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Takeaway Nelson Cruz hit his 41st home run, a new career high, and teammates added three solo homers as the Mariners hammered the Rockies 7-2 Saturday night at Safeco Field (box score). Cruz matched Baltimore’s Chris Davis for the most home runs in MLB while breaking his personal mark of 40 last year.

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Takeaway Washington State (1-1) blew a 20-6 lead, overcame a series of inane penalties, weathered a 100-yard kickoff and a 55-yard punt return TDs by Janarion Grant to lift the Cougars past the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 37-34 Saturday in a wild one in Piscataway, N.J. (box). The Cougars, who lost absurdly to 31-point underdog Portland

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Takeaway Colorado’s Dustin Garneau ended the 24-inning scoreless streak by Mariners pitchers with a three-run home run in the seventh inning, leading the Rockies to a 4-2 win Friday night (box score) in front of 19,876 Safeco Field fans. Seattle (68-74) lost for only the third time in 10 games and is one defeat away

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Takeaway Vidal Nuno turned in an unexpected performance on the mound, a seven-inning one-hitter, while Kyle Seager and Mark Trumbo provided eight of the Mariners’ nine hits  in a 6-0 win (box score) over the Rangers Wednesday night at Safeco, the sixth win in the past eight games.

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The Seahawks Wednesday reached an injury settlement with Robert Turbin, making the fourth-year running back out of Utah State a free agent. After he cleared waivers the past weekend following a sprained ankle in the third preseason game, the Seahawks placed Turbin on injured reserve, where he would have been lost for the season. The

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Takeaway The Mariners’ home woes continued when rookie Taijuan Walker was tagged for three home runs in a 9-6 loss to Texas Tuesday night. After winning five in a row on the road, Seattle (66-73) has lost two straight at Safeco Field to fall to 29-38 in home games this season. At least there were

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The Mariners made five moves Tuesday in order to reach the 40-man roster limit and also announced that Dan Wilson, the club’s minor league catching coordinator, will join the team for the remainder of the 10-game home stand, which continues Tuesday night with the second of four games against the Texas Rangers.

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