Takeaway Given that it marked his major league debut, Seattle rookie RHP Adrian Sampson will always remember — probably not fondly — Saturday’s game against Boston at Fenway Park, particularly the fifth inning. Sampson entered with a 2-1 lead and the potential for a win, but a series of quick mistakes set up what became
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Takeaway RF Franklin Gutierrez hit two home runs and a bases-loaded double for a career-high six RBIs to make the difference in the Mariners’ 8-4 win over the Red Sox Friday night in Boston’s Fenway Park (box). Hisashi Iwakuma kept the American League’s No. 1 offense in sufficient check to get the win as the
The voice of the Sonics is now the voice of the Portland Trail Blazers. Kevin Calabro, for 21 seasons a fixture with Seattle’s former NBA franchise, has joined Paul Allen’s franchise, the club announced Friday. The Blazers Thursday fired longtime host Mike Barrett along with color analyst Mike Rice.
Another injury, this one a shoulder problem for starter Wade Miley, caused the Mariners to reshuffle the pitching staff. They called up two relievers and sent out reliever Steve Johnson.
Takeaway James Paxton and three relievers extricated the Mariners from their dither, Dae-Ho Lee drove in three runs, and Seattle ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday at Tropicana Field (box). The Mariners (35-31), who scored all of their runs with two outs and held the Rays
Takeaway Reliever Mike Montgomery ended a 13-inning marathon, in which Seattle and Tampa Bay combined to strike out 35 times, by issuing a walk-off walk to former Mariner Logan Morrison, 0-for-6 as he stood at the plate, giving the Rays a 3-2 victory at Tropicana Field Wednesday night. The rapidly fading Mariners (34-31) have dropped
Takeway The Mariners took a 7-4 lead into the bottom seventh after an effective, but injury-marred, start by Taijuan Walker. But Nick Vincent and Mike Montgomery gagged it away in an 8-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday night at Tropicana Field to start a 10-game, three-city road trip (box).
Takeaway Solo home runs in the ninth and 11th innings were all the offense Texas needed on a Saturday night when the Mariners were one strike away from pulling to within two games of the division-leading Rangers. Rougned Odor’s leadoff home run in the 11th gave Texas its first lead and it held up in
A goal from Sounders star Clint Dempsey was enough Saturday night to propel the U.S. Men’s National Team over Paraguay in Philadelphia and into the quarterfinals of the Copa America Centenario Thursday at CenturyLink Field against Ecuador, ranked 13th in the world by FIFA.
The calf strain that put Mariners ace Felix Hernandez on the disabled list June 1`will keep him there for at least another month to allow for a full healing.