Oakland Evens Series

The Seattle Mariners offense continues

to struggle. Wednesday night Oakland's 

starter Joey Estes was pitching a perfect

game into the seventh inning. Oh by the

way this was his 5th start of the season

for Oakland. 

Estes began the season in teiple-A. He

spent some of April on the injured list.

He made his first start May 11 which was 

against the Mariners where he went five

innings giving up just two hits and one run on a homer.

In the seventh inning Estes gave up a double to JP Crawford for the first hit

of the game.  Julio walked with one 

out then Ty France was hit by a pitch

with two outs. Estes had been lifted 

after one out. Mitch Garver pinch hit

for Luke Raley with a lefty on the mound.

Also the bases loaded however Garver

grounded out. 

Oakland was leading 2-0 at the time 

and only one was earned. Oakland 

hit a homer in the third inning and in 

the fifth the defense caused the second

run. Daz Cameron son of former Mariner

Mike Cameron hit a single then Logan

Gilbert threw wild trying to pick Daz

off and he went on to the third. Cal

Raleigh had a passed ball allowing

Daz to score.

Logan Gilbert went seven innings giving

up five hits, the two runs though only

the homer was earned.  The Mariners

had opportunity again in the 8th inning

with Mitch Haniger and Dominic Canzone

each had a single with no outs however

the Mariners couldn't have another hit

to score.

In the 9th inning Julio Rodriguez had 

his fifth home run of the season making

it 2-1. Three outs later the game for

Oakland.

Despite the fact they had a perfect

game thrown at them into the 7th

inning the Mariners still could have

won the game with a hit and better

defense.

The Mariners and Oakland play 

Thursday afternoon. Bryan Woo

starts giving the Mariners a good 

chance. Now we have to see if

the offense can come alive. Go M's.

Mariners Take Game One On Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners started a six

game road trip beginning with the

A's on Tuesday evening.

The Mariners looked like they could

score in the first inning loading the

bases with one out. The Mariners

as they have often on the season

couldn't bring a run home. Luke Raley struck out and Mitch Haniger pops out.

The third inning the Mariners ended 

up three runs. JP Crawford and Josh

Rojas each had a hit. Julio hit a ground 

out without  a score. Ty France hit a

double to score Crawford. Luke Raley

followed with another double to make

it 3-0. 

Bottom of the 3rd former Mariner hits

a single to left field Raley drops. It was

a difficult catch. Makes the score 3-1.

Marines scored in the top of the 4th

when Josh Rojas singled in Dylan

Moore. It looked like the Mariners should

win at that point. Unfortunately they didn't

score again.

The A's not a good offensive team either

should be easy for the Mariners in the same manner as the Angels over the

weekend.

Oakland scored a second run in the sixth

inning on a ground out. George Kirby 

pitched into the sixth inning giving up

two runs on the night left the game with 

no outs. Austin Voth entered getting

three outs. Stanek pitched the seventh.

Trent Thornton struggled in the 8th

however no.runs scored.

The 9th inning was Andre Munoz. We

know even a good closer like Munoz

going to struggle sometimes. He gave

up a couple hits then threw a wild pitch 

with two outs so Oakland another run.

Were the Mariners going to let Oakland

off the hook. Munoz had to leave the

game turning an ankle while covering

home plate while runner slid home.

Tayler Saucedo who has pitched in the

9th inning before was able to get the

final out. It was tight as a single could

have tied the game. Had that happened

Oakland may have won. Now we have 

to.find if Munoz will be OK. Stay tuned.

The Texas Rangers lost to.the

Detroit Tigers at home 3-1. The 

Mariners are now five and a half

games ahead of Rangers. The

Astros beat the Cardinals 8-5.

The Astros still seven games

behind the Mariners.

Logan Gilbert starts Wednesday for

the Mariners. We hope a quality start.

The signing of outfielder Victor Robles

the Mariners waived third baseman

Luis Urias who ended up being

outrighted to Tacoma. As a veteran

Luis could choose to become a

free agent. We will see what happens.

