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Lorenzo Romar’s Washington Huskies and Mark Few’s Gonzaga Bulldogs will square off for the first time since Dec. 9, 2006 when they meet in the opener of the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament Nov. 25 at the Atlantis Resort in Nassau Bahamas. The matchup will be televised by ESPN with the winner facing either Texas or

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Takeaway Fernando Rodney’s absurd meltdown in the ninth inning allowed Colorado to rally from a 5-3 deficit, score twice and tie the score 5-5. Two innings later, Michael McKenry’s two-run homer into the left-field seats off reliever Mayckol Guaipe gave the Rockies a 7-5, walk-off victory over the Mariners (50-59) Wednesday at Coors Field in

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Takeaway Mariners’ bats got going early and never stopped, delivering 14 hits for an emphatic 10-4 road victory (box score) over the Colorado Rockies (44-61) Tuesday night at Coors Field. Starting pitcher Vidal Nuño gave up three runs off five hits in 3.2 innings. Seattle (50-58) has won three in a row. Nelson Cruz homered

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Takeaway The thin air of Coors Field suited the Mariners Monday night as they hit three home runs and three doubles that helped produced an 8-7 triumph (box score) in the first of three interleague games with the Colorado Rockies (44-60). Felix Hernandez was knocked around for 11 hits, but only four runs in 6.2

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A deck-to-deck finish rare for an unlimited hydroplane race was decided Sunday by penalty when the Oh Boy! Oberto boat, driven by national points leader Jimmy Shane, was assessed an extra minute for bumping the Graham Trucking I boat driven by J. Michael Kelly, giving Kelly the Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup for the second

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Takeaway After the Mariners (Nelson Cruz) and Twins (Brian Dozier) exchanged ninth-inning home runs to even the score 1-1 in what had been a scoreless pitching duel between Hisashi Iwakuma and Mike Pelfrey, Seattle busted through for three runs in the 11th and defeated Minnesota 4-1 Sunday at Target Field in Minneapolis (box score). The

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Seeing shorthandedness in the secondary depth because of lingering injuries, the Seahawks Sunday traded an undisclosed 2016 draft pick to Detroit for CB Mohammed Seisay, 25, a second-year player from Nebraska, where he played two years and started one game after transferring from Memphis.

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Takeaway Seattle closer Carson Smith took a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning, but threw two wild pitches, allowed a fatal stolen base and then gave up a walk-off single to Kurt Suzuki as the Mariners lost to the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Saturday night at Target Field in Minneapolis (box score). The Mariners (47-58) fell

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Takeaway After a flurry of moves in which they effectively hoisted a white flag on the 2015 season, the Mariners played as if a division title were on the line Friday night in a 6-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Taijuan Walker tossed a splendid, complete-game one-hitter, Nelson Cruz had four hits,

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