Author: SPNW Staff

Takeaway The Mariners rallied from a 4-0 deficit, getting to Boston starter David Price in the eighth inning on the way to an improbable 5-4 win over the Red Sox (box) Tuesday night at Safeco Field. After 2B Robinson Cano gave Seattle its first lead with a three-run, go-ahead homer in the bottom of the

Takeaway In what’s likely to be his final appearance as closer for a while, Steve Cishek delivered again – for the other team. This time Cishek gave up a solo home run in the ninth as the Mariners blew another lead, as well as an outstanding performance from starter James Paxton, losing 2-1 to the

Despite reports of an impending trade with the Cincinnati Reds for SS Zack Cozart, the Mariners failed to make a deal Monday before the non-waiver trade deadline passed.

Ahead of the 1 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline Monday, the Mariners claimed INF Michael Freeman off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks and immediately optioned him to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. To make room on the 40-man roster, the club designated infielder Patrick Kivlehan for assignment.

Takeaway A day after perhaps their most stirring win of the season, given place and opponent, the Mariners Sunday night had their most agonizing loss. After getting two-run homers from RF Nelson Cruz, 2B Robinson Cano and 1B Dae-Ho Lee and a wildly effective start from Felix Hernandez, the Mariners gave back the 6-0 lead

Wade Miley was sent to the Baltimore Orioles Sunday for Cuban refugee Ariel Miranda, 27, who spent most of the season at AAA. He will report to Tacoma.

The Seahawks’ tight end unit, already a bit of a mystery while awaiting Jimmy Graham’s recovery from patellar-tendon knee surgery, took another hit Sunday when Cooper Helfet went down with a cracked bone in his foot.

Takeaway Wade Miley took a no-hitter into the seventh and lost the lead on a play at the plate reviewed and overturned. Then he nearly saw Kris Bryant steal home on him in the same frame on another play reviewed at the dish.  But he emerged the winner Saturday after Leonys Martin had wo-run double

Takeaway The Chicago Cubs made short, easy work of Hisashi Iwakuma’s five-game winning streak, raking him for five runs on seven hits — homer, double, five singles — over the second and third innings en route to a 12-1, rain-delayed shellacking of the Mariners Friday at Wrigley Field (box). Seattle (51-50) fell seven games behind

Chris Clemons signed a free-agent deal in April to return to Seattle, where he helped win a Super Bowl, but decided Thursday that 12 seasons were enough.