He did play for the Rainiers in a day

game. He had one hit driving in

three runs and scoring twice. Tacoma

won  15-6 over Reno. They play Reno

the rest of the week at home.

Mariners Take On Oakland Tuesday

Though the Mariners offense still

isn't great it seemed to have improved

to some degree when facing the Angels

in sweeping them.

The Mariners releasing bench coach

Brown during last week. Mitch Haniger

said he liked his approach however

when things are not going well change

hss to happen.

Speaking of Haniger his defense wasn't

particular good and doesn't help not

hitting at the same time. He seems

recently he has improved in both areas.

Servais the Mariners are still in the mode

of platooning which I am not a big fan of.

If a particular player is struggling at the

plate platooning makes sense however

if he is hitting well platooning doesn't

make sense unless you want to give 

him one day. The Mariners had Monday

off after going through a stretch of playing every day. 

Canzone seems to be the hitter playing

right field against righties. This meas

either Mitch Garver or Mitch Haniger

at dh. The decision should be who is

hitting the best at the time  and the 

history of who they are facing. I would like to see Canzone stay in the game when they face a lefty later on depending on the situation. What I mean if Canzone's spot

is up with no one on base I would like to see him hit against the lefty. The score 

should be taken in consideration as well. 

The Mariners have runners on base I

could see pinch hitting for him with either Haniger or Garver. Also how Canzone has done in his previous at bats as well. I

believe a hitter like Canzone still needs to face some lefties.

Now we see how the offense goes

against the A's. We should expect 

the Mariners win two out of three or

sweep them. The Mariners face the Royals 

this coming weekend. A very good team

the measure of the offense will give

us a better idea whether improvement

or not. Go Mariners.

Mariners Make A Move Monday

The Mariners signed  a player that won't be high risk or bolster their offense

a lot. Outfielder Victor Robles who was releast by the Washington National 

signed the minimum prorated by the

Mariners. Whether he will make a difference we will see.

The Mariners sent outfielder Jonatan 

Clase back down to Tacoma. Clase has 

had two opportunities with the Mariners 

this year. Robles who has played 14 

games with the Nationals with little

success. He is a right handed bat

which his success has been against 

lefties for the most part.

Robles was in his seventh season

for the Nationals. His best season

was 2017 when he played his first

full season with Nationals. He hit

.255 in 155 games. Robles had 

17 home runs and 65 runs batted in.

He had 28 stolen bases. Since that

year he hasn't played a lot except

in 2022 when  he played in 132 games.

Fobles hit only .224.

A pretty good hitter against lefties

he will probably will be in left field

when Luke Raley has a day off.

This could be a platoon situation

to some degree..Mitch Haniger

will be in right field platooning

with Dominic Canzone and having

some at bats at dh as well.

Robles like Clase we may see him

pinch run on occasion when he

doesn't start. Most likely going 

in for Haniger late in the game.

Again how he does will decide his 

fate. 

Update on Luis Urias he has played 

in seven games for the Tacoma Rainiers

since being sent down.  He is hitting .250

with one home run. His appearance

with the Mariners will depend on how he

does as well as Ryan Bliss. Hevonly has

one hit in 11 at bats but a small sample.

He is good in the clubhouse so hopefully

do well for the Mariners in the long run.

Whether stays will depend how he

does before Jorge Polanco returns 

from the injured list. He will share

time with Dylan Moore at second

base. Most likely Dylan will play

third against lefties when giving

Josh Rojas a day off. 

The series in Oakland the Mariners face 

two righties in the first two games then

lefty JP Sears in game three. Bliss

and Robles may start that game. 

The Mariners are 7-3 in their last ten

games playing Oakland they hope

to gain especially playing the Royals

in Kansas City over the weekend.

The Royals right now are in second 

place behind Cleveland in AL central.

They are 4-6 in their last ten games

so could help.out the Mariners.

The schedule favors the Mariners

now in June. We just hope for 

improvement in the offense.

Go Mariners! 

