After a pre-game injury to its second-leading scorer as well as missing several other starters, Sporting KC, which played Wednesday, left the Clink thrilled Saturday night with a 0-0 draw against a lackluster effort from the Sounders.
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Takeaway Superb pitching by James Paxton and three relievers and a two-run double by Willie Bloomquist provided the Mariners with a 3-2 victory over Toronto Saturday and set up Seattle for a sweep in the series finale Sunday at Rogers Centre (box score). Paxton saw his AL-best consecutive scoreless innings streak end at 20 when
Takeaway The Mariners passed the season’s one-quarter mark Friday with a flourish. Barely. The 4-3 win over the Blue Jays (19-25) at Rogers Centre (box score) pushed Seattle to 19-22. But not before closer Fernando Rodney allowed a two-run homer to RF Chris Colabello in the ninth inning. In Rodney fashion, he came up with
The Sounders will open CenturyLink Field to its full capacity for four games this season — against Vancouver Aug. 1, Portland Aug. 30, Los Angeles Oct. 4 and the regular-season finale against Salt Lake Oct. 25. Part-owner Adrian Hanauer also said the stadium will be fully open for the Manchester United-Club America friendly July 17.
Takeaway In a 5-4, rain-delayed loss to the Baltimore Orioles Thursday at soggy Camden Yards, the Mariners (18-22) blew one scoring chance after another. In addition to stranding 13, they went 3-for-15 with runners in scoring position, twice failing to capitalize with the bases loaded. By dropping the series 2-1 (box score), the Mariners also
Takeaway LHP Roenis Elias (1-1) allowed one run over a dominant 7.2 innings, CF Justin Ruggiano delivered a two-run homer and closer Fernando Rodney got through a tense ninth inning Wednesday to guide the Mariners (18-21) to a 4-2 win (box score) over the Orioles (17-20) at Camden Yards.
Takeaway Thanks to a three-run homer from Nelson Cruz, the Mariners had a 4-1 lead, but a bad game from starting pitcher Taijuan Walker allowed the injury- and illness-plagued Orioles to revive for an 9-4 triumph Tuesday night at Camden Yards in Baltimore, where a nine-game Seattle (17-21) road trip began with a thud (box
Sounders forward Chad Barrett Tuesday was voted Player of the Week for week 11 of the MLS season. With Obafemi Martins idled with a bone bruise, Barrett tallied a pair of goals that gave Seattle a 2-0 Cascadia Cup victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps Saturday at B.C. Place.
The Mariners Tuesday acquired C Wellington Castillo from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Yoervis Medina. Castillo has served as the Cubs’ third catcher this season and is hitting .163/.234/.349 with two home runs and five RBIs in 43 at-bats. Medina started the season in Seattle’s bullpen, but was demoted to AAA Tacoma earlier
Jesse Williams was regaining health after missing two seasons with knee injuries, but was dealt a blow with news that the native Australian requires surgery after a cancer diagnosis.