am  sure  he will remember this

double for sometime.

Prelander Berroa had another good

outing going two innings again. He

walked one and struck out too. He

keeps  pitching  this way he could 

end up making opening roster. 

6

Huskies Lose Big Time

Thursday  was the last game of the

regular season  for the Washington 

Huskies and the Washington State 

Cougars. Both teams have the Pac-12 

tournament  coming up. The Huskies

likely  won't  play in any post season 

tournament  unless they get hot and

win the Pac-12  tournament.

The Cougars  won the game taking both

this year's  games. The Cougars won 93-84.

TJ Bamba who has been very  hot recently 

had a great night scoring 34 points. The 

Huskies tried man to man after zone but 

couldn't  stop Bamba. The Cougar guard

went 13 for 20 including three  3-pointers

and made all seven of his free throws.

Keion Brooks Jr  led the Huskies  with  22

points. Jamal Bey who has been scoring 

well  recently with 17 points in his last

home game.  We wonder why we  haven't 

seen that from Bey on a regular basis.

The Huskies had five of their six players

score in double figures. Cole Bajema who

has been struggling lately was the only

one not to get double figures with 9 points.

Freshman guard Koren Johnson had 13

points coming off the bench. With Jamal

Bey not coming back next season Koren

Johnson and Keyon Menifield should be

the primary  guards. At this point we don't 

know Keion Brooks Jr will return either.

Also, head coach Mike Hopkins  could be 

seen the door to. 

The Huskies end the season  placing 8th

place in the Pac-12 with 8-12 record. Both  

Colorado and Stanford can tie Washington 

with a win. The Cougars on the other hand  

end the season  with a 11-9 record and sixth place. 

If both Arizona State  and Oregon both lose

then the Cougars would tie for 4th place. If

Utah beats Colorado  they would tie the Cougars.

So four teams could tie for fourth place. Won't 

know who plays who in the tournament until 

Saturday is over.

The Cougars had all five starters score in

double figures. Bamba was the difference 

in the game with his 34 points. 

Let you know how the  tournament will

set up. 

Matt Brash Only Human

Robbie Ray  went  three innings in his 

second  outing of the spring.  He gave 

up  one hit and a walk while striking 

out five. We hope that Robbie could

be in the running for another Cy Young 

award. If not him, the Mariners have

three other starters who could.

The Mariners  lost 5-3 Wednesday 

against the Chicago Cubs. Matt

Brash who has maybe the best 

slider in baseball  showed he is

human after all. He gave up all

five of the runs in the 4th  inning

after taking over for Ray. Don't 

expect that during  the season 

to come in the 4th or giving up

five runs. We will see how dominant 

Brash will be during the season.

We hope to see more than once that

happened on Wednesday  was back to

back solo home runs by Julio Rodriguez 

and Jarred Kelenic. The only other run

scored by the Mariners was number one 

prospect Harry Ford  hit a double in the

8th inning scoring Cooper Hummel who

was the second  dh on the day. AJ Pollock 

began the day as the dh. Pollock had

two hits on the day.

It looks like  Pollock is wanting to have a

good season this year. If Kelenic  have a

turn around and hit good we could see more

at dh. Kelenic  could play some right field 

allowing  Teoscar Hernandez  do some dh

as well. This will depend  how healthy  the

outfield  stays this year.  The Mariners go

with another extra outfielder this will give

a lot of help in the lineup. 

Again Sam Haggerty played second base

and had a  hit. Dylan Moore  not playing 

yet it looks to give Haggerty more chance

at second base. Though Sam has been 

a utility  player  during  his career until

last year he didn't  play any outfield. The

Mariners will have four bench players  

besides  the second catcher.  You have

to figure Moore and Pollock counted

as two of the four. Haggerty gets the

third spot leaves one  other slot open. 

With injuries  there is likely someone 

who doesn't  open the season on the 

roster will  be  there at some point. 

Logan Gilbert expected  to  make his

first start of the spring  on Thursday 

against the  San Diego  Padres. Let you

know how he does  and who else might

be a star of the game.

During the season  we will give summary 

of the game along with who the best

pitcher of the game and position  player too.

Go M's. 

Seahawks Wednesday

Not a lot of news in the Seahawks  world 

right now. I  am  sure  the team is working

on who will stay and who will go.

You read or hear the news a lot is still  about 

Russell  Wilson.  Although they traded him 

about a year ago and we know he didn't have

a good year and why the Seahawks have the

number five pick in the first round as well as

there own pick.

I am sure everyone  has their own opinion

where the Seahawks  have to pick in the 

fifth spot. I believe the Seahawks  need to 

pick a defensive  player. A lineman would be

my top choice, however, I figure whoever is

the best  player on the table at the time.

Running  back is an important  spot where

the Seahawks could add another somewhere 

in the draft. Does Rashaad Penny return or

they go elsewhere. At this point Ken Walker 

needs to stay healthy since the backups right

now would get maybe five carries in a game.

They need a back who can have at least ten

carries. Having a 1b back would be good.

The Seahawks  have shown most of the time 

they don't  do well  when they  have to throw

the ball most if the time.

Quiet time on the Geno Smith front though he

is expected  to  sign with the Seahawks.  His

backup quarterback Drew Lock is probably 

gone unless other teams look at him as a

backup only as well.  Understand he wants

to be a starter. The question  is he good enough.

The salary cap  the Seahawks  will  have  to 

release a few players  so who they will be will

find out soon too. Until  next Wednesday or 

sooner if some news comes out. Over and out.

Go Hawks!