Mariners End Losing Streak

Luis Castillo did what an ace does

and ends the losing streak. Castillo

went five and two-third innings 

without giving up a run. Next time

up we hope he goes further. 

The top six hitters did their job

each having two hits. Julio

had a double in the first inning.

He scored the first run on a wild

pitch.

Teoscar Hernandez and AJ Pollock

each had two home runs. Hernandez

had four RBIs and Pollock had five.

Final Mariners 11 Angels 2

Paul Sewald was the lone pitcher

who struggled on the mound giving

up both runs on three hits. The

Mariners hsd already scored all their

runs. Hopefully Sewald will figure

things out. Wouldn't want this to

be the end of the line for him. He

is a great guy.

The Mariners face Ohtani Wednesday

afternoon. See if they can figure him

out on the mound. They have Thursday

off before facing the Guardians in

Cleveland. Already this will be the

end of facing Cleveland on the season.

The question will they face each other

in the playoffs. Go M's. 

Seahawks Ryan Neal Unrestricted Free Agent

I am not sure why since in the four years

Ryan Neal  has been with the Seahawks 

he has played good ball especially injuries 

to Jamal  Adams. 

Must be something  with the salary cap.

I hope the Seahawks  do find a way for

Ryan  to return.  All will depend what market 

he finds. I  am  sure  John Schneider and

Pete Carroll  knows something  we don't 

which is a given.

The NFL  draft is  about three weeks away.

They already have signed free agent  defensive 

tackles and linebackers. With 10 draft picks

including  two in the first round I expect they

will draft at least  one defensive  tackle and

a linebacker. A quarterback  and wide receiver 

somewhere as well.  It is good Geno Smith 

has some  money before another quarterback 

takes over in a year or two. 

I could  see  five defensive  and five offensive 

players taken in the draft. I could see them

moving  up or down  in the draft depending on

the round. Be exciting  to see. Anymore free

agents before the draft. Go Hawks !

Mariners Struggle Again

We can't panic yet however the Mariners

have now lost four straight. Monday

night to Los Angels Angels 7-3.

Ohtani and Trout were the ones giving

the trouble. Luis Castillo takes the 

mound Tuesday night. The ace needs

to pitch like in the opener to end this 

streak. 

I am sure the Mariners will ride the

ship however better had they started

on solid ground. It isn't  just the hitting

the fielding has been terrible.

Eugenio Suarez is heating up having 

a couple hits and driving in two runs 

JP Crawford had two hits as well. 

Julio walked twice and scored twice.

So far dh hasn't been productive

whoever has been there.  Hummel 

started since facing a lefty but had

no hits. 

Haggerty, AJ Pollock and Tom Murphy

all in against lefty were hitless to. 

Need something to happen. Another

day see change happens. Go M's

Another Loss For Mariners

After the opener of the season where

Ty France hit a three-run homer the

rest of the series didn't go well for the Mariners. Only Logan Gilbert pitched 

well on Saturday.

Marco Gonzales pitched a lot like 

last season going five innings and

giving up four runs on six hits.

The game went ten innings with

the Mariners losing 6-5. A throwing 

error by Cal Raleigh trying to complete

a double play allowed the Guardians

to score. The Mariners not so lucky

had Sam Haggerty get to.third after 

being the runner at second. They couldn't

bringing him home.

Julio had a good series after being hitless

in the opener. Sunday he led off the Mariners with a home run in.the game.

He had another hit as well.  He had .333 average for  Ty France leads with batting 

average of .375. Cal Raleigh has .286

average having two hits on the day and 

driving in two runs. Eugenio Suarez hsd

two hits on the day raising average to

.250.

The rest of the lineup looks sadly sick

and why the Mariners lost three out of 

four besides fielding errors. I am sure

the Mariners will clean up the fielding.

The rest of the lineup isn't close to

batting .200. Fortunate thing it was 

the first series.

The Texas Rangers lead the West Division

at 3-0 sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Angels come into Seattle 2-1. Their

opening was against Oakland which tells

you a lot. The Astros were 2-2. The Mariners and Astros played four games 

because of retractable roofs. No chance 

of rainouts for the first weekend.

The Mariners now play three games 

against the Angels at home before

going on the road to Cleveland then

Chicago against the Cubs for three series game series each. Hopefully win six of nine. Go M's.

Mariners Bats Are Silenced

Outside of Ty France home run

in the 8th inning of game one

the Mariners  bats have been

silenced for the most part. 

The Mariners  only had three hits 

Saturday  night with Julio Rodriguez 

having two of them. The meat of 

the lineup were silenced. The only

other hit was by dh Tommy La Stella.

So far the Mariners haven't  seen

outfielder  AJ Pollock in the lineup 

with the right-handed pitching of

Cleveland. Sorry  can't say Guardians 

at least too often.

Logan Gilbert went six solid innings 

giving up four hits. Unfortunately  one

of them was a home run in the 4th

inning.  He should  win a lot of games

if the Mariners can start hitting. The

fortunate thing still early  in the season. 

Marco Gonzales goes Sunday. Hopefully 

see some runs. Go M's. 

News On Robbie Ray

A good reason  Robbie  Ray  didn't 

pitch well on Friday night.  Saturday 

morning a MRI revealed a strain

on his left elbow. No wonder he

wasn't  able  to  pitch well. 

Ray will not throw  for  the next

couple weeks. He will have to

build his arm back up. He might

miss action for the rest of April. 

We will have to see. Make sure

he will be good the rest of the 

season.

Chris Flexen  who pitched the last

four innings of the game will start

in his place. Left hander Gabe Speier 

was called up to take Ray's spot.

Speier  likely will take Flexen's spot

as the long reliever.

We do hope Robbie  has a steady 

recovery and no other starting 

pitcher goes down  at least while

he is out.

Logan Gilbert  will start Saturday 

night followed  by Marco Gonzales

on Sunday.  George Kirby will start

Monday  night against the  Angels.

Go M's. 

Robbie Ray and Mariners Lose

Having had a spectular spring training

we were expecting a good start by

Robbie Ray, however didn't turn out that 

way.

Ray had trouble early on throwing a 

lot of pitches. He got out the first

without surrounding a run but threw

over 20 pitches. Like early last

season Ray had one bad inning

giving up runs sort of.  

The second inning he loaded the bases

but a throwing error where Teoscar

Hernandez tried to throw the runner at

home. Three runners scored that inning.

In the fourth he gave up a couple more

runs before exiting with one out. 

Trevor Gott made his Mariners debut

but gave up three runs in the 5th

inning. Again fielding was the primary

problem since none of the runs were

earned. Before Ray left the Mariners 

had tied the game 3-3 on a  two run

double by Cal Raleigh. The Mariners

scored one more run in the fourth.

Penn Murfee finished off the 5th 

for Gott. Chris Flexen came in and

finish the game going four innings.

He did OK though walked three 

batters. I don't expect to Flexen 

in the remaining two games against

Cleveland unless it is for one inning

or less.

Besides Raleigh, Julio had a couple

doubles including leading off the

first inning. The final was Cleveland 9

Seattle 4. Logan Gilbert will start

Saturday night hopefully look more

like Castillo in the opener.

The Tacoma Rainiers had a great

opener beating Oklahoma in

their park 15-8. The Rainers had

15 hits on the night including

two home runs. They play a three 

game series against Oklahoma

before coming home to start

a six game series against Reno.

Taylor Dollard is the only pitching

prospect pitching for the Rainer's.

He is expected to start Sunday.

The Mariners double A team starts

their season next Thursday. The same

goes for Everett who begins their season 

at home.