Author: SPNW Staff

Takeaway Seattle’s bullpen problems flared up again, as former closer Fernando Rodney and young replacement Carson Smith gave up four runs combined in the eighth and ninth innings of an 8-6 loss to Toronto Saturday at Safeco Field. Blue Jays 1B Chris Colabello delivered the back-breaking hit with a bases-loaded single in the ninth, driving

Felix Hernandez holds tough Blue Jays lineup to one earned run, and Mark Trumbo comes through with a homer as Mariners dare to win two in a row.

Takeaway Mike Zunino thought he was going to get the day off, but didn’t. He entered the game in the 10th. In the 12th, after twice failing to get down bunts, turned on an up-in-the-zone change and smacked an RBI double, lifting the Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers and a split

Takeaway Any momentum the Mariners thought they developed from the come-from-behind 11-9 win over Detroit Tuesday evaporated in a hurry Wednesday when the Tigers splurged for eight runs in the third against Mike Montgomery en route to a 9-4 romp at Comerica Park (box score). The Mariners (43-52), increasingly likely sellers by the July 31

Leading 4-0, then trailing 8-6, the Mariners sent up Franklin Gutierrez to pinch-hit with the bases loaded in the eighth in Detroit. He delivered the blow of the season, a grand slam for an 11-9 win.

Drew Lewis, a 6-foot-2, 216-pound redshirt freshman linebacker from Eastlake High in Sammamish, was kicked off the University of Washington football team by coach Chris Petersen for an unspecified violation of team rules, according to a statement Tuesday from the school.

The Seattle Mariners have the worst record in the American League. In a season full of disappointment, RHP Mark Lowe served up the deflating blow Monday, an eighth-inning, two-run homer from Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler — his second blast of the game — that sent the Mariners to a 5-4 loss (box score) at Comerica

The Mariners Monday recalled LHP J.A. Happ from High A Bakersfield and optioned 1B/DH Jesus Montero back to AAA Tacoma. Happ will start Monday at Comerica Park when Seattle begins a four-game series against the Detroit Tigers.

Takeaway In a series dominated by home runs, Mark Teixeira hit the last one, a solo shot in the eighth inning off Fernando Rodney that lifted the New York Yankees to a 2-1 victory and a series win Sunday against the Mariners (42-50), who have lost an American League-high 14 times in their opponents’ final

Sounders defender Chad Marshall has been named to the 22-man roster that will play Tottenham Hotspur in the MLS All-Star Game July 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. This is the second consecutive All-Star selection and fourth overall for Marshall, who joins forward Clint Dempsey on the team.