Mariners Get Swept

The Mariners got beat again in

the final game of the series.

Arizona 5 Seattle/2

Bryan Woo was cruising along 

fine until the six inning. Ended

up loading the bases with no outs.

He was able to get one out however

former  Mariner Eduardo Suarez hit

a grand slam to win the game.

The Mariners were leading at the

time 2-0. Still not enough to win.

Matt Brash came in and pitch

the seventh inning. To be honest

he would have been the only 

reliever I would have put in

besides Munoz. Not sure why

manager Wilson didn't do so

but that's life.

The Mariners have Thursday off

before facing the Cleveland Guardians.

The Mariners need to make s couple moves before this ends it for them.

Go M's. 

Mariners Continue To Struggle On Road

The Mariners offense and bullpen

continue to show their inconstancy

on the road.

Tuesday Arizona 10 Seattle 3

Against the Diamondbacks the

Mariners are raking up hits but

they are leaving runners on base.

They had 12 hits Tuesday and

that's how many runners left on

base as well.

The Diamondbacks scored two

runs off of Logan Evans in the

third inning followed by one 

each in the fourth and fifth.

Evans being a rookie is going

to look good at times and not

so at other times. When Logan

Gilbert is set to start again which

should be soon Evans will likely

be sent back to Tacoma. Besides

the four runs he gave up seven hits.

The Mariners scored two runs in

the sixth to make things interesting

on solo home runs by Randy Arozarena

and Rowdy Tellez. The trouble 

happened in the bottom of the

sixth  when reliever Trent Thornton

gave up five hits and five runs 

along with two walks. Three of the

runs came on a homer.

This was Thornton's second relief

appearance since coming off the

injured list. To be honest he hasn't

had a good season at all and how

long will the Mariners go with him.

Right now Thornton is good when

the Mariners are a ways ahead or

behind. If he continues this way

might as well let him loose.

Outside of Andre Munoz and Matt

Brash the rest of the bullpen has

been inconsistent in much the 

way of the offense. We were hoping

this road trip would put the Mariners

back to their winning ways.

Wednesday the final game at

Arizona is in the afternoon. We

hope that the Mariners can win

one game in the series.

The Mariners return home on

Friday to play the Cleveland Guardians.

It won't be an easy task for the

Mariners to get back to winning ways.

Go M's

Mariners Lose In Extra Innings

The Seattle Mariners for the first

eight innings were shutout than 

scored four runs in the ninth inning

to put the game into extra innings.

Donovan Solano and Cole Young

each drove in a run than Dominic

Canzone hit a two-run homer.

Earlier Canzone called up was a

pinch hitter. 

Diamondbacks first baseman

Josh Naylor hit a grandslam

homer run off Mariners reliever

Carlos  Vargas to win.

Final Arizona 8  Mariners 4.

Vargas was the Mariners fifth

reliever after Emerson Hancock 

Hancock started going five 

innings giving up two runs.

The Mariners will see if they

can even the series Tuesday

night. It will help if the M's

can drive in runs besides

getting hits.  Will they make

a trade soon or see if the

current guys start getting

it done. 

Logan Evans will start Tuesday

as Bryce Miller goes back on 

the injured since cortisone shot

didn't help his arm. We should

see Logan Gilbert soon and before

Miller returns. Hard to know when

Bryce will return. 

 

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Adds Another Player

The Washington Huskies men's basketball team continues to

have a successful offseason with

the transfer portal.

Last season under first year head

Danny Sprinkle the Huskies ended

up ending last place in the first

year in the Big Ten as well. The

trouble wasn't the starting lineup

however getting little action

from the bench consistently.

Frushmen Zoom Diallo started

some as well coming off the

bench. 

The Huskies players either graduated

or went into the transfer portal besides

Zoom Diallo and center Franck Kepnang who spent another season

being injured. Most likely he will be

the backup center to the new guy

Latham Somerville. Thing about

Kepnang he has been the heart of

the Huskies though he has been

hurt most of his time at Washington.

On Friday Desmond Claude announced

he is coming to Washington from

the USC Trojans. He is the second

player coming from the Trojans.

The first was former Huskies guard Wesley Yates III  who went to USC

last year after being hurt his freshman

year under former coach Mike Hopkins.

Zoom Diallo is expected to be Yates

backup however we could see them

play together too.

Desmond Claude spent one year

at USC averaging 15.8 points a

game. He played two years st Xavier 

before USC. At Washington Claude

is expected to start at small forward.

