Royals Walk Off

The Seattle Mariners were no-hit

and perfect game for 6 and 2/3

innings. Salvador Perez hits a

three run homer in the first inning.

Much like Mike Trout don't want

to.pitch to him.

The Mariners were able to come back

to tie the game and to take the lead

in the  ninth inning 6-5. The Royals

were meant to win. Salvador Perez 

hit a sacrifice fly to tie. They won

on a bunt.  Julio had four runs batted

in to get the game ahead. Josh Rojas 

has started to hit and make a difference.

Final Royals 7 Mariners 6

Mariners always seems like after playing

they go into a losing streak themselves.

They have lost three straight after winning

eight in a row. Hoping this ends Tuesday 

night. Emerson Hancock makes his second

start for the Mariners. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Final To Orioles

Sunday the final game of the series

the Mariners lost again in extra innings 

to the Baltimore  Orioles 5-3 in ten

innings. Now they go to Kansas City

for four games followed by three 

against the Astros  and White Sox.

Not sure what their record is in extra 

innings this year  however not as good

in past seasons recently.  Again the

Mariners  couldn't  drive in a runner 

from second base with no outs.

Two players who were in the Paul Sewald 

trade were the ones who scored the

three runs. Josh Rojas scored a run in the 

third and fifth inning. Suarez drove him 

home with a single then Julio a double.

Dominic Canzone hit a solo home run

to tie the game in the 9th with two outs.

The Orioles had gone ahead in the top

of the 9th. Orioles centerfielder Cedric

Mullins hit a home run with the runner

on base to win in the 10th. 

The Mariners  will have Logan Gilbert 

going Monday night in Kanasas City. 

Go M's.

Mariners Lose in Ten

George Kirby pitched a marvelous

game however the Orioles pitching

matched it. Kirby went nine innings

giving up only three hits. In his fashion

had no walks while striking out seven

and gave up no runs.

The Orioles won in the 10th inning

with Andre Munoz giving up a hit 

and run. Now the Mariners will see

about winning and taking the series

and starting a new win Streak.

This was somewhat appropriate

since King Felex Hernandez was inducted

into the Mariners Hall of Fame becoming

the eleventh member. Felex lost a lot of

low scoring games with the Mariners

so he knows how Kirby feels. This was

one of those games where the team

that lost didn't deserve it.

Go.M's.

Mariners Doing It Again

The Seattle Mariners continue to be hot.

The winningest team in.the majors since

July 1.  The Mariners are playing the team

with best record in American League the

Baltimore this weekend. 

The Mariners hitters pounded the ball 

hard in the first inning however came away with only two runs with a homer by Cal Raleigh withe Eugenio Suarez on the 

bases.

Julio Rodriguez hit a ball hard leading off 

the Mariners side of the first inning.

It looked like it would be a home run 

however Mullins the Orioles center

caught it to steal from Julio. It didn't

stop Julio since he hit a three run homer

in the 4th inning. The Mariners scored

two more runs to make it five that inning.

Ty France hit a solo homer in the 5th to

give Mariners a 8-1 lead. Julio who

had a fantastic day drove in the Mariners

final run in the sixth inning. The Orioles

scored a single run in the top of the

ninth to make the final 9-2.

Luis Castillo who has had his ups and

downs had an up day going six innings.

Gave up.a solo homer in the 4th inning.

He gave up only one other hit on the

night. When Luis is hot can't find a

better pitcher. He had two walks however

struck out eight. 

The Mariners used three relievers each

going an inning each. Lefty Tayler Saucedo

gave up no hits or runs while striking

out one.  Ryder Ryan who was called up from Tacoma made his major league

debut. Likely a bit nervous he didn't

give up a hit did walk a batter however

struck out two in the 8th. Trent Thornton

who recently was called up from

Tacoma after being acquired from

the Toronto Blue Jays just before the

trading deadline gave up two hits, walked

one and struck out two. 

Sure seems whether it is a starter

or a reliever they have found or

brought up for the most part has

hsd success this season. Jerry

Dipoto says likely they will go with

a six man rotation for a little while

when Bryan Woo returns from the

injured list. Wants to be sure the

young starters have limited innings.

At some point they will return to

the five man rotation. Probably 

happen in September. Most likely

Woo will be the one who will.sit.

