Takeaway Seattle’s season-high, five-game winning streak came to an end by way of a 3-0 loss (box score) to the Texas Rangers in a holiday afternoon game Monday at Safeco Field. The good news was that only 18,469 fans wasted a beautiful Labor Day watching sloppy baseball.
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The Mariners Monday recalled RHP Danny Farquhar from AAA Tacoma and optioned LHP Edgar Olmos back to the Rainiers. Farquhar, who has had four stints with Seattle this season, was available when the club was to begin the first of four against the Texas Rangers at 3:40 p.m. Monday at Safeco Field.
Takeaway The Mariners are suddenly playing their best ball of the season when it’s probably too late to salvage it. With Hisashi Iwakuma nearly flawless over 6.1 innings, coupled with a three-run burst in the fifth, the Mariners completed a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics Sunday with a 3-2 victory at O.co Coliseum (box).
Takeaway Winning for the ninth time in 13 tries, the Mariners went up 3-0 in the first inning and cruised to an almost casual 7-3 triumph (box score) Saturday in Oakland behind eight innings from Felix Hernandez, pitching for the first time in 10 days. Shawn O’Malley, the rookie outfielder from Kennewick, WA., in his
Ahead 10-0 at the half, the Cougars were embarrassed at home 24-17 by Portland State, a 30-point underdog, and the first defeat to a Big Sky Conference school since 1947.
Takeaway On a night where offenses thrived, pitchers failed. Eight pitchers for Seattle and seven for Oakland climbed the well-trod hill as the Mariners Saturday night captured the first of three in Oakland against the A’s, 11-8 (box score). A six-run outburst in the top of the third gave Seattle a big edge to win
After agreeing to sign free agent RB Fred Jackson, the Seahawks Friday waived veteran RB Robert Turbin, who was booked to be Marshawn Lynch’s back-up for a third year until he sprained an ankle in the third presseason game in San Diego.
The Mariners Friday activated LHP Joe Beimel from the 15-day disabled list and recalled him from his rehab assignment at AAA Tacoma. The 38-year-old Beimel, who went on the DL Aug. 21, was available Friday night when Seattle began a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum.
Takeaway A late offensive eruption helped the Mariners win 8-3 and take the series 2-1 on the road against the AL West-leading Houston Astros (box score) at Minute Maid Park Wednesday night. Rookie CF Shawn O’Malley was 3-for-4 with two RBI in his Mariners debut, while Nelson Cruz left the game with a strained quad
The Mariners Wednesday optioned INF Jesus Montero to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers ahead of the final three-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park Wednesday night. Montero has just two hits in his last 35 at-bats.