The Huskies don't necessarily need

him to score the same this coming

season however being a double

figures scorer will certainly help.

Another area was interested in

Claude to and that was Gonzaga.

Bryson Tucker who earlier transferred

over from Indiana is expected to

be Claude's backup. He average

5.4 points a game off the bench

for Indiana last season as a freshman.

If he could add another couple points

to his average for the Huskies that. would be good. He averaged almost 

three rebounds a game so another

one or two plus increase of minutes

will help the Huskies too.

The Seattle Mariners announced they

designated outfielder Leody Taveras.

They felt he didn't do what they hoped

since coming over from the Texas

Rangers. Mariners called up Dominic Canzone from Tacoma. He has been

hitting hard with the Rainiers. He likely

be in the lineup against right handed

pitchers while Dylan Moore most

likely start against lefties. How this 

works we will see. Luke Raley is

expected back shortly to after 

rehab assignment. How well Canzone

plays will determine whether Raley

will play right field or first base.

Raley can play center field if the

Mariners need to give Julio Rodriguez

a game off as well.

Over the next  couple weeks whether

the Mariners  need to make a trade for a position player as well.  Harry Ford has  played some at dh when not 

catching so he could come up to

the Mariners too. Stay tuned. 

position player.

Mariners End Skid

Sunday afternoon the Mariners

ended a five game losing streak

and avoided a second sweep

in a row. Final M's 3 Angels 2

The Mariners won only by one

run which is better than losing

for sure. We saw the old George

Kirby for sure and hope he keeps

it going. For the Mariners to

make the playoffs that is a must.

Kirby went seven innings so gave

most of the bullpen the day off.

He didn't walk a batter and a 

career high 14 strikeouts. Matt

Brash pitched the 8th striking out

two and hasn't given up a run in

the time be hss been back. Munoz

was back to his old self

 He walked the first batter of the

inning and struck out two including

ending the game against Mike

Trout. 

The Mariners though only scored

three hits they did have eleven hits

which at least is a good sign. The

Mariners now off to face Arizona

for three. Now we hope the Mariners

can take at least two out of three.

Oh by the way  Cal Raleigh was able

to get a day off and didn't use him

as a pinch hitter either. 

Monday against the Diamondbacks

Emerson Hancock will start for the

Mariners. If he pitches like his last

outing it will give the Mariners a

good shot to win. Go team.

Another Loss To The Angels

Right now the Seattle Mariners 

are not playing very good ball.

The lost Saturday evening to

the Angels 8-6.

This was another game when 

they scored first and couldn't

hold the lead. It was different 

since two errors cost them two

runs. The Mariners had a couple 

times where they couldn't drive

in runs with two outs either.

It isn't an easy task however they

do need to on occasion to win.

Somehow they will need to find

a way to win tomorrow. The Angels

hadn't been a good team at home

in the same fashion and had just

got off a road. The Mariners having

played well on the road this is was

a good time to win. 

In major league baseball teams

usually make trades right before

the July deadline. It seems they

need to do sooner than  wait. 

Luke Raley is expected back soon

so a  change will happen than.

Who will go is  anyone's guess.

Bring up Harry Ford would be a

good idea too. Just like Cole

Young the youngsters who seem

ready should be brought up to

see what they can do. We hope

the Mariners can change things

around. Go M's. 

Angels Edge Mariners

Friday night the LA Angels edged

the  Seattle Mariners 5-4.

Bryce Miller looked better in

his second outing after being 

on the injured list. He went  

five innings however gave up

all five runs. Location was

the trouble when the Angels

scored.

 

What was disappointing the

Mariners scored one run in

the third followed by two 

in the 4th and and another

in the 5th. The trouble was

Miller couldn't hold back

the Angels in those three

innings either. The Angels

scored one in the 3rd followed

by two in the 4th and 5th.

Rowdy Tellez had a sacrifice

fly with the based loaded. 

He missed a grand slam 

by a foot or two. In most

major league parks it would

have been  a home run and

a Mariners win.

Both bullpens did a good job

allowing no runs. It is tough

when a team is a position 

losing recently. Now we hope

the Mariners can turn things

around. We hope another

bat comes in a trade soon

along with a reliever. Now 

we see if the Mariners can 

bounce back. Most teams

do go through losing streaks

however we hope not many.

It is to tough when the M's

have a few holes in the

lineup. Go M's.