He hasn't hsd a lot of pitching 

time in his professional career.

JP Crawford went on the 7 day

injured list with s concussion.

The Mariners hope he will.return

after a week. Sam Haggerty was

brought up to take his spot. The

Mariners expected Dylan Moore

to play shortstop on Friday but

he was scratched a few minutes

before game time. Not sure why

he is out and for how long. Jose

Caballero played short had a hit

and a sacrifice fly while scoring

and driving in a run. 

George Kirby starts Saturday night

as Felix Hernandez will be inducted

into.the Mariners Hall of Fame before 

game time. T-Mobile Park is sold old.

It will be quite the deal..Go.M's.

Seahawks Win Preseason Opener

The Seattle Seahawks  beat the Minnesota 

Vikings Thursday night 24-13.

The Seahawks  scored 17 points in the

second half while giving up only 3.

The first half was a downer for sure.

I  would call it snooze city.

The first half the Vikings  were able to do

what has been the weakness of the

Seahawks  defense in running the ball.

Fortunately  it was bend not break though

did score ten points.

Drew Lock not only played the first half

some of the second as well.  He looked

impressive as the backup quarterback.

Most of the Seahawks  starters didn't 

play in this game. Easop Winston trying

to make the team as the fourth or fifth 

receiver was Lock's favorite  receiver 

catching three passes and a touchdown.

Also undrafted free agent Jake Bobo 

had three catches and a touchdown. 

Bobo has been so impressive that he

maybe favored to make the team as

one of the backup receivers. 

The Seahawks  had 106 yards rushing

on the night all by backups. The Seahawks 

have that kind of rushing during the season 

will certainly  help them out.

One of their receivers  trying to make the

ball club was injured and carted off on a

stretcher to the hospital in the second 

quarter. Word is Cade's injury is only a

concussion.  Whether he will be able

to play in the next preseason  game

against Dallas we will  have to see.

Expect the next game we will likely see

more of the backups again. Whether Lock

starts or we see Geno Smith  instead

Lock should see more action again.

Go Hawks!

Mariners Win Late

The first half of the season it seem

like the Mariners were not winning

a lot of the games in the late innings.

It certainly seems have changed.

The Mariners pitching continues to do

what they have done all season keeping

them in games to have a chance to win.

The Mariners have now won 12 out of

their last 14 games which is the best in

the majors in that time period. Emerson

Hancock made his major league debut

for the Mariners going five innings.

He gave up one run in the first inning.

The Padres didn't even get a hit and

scored on a walk.and groundout.

Hancock went five innings. 

The Mariners scored a run in the third 

inning on a JP Crawford sacrifice fly.

The game stayed that way until the

bottom of the eighth when Cal Raleigh

hit a two run homer. It went 450 ft the

longest of his career. Cal leads the

Mariners with 19 home runs. It looks

like call will have more home runs in

first two full seasons a Mariners catcher

has ever had in his career. We may see the best home run catcher in Mariners

history.  The Mariners scored three

more runs in the eighth inning. Final

M's 6 Padres 4. 

The Mariners have another day off

on Thursday then the Baltimore

Orioles come to town for the weekend

and the entrance of King Felix Hernandez

into the Mariners Hall of Fame.

Luis Castillo starts Friday night.We

will see he can rebound from his 

last start. Luis has had an up.and down season. Go M's. 

Mariners Shut Out Padres

Tuesday night the Mariners shutout 

the San Diego Padres 2-0.

Logan Gilbert had one if his best games

of the season striking out 12 Padres including Juan Soto three times. About 

the same as he pitched a full game 

and shutout on July 4. 

The Mariners scored their two runs

in the fifth and sixth innings. The Mariners 

first run was a walk with the bases loaded 

and the Padres pitcher took too long

to deliver the pitch so was a violation.

Dylan Moore hit a triple scoring Tom Murphy on a single.

Toronto lost so the Mariners are now

a game and a half behind in the playoffs.

The Mariners have won 11 out of 23. 

Continue what they are doing you

should be able to order playoff tickets.

The Mariners put Bryan Woo on the

injured list. Emerson Hancock is

expected to start. The Mariners will

have to make a move on the 40 man 

roster as well as 26 man. See what 

happens. Go M's.