.Mariners Beat Up on Tigers

The Seattle Mariners bounced back 

Friday night after the very disappointing 

loss on Thursday beating the Tigers

12 to 3 in Detroit. It is always good to 

win the first game of a series. 

Be great if the Mariners can take at 

least one more game in the series. 

It would have been nice to save

some runs for tomorrow.

Cal Raleigh had two more home

runs in the game including a

grand slam in the ninth inning.

The Mariners scored seven runs

to put the game out of hand in

the ninth. Cal now has 38 home

runs on the season and one 

behind Barry Bonds for the 

most home runs before the

all-star break. Two more by

Sunday he will have the record

before the all-star break.

Luis Castillo pitched into the

sixth inning however left

before getting any outs and

surrended two of his three 

runs.  The bullpen didn't 

give up a hit in four innings.

Before the game Julio Rodriguez 

announced he will not play in

the all-star game and instead 

will rest up for the second half

of the season. Seattle outfielder 

Randy Arozarena will take his spot.

George Kirby will start Saturday day

game for the Mariners against

the Tigers all-star pitcher Casey 

Mize. This should be a good 

outing on both sides.

Sunday will be the major league 

draft. The Mariners have the

number three pick. Should be

a very good choice. The Mariners 

are likely going to pick a college 

pitcher. Who it will be we will 

have to see. Go M's.

Yankees Sweep Mariners

Going into the 8th inning it looked like

Mariners would win easily then things 

fell apart in an unusual way.  

Heading into the seventh inning the

Mariners had scored two runs then 

Jorge Polanco hit a three run homer

to put the Mariners up 5-0.

Starter Bryan Woo pitched an awesome 

game going into the 8th inning. He 

walked the first two batters he faced 

in the game then no other batters 

reached base. He was  pitching a 

no hitter into the 8th. Woo had never 

pitched into the 8th. He ended up giving

up a single to the leadoff hitter. The next

hitter got a base hit too and a sacrifice 

fly scoring the Yankees first run.

The Mariners brought in Matt Brash.

He recorded the next batter out then

Brash gave up a two run homer to

make it 5-3. The Mariners batters 

went one, two and three outs in

the 9th. Andre Munoz pitched the

9th for the Mariners. Things still 

looked  good however he gave up

two runs to tie.

Game goes into extra innings.

The Mariners couldn't bring in the

runner from second in the 10th 

however the Yankees did on a

sacrifice fly by Aaron Judge.

I would say the .ost disappointing

loss of the season.

Now the Mariners go play the

Tigers in Detroit. We hope they

can recover. Go M's.

Yankees Beat Mariners Again

Wednesday night the Mariners lost to

the New York Yankees again. We hope 

they don't get swept on Thursday. 

Coming into the series the Yankees 

were struggling while the Mariners 

were swept the Pirates. 

My belief is the Mariners have trouble 

with a team like the Yankees for their 

talent and being World champions for

many years. It will be interesting if the

same happens against the Dodgers.

Final Yankees 9 Mariners 6

The Yankees scored three runs in the

first inning with small ball.  JP Crawford 

hit a home run in the third inning for

the Mariners.  Jazz Chisholm Jr.

hit first of two home runs in the

bottom of the third. Jorge Polanco 

hit a solo home run in the top of

the 4th to make it interesting.

The Yankees scored two runs in bottom 

of the fifth. Arozarena hit a home run

in the sixth however the Yankees scored

three in the bottom of the sixth. Cole

Young hit a two run homer in the seventh

for his first major league home run.

Logan Evans was the starter. He went four 

and two -thirds giving up six runs. This

was his first outing at Yankee Stadium.

Carlos Vargas who has done a surprising 

job as a rookie reliever was his 42nd

appearance. I believe the Mariners have to

watch his appearances since a lot at this 

point. They need to acquire another reliever.

 

Trent Thornton who has had an up and

down season pitched the final two 

innings and not surrendering a run.

Go M's.

Yankees Beat Up Mariners Tuesday Night

The first game of the series between the 

Mariners and Yankees started out with

light rain. The game got delayed in the

top of the fifth inning with two outs

and the score 0-0. Neither team was 

much up to that point. The Mariners 

only scored two runs in their previous 

two games against the Pirates and

fortunately won both since the pitching

didn't give a run in that series.

The game was delayed for about an

hour before action returned. Logan

Gilbert was back on the mound when

the Yankees came up. JP Crawford 

made the third out for the Mariners.

Gilbert gave up one run in the bottom of 

the fifth. In the sixth inning he struggled 

more and gave up four runs with three

on a home run to Giancarlo Stanton. 

Gilbert left with one out.  This questions

whether a starter should return after

a rain delay in the fifth inning. I am sure

Gilbert wanted to continue however 

maybe Manager Dan Wilson should have

made another decision and put someone 

else in.

Casey Legunmina who came in for Gilbert 

didn't fair any better. He gave up two home 

runs including a two-run homer in the sixth.

He gave up a total of five runs. Rookie

Juan Burgos making only his second

appearance since being recalled from

triple A finished the game going one and

two-thirds innings. He gave just one hit and 

struck out two. 

