If the Seattle Mariners are to climb back into the American League playoff race, they will need more of the instant offense 2B Robinson Cano provided Saturday afternoon against his former team. In his most productive game of the season, Cano lined a pair of two-run homers, accounting for all Seattle’s runs, in a 4-3
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Takeaway Kyle Seager blasted a pair of home runs, but Alex Rodriguez swatted the one that counted, an opposite-field solo shot off Joe Beimel in the seventh inning that lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory (box score) over the Mariners (41-49). They failed to heed manager Lloyd McClendon’s pre-game urging “to hit
The Mariners Friday recalled RHP Tom Wilhelmsen from AAA Tacoma to fill a roster spot vacated when RHP Danny Farquhar was sent to the Rainiers prior to the All-Star break. Wilhelmsen is available when Seattle begins a three-game series at Yankee Stadium Friday (4:05 p.m., PT).
Mariners fans voted, and they declared Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez as the four greatest players in franchise history.
For the second consecutive season, Sounders forwards Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins have been selected to the 2015 MLS All-Star Game Fan XI, joining Sporting Kansas City as the two teams with multiple players.
Houston’s Dallas Keuchel edged out Felix Hernandez and will start for the American League in the All-Star Game Tuesday night in Cincinnati.
Takeaway Seattle’s yo-yo month continued with another win to follow another loss, this time riding eight scoreless innings from starter Hisashi Iwakuma to beat the Angels 5-0 Friday night (box score) at Safeco Field in front of 40,765. At 40-46, the Mariners are seven games back of AL West-leading Houston.
Takeaway Angels sluggers Mike Trout and C.J. Cron each hit a pair of homers, and the Mariners ran out of offense in a 7-3 loss Friday night at Safeco (box score). Seattle has not won back-to-back games in July, which is only half-bad when considering that the Mariners haven’t lost two in a row, either.
Takeaway The Mariners pounded out a season-high 19 hits and needed just eight innings to do it, while riding a strong start from Felix Hernandez to end the red-hot Angels’ five-game winning streak, 7-2, (box score) Friday night at Safeco.
Two hours after announcing four roster moves Thursday afternoon, the Mariners made a fifth, bringing controversial DH/1B Jesus Montero back to the club from AAA Tacoma. Montero bats right-handed, and the struggling Mariners (39-46) face three consecutive lefties Friday through Sunday, Hector Santiago (5-4, 2.40), C.J. Wilson (7-6, 3.82) and Andrew Heaney (2-0, 1.77).