Pat Listach will manage the AAA Tacoma Rainiers, the club’s AAA affiliate, in 2015, the club said Monday. Selected by Seattle in the 23rd round of the 1987 draft out of McLennan (TX.) Community College, Listach spent the 2014 season as the third base coach of the Houston Astros. He has more than 20 years
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The Washington Huskies had multiple opportunities to put away No. 14 Arizona Saturday in Tucson, but couldn’t stop making mistakes that led to a 27-26 loss.
Robinson Cano will be OK, so Mariners fans can stand down. The All-Star second baseman left an exhibition game in Tokyo early Saturday morning after a pitch struck his foot. X-rays disclosed a non-displaced fracture of his right small toe.
RB Marshawn Lynch is banged up, according to Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, with ribs joining calf in the specs of the official injury list, making him questionable for Sunday’s game in Kansas City. But since he practiced Friday, the likelihood is that he won’t be sitting out against the Chiefs.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels won the American League’s Most Valuable Player award unanimously Thursday, collecting all 30-place votes, and two Mariners finished in the top 10. Trout won with 420 points to 229 for Victor Martinez of the Tigers, with Robinson Cano fifth with 124 and Felix Hernandez 10th with 48. Trout
Sounders defender DeAndre Yedlin has been named to the 25-man U.S. Men’s National Team roster for a pair of international friendlies against Colombia and Ireland. The USMNT will play Colombia Friday at Craven Cottage in London and the Republic of Ireland Nov. 18. The 21-year-old Yedlin has earned nine caps this year and in July
Washington State University quarterback Luke Falk was named the Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance Saturday in a 39-32 victory over the Beavers in Corvallis. Making the first start of his career, Falk completed 44 of 61 passes for 471 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions.
UCLA jumped out to a 14-0 lead and led 31-10 at halftime en route to a 44-30 win over Washington that dropped the Huskies to 6-4 with Arizona due up next week.
As expected, the Seahawks Saturday activated CB Jeremy Lane from the injured reserve / eligible to return list, but the roster move to make space for him was a bit of a surprise: C Stephen Schilling went on injured reserve with a sore knee, which ends his season.
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