The Mariners did get three runs in the

eighth inning. The highlight was Cal

Raleigh hitting a two run homer for 

his 36th home run breaking Ken Griffey

Jr. record for the Mariners before the

the all-star break. Congratulations on

Cal continue doing it. We now hope the

Mariners can score more runs in New

York. Go M's. 

Mariners Report Card for 2025 Halfway

The Seattle Mariners season is a little 

over halfway though they consider the

all-star game as the halfway mark.

I give the Mariners a grade of B- since

are over the 500 mark. Going 5-2 in

the last home stand helped. Now they

play against the Yankees in New York 

for three followed by the Detroit Tigers 

for three. The Tigers have the best record 

while the Yankees have struggled lately.

The surprise is the Toronto Blue Jays

are in first of the American League East.

The likelihood is both the Yankees and

the Mariners will be in the playoffs even 

if they don't win their divisions. 

The pitching I give the  grade of Bt.

Injuries to the starting rotation is the

reason for the Bt. We hope for an A

after the all-star break. Both Emerson 

Hancock and Logan breakEvans have been 

a good help while Kirby, Gilbert and 

Miller had been out. Miller should be

back shortly after the all-star break.

He is going to start a rehab assignment 

with the Tacoma Rainiers.

It is nice that Bryan Woo who has had an

excellent first half will be on the all-star 

team as well as reliever and closer Andre 

Munoz who matches Woo in performance.

I give the Mariners a C for the offense.

This mainly for the first half that catcher

Cal Raleigh has had. He gets an A plus

for the best hitting a catcher has had in

the history of baseball in the first half.

Fans nationally recognized it and voted

 to start in the all-star game and be in the

home run derby. He leads the majors in

home runs and rbis. 

Julio Rodriguez is going to be on the 

all-star team as well mainly for his defense.

We hope he gets hot now. I give him a Ct

because  of his defense. 

The Mariners offense got off to hot start

however fizzled  in May except Cal of

course. Both Jorge Polanco and Dylan Moore 

had a good start however May on they

haven't been recognized. Randy Arozarena 

has headed up on the last home stand

Luke Raley is now back after being hurt

for about six weeks. He will play both

first base and right field. Play center field 

when Julio needs a day off. Dominic Canzone 

had done well since he came up from

triple A. We hope he continues his good play.

Donovan Solano who didn't get off to a good

start has hit well recently. We hope more from

him in the second half.

The Mariners brought up Williamson early

to play third base and Colt Young came up

in June to take over at second. Both have

done well as rookies. We hope more steady

in the second half. They have played good 

defense and find in the bottom of the

batting order.

Now we will see if the Mariners can pull

off a trade for a bat who can help when

the others offense is flat. Another reliever 

would be nice too. Go M's.

Seahawks Monday

Fall camp is about to start this

coming weekend. 

The big question mark is the offense.

It isn't the new quarterback or the 

offensive line really it is the new 

scheme. How well will the players

handle it.

I expect the passing game will be ok

though we may not see as much passing 

because of the scheme. We hope for

more success though in the passing 

game everything will be alright. The 

question still be can the offensive line 

block for the running game. We will 

find out.

The most important is the center position.

It is one the starter could change on the

Seahawks too. Olu Oluwatini is listed on

the first team at center however training 

camp will show if he actually does start.

If he doesn't start there could be other

changes may happen to. Along with other 

things we willet you know. 

The three preseason games won't let

us know who the starters will be outside

of some positions since we won't see

the starters much at all in preseason.

Personally I think they should start 

game three even if it is only one series.

Let you know how things go. Go Hawks!

V

Mariners Sweep Pirates

The Seattle Mariners had a good homestand

going 5-2. Not only did they sweep the

Pirates they shutout them out all three games. On top that coming into this series 

the Pirates had shut out the St. Louis

Cardinal three times. This the first time

in major league baseball a baseball team

shutout another team in a series and 

turn around get shut out themselves.

The score Sunday was the same as 

Saturday with the Mariners getting

one run.  The Mariners got their run

on a home run by Randy Arozarena 

in the bottom of sixth inning. Paul

Skenes the Pirates outstanding starting 

pitcher left after the seventh inning.

He gave up only five hits to the Mariners

while striking out ten without a walk.

George Kirby the  Mariners starter almost

matched up Skenes. He went six and 

one-thirds inning giving up four hits. He

left after giving up a hit in the seventh.

He struck out nine batters. 

The Mariners have Monday off then

play three games against the Yankees 

in New York. Next weekend they take

on the Detroit Tigers. Neither of those

teams will be easy to beat however

we hope the pitching continues.

During the game it was announced that

the Mariners will have three other players 

going to the all-star game besides Cal

Raleigh who is having the best season 

so far than any catcher has ever had in

baseball season. Starter Bryan Woo having 

a great season as well as reliever Andre Munoz which isn't a surprise and outfielder 

Julio Rodriguez who is a surprise. 

The Mariners are now 48-42 and still seven

games behind the Houston Astros who

have been playing very well. The Texas Rangers are third three games behind 

the Mariners. The LA Angels are a game

behind them. The Athletics are struggling 

at their new home ball park in Sacramento.

They are seven games behind the Angels.

We hope the Mariners can pull off a trade

to pick up at least one bat before the 

trade deadline at the end of July. Sooner

in my mind that is.  Go M's.