Author: SPNW Staff

Takeaway The Mariners stumbled to their eighth loss in nine games as they crawl toward the end of the season, much as they started it. Oakland’s 4-2 win Friday night at Safeco (box score) left Seattle with 85 losses, marking the fifth time in six seasons that the Mariners have lost 85 or more games.

An appeals court Friday reinstated a 2014 domestic violence case against U.S. National Women’s Team and Seattle Reign goalkeeper Hope Solo, a Kirkland resident. Solo was originally charged with attacking her half-sister and a nephew in June  2014 and charged with two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence. A judge dismissed the charges in January, a

Takeaway The Mariners used an all-hands-on-deck approach on the mound and got plenty of offense, but Houston took the lead for good on a Colby Rasmus seventh-inning single to beat Seattle 7-6 Wednesday night at Safeco. The Astros (84-76) moved back into the final slot in the American League wild-card standings, a half-game ahead of

Takeaway CF Shawn O’Malley, who came on as a pinch hitter in the seventh, delivered a two-run, two-out single with the bases loaded the eighth inning to break the hearts of the playoff-contending Houston Astros with a 6-4 Mariners win Tuesday night at Safeco (box score). Seattle (74-84) snapped a six-game losing streak, while the

Held to four hits, the Mariners didn’t put up a big fight Monday against the Houston Astros, but did get a good start from Roenis Elias, who allowed three hits in six innings.

Jerry Dipoto, 47, who lost a front-office battle with Angels manager Mike Sciosia this summer and resigned, is the new general manager of the Mariners.

After a 6-0 lead at halftime, the Seahawks’ offense awakened in the second half and cruised to a 26-0 victory over the Chicago Bears Sunday.

Takeaway Kole Calhoun’s eighth-inning RBI single off Carson Smith, who just replaced starter Hisashi Iwakuma, lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Mariners (74-82) Sunday and a sweep of their three-game series (box). The loss, fourth in a row, eliminated them from playoff contention for the 14th consecutive season, the longest

Takeaway Leading off the ninth, the Angels’ David Freese hit a walk-off solo homer to center field as as the Seattle Mariners fell in Anaheim Saturday night 3-2 (box score).  The Angels stayed a half-game behind Houston in the race for the second wild card, while the Mariners lost their fourth in row and cost

Errors abounded as Washington fell too far behind and lost its Pac-12 season opener to Cal 30-24 Saturday at Husky Stadium.