Mariners Sweep Angels

The Seattle Mariners had their 

first series sweep of the season

beating the Angels 5-1.

The game was closer than the score

indicates. The Mariners led when

Luke Raley hit a home run.in the 4th

putting the Mariners up 1-0. It stayed 

that way unti the botton of the 8th.

Luke Raley was hit by a pitch with

the bases loaded scoring Josh Rojas

made it 2-0. On a 3-2 pitch Mitch

Garver hit a hard one to left field

scoring Julio, Ty France and Luke 

Raley. There was a theme to it with

Luke Raley in the mix.

The top of the  9th Mike Baumann

took to the mound. If it were not  for

Mitch Garver's double Andre Munoz

would have pitched with a two run

lead. The Mariners have Monday

off with Munoz and the gang.

JP Crawford had his first throwing

error of the season going over to

Ty France at first. This allowed left

fielder Pillar to score.  The Angels

left two runners on the field after

getting the third out. 

The Mariners have Monday off

going of to Oakland to play the 

A's. George Kirby will.start the

series on Tuesday. 

#6 top prospect 19 year old

Jonny Farmelo got off to a.

slow season. In his last ten

games he is batting .377 and

over all .286 at Modesto.

#7 prospect Tai Peete got over a 

slow start is hitting .450 in his last ten.

#8 Tyler Locklear first baseman

recently was promoted to triple A

Tacoma. He has played six games 

for  Tacoma batting .304.  We could

see Locklear in a major leagues before

the end of the season..

Mariner Shutout the Angels

The Seattle Mariners did what first 

place teams do to a last place team

in the division. Saturday late afternoon

the beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-0.

Not sure the Mariners will sweep the 

series however they have the opportunity

anyway.

The Mariners scored their first run when Julio drove in Ryan Bliss in the third. In fact Bliss  walked twice, had his first hit and scored  three times. In the 4th inning 

Ryan Bliss walked again to load the bases 

then JP Crawford hit grand salami.

In the sixth inning Luke Raley hit a home

run to make it 6-0. Julio singled to score

Ryan Bliss again. Cal Raleigh hits a double

scoring Dylan Moore and Julio making it

9-0. Julio eventually left the game since

they had a large lead.

The Mariners had nine hits on the day

with Julio having three of them. No

one else had more than one. The 

Mariners hitters had only struck out

six timed.Sounds like a season low.

Gabe Speier was put on the injured 

list after complaining to Servais

his left arm was hurting. An MRI

showed he has a turn rotator cuff

strain. The good news he is expected

to be lost two to three weeks. Collins

Snider was recalled from Tacoma. 

Bryce Miller recorded the win going

six innings. He gave up three hits and 

walked one while striking out nine.

The bullpen going three innings gave

up two hits but no walks. Luis Castillo is

scheduled to start Sunday.

Washington Huskies Football Schedule

Recently the Washington Huskies football schedule was announced for the most

part.

Most of the games will be broadcast

on Saturday with three games at night

that we know of. The opening game

at home against Weber State will be

at 8 pm.  The other two night games

will take place Friday night  on Fox. 

Second week will be 12:30 pm. against 

Eastern Washington on the Big Ten

Network. Third week the Apple Cup

take place at Lumen Field will be on

the Peacock Network also at 12:30 pm.

If you have the Peacock Network you will

be able to get Big Ten as well.

November 2  the game against USC

could be any of three times. A lot I expect 

is how well both teams are playing. This

could be on ABC and ESPN. The gsme against Michigan hasn't have a time set

as of yet. We will update along the way.

The Washington State Cougars games

will be played mostly on Saturday as 

well. The  have one Friday night game

at home against San Jose State at 7 pm.

Some of their games including this

one will be on the CW network.  Six games 

so far on CW.

Besides the Apple Cup against the Huskies

on Peacock they have September 7 at

home against Texas Tec on either Fox

or F1. The time not determined yet.

The final two games of the season will

be on CW at 3:30 pm.  November 23

at Oregon State and at home on November

30 against Wyoming. Six of their twelve

games will be at home. Go Cougs.