Takeaway

Robinson Cano blasted two home runs, including a go-ahead, second-deck shot in the 11th inning, lifting the Mariners to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros Monday night at Minute Maid Park (box). Seattle blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning, but Cano's 35th homer, a career high, enabled the Mariners to make up ground on idle Baltimore in the AL wild card race.

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The Washington Huskies dropped a spot, to 10th, in this week's Associated Press college football poll released Monday despite -- or perhaps because of -- their 35-28 overtime victory over the Arizona Wildcats Saturday night in Tucson. UW (4-0) will host No. 7 Stanford (3-0) Friday at 6 p.m. at Husky Stadium -- the first meeting of Top 10 teams in the facility since the third week of the 1997 season.

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Takeaway

Although bothered by a sore left wrist that ultimately forced him from the game, Nelson Cruz smashed two more long home runs Sunday and Jesus Sucre added a two-run jolt to lead the Mariners to a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins at the Target Center in Minneapolis (box). The win, however, did nothing to enhance Seattle's dimming prospects of claiming the American League's second wild card.

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Takeaway

If the Mariners fail to reach the postseason, they will long rue their lame effort against Minnesota starter Tyler Duffy Saturday night at Target Center in Minneapolis. Duffy entered with an 0-3 record and 11.15 ERA in his previous four starts, but Seattle could do little more than Nelson Cruz's 493-foot home run in a 3-2 loss (box).

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The Dodgers had a farewell party for Vin Scully Friday night at Dodger Stadium as he broadcasts the final games of his transcendent career. Since no one in the history of sports has done so long a job done so well, there were tears enough to saturate the Southern California desert.

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Takeaway

James Paxton notched his first win in six weeks and Robinson Cano lashed four hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Mariners crushed the last-place (AL Central) Minnesota Twins 10-1 Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis (box). The win, though, did little to enhance Seattle's chances of claiming the American League's second wild card spot as the other contenders save Houston also won.

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Tampa Bay TE Austin-Seferian Jenkins, a former University of Washington star, was arrested in Tampa on suspicion of driving while under the influence, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release Friday morning. It was his second DUI arrest following one as a Husky in 2013.

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Takeaway

Robinson Cano ended a four-hour, 24-minute marathon in the 12th inning Wednesday afternoon with a sacrifice fly as the Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 to avoid a three-game sweep and avert a 1-5 home stand (box). The Mariners (80-72) snapped a two-game losing streak to maintain a faint pulse in the American League wild card race.

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Takeaway

The Mariners’ slim playoff hopes moved a little closer to none after Toronto rode ex-Mariners J.A. Happ and Michael Saunders to a laughably easy 10-4 win at Safeco Field Tuesday night. The Blue Jays scored eight runs in the fourth inning while moving into sole possession of first place in the American League wild-card standings. Seattle (79-72) lost for the fourth time in five games – all against wild-card contenders – to remain three behind Baltimore for the second spot with 11 games to go.

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The Mariners have a pair of new minor league working agreements, adding the Arkansas Travelers of the AA Texas League and Modesto Nuts in the high-A California League. Seattle also purchased a majority interest in the Modesto club. The affiliation for Arkansas covers the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

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Takeaway

In the biggest game of the season, the Mariners couldn’t get a hit until the seventh inning and ended up falling 3-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night at Safeco Field. The loss dropped Seattle (79-71) three games behind the Blue Jays and Baltimore, the teams eading the race for the AL wild-card spots.

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Takeaway

Embarrassed Monday night by San Francisco (28-0), the transplanted Rams continued their mastery of the Seahawks Sunday with a 9-3 victory in front of 91,046 at the Los Angeles Coliseum (box). With Russell Wilson impaired by a high ankle sprain, Seattle (1-1) failed to generate sufficient offense, self-destructed in a myriad of ways, and dropped its third in a row and fourth in five games to its most irksome NFC West rival.

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Takeaway

Rookie Ariel Miranda delivered the best start of his young career, and teammate Seth Smith had a pair of homers as the Mariners salvaged the final of a three-game series with a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros Sunday. Seattle (79-70) moved back in front of Houston in the AL wild-card race, and is two back of Toronto for the second wild-card spot.

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Takeaway

Mariners bats betrayed them again in a 2-1 loss Saturday to the Houston Astros, who won the first two games of the series, moved into a tie with Seattle in the wild-card standings and may have knocked the Mariners out of the running (box). On a night that drew 32,304, Seattle had a chance to make up ground in the wild-card race, but Houston starter Mike Fiers threw six scoreless innings, then closer Ken Giles finished it off with a 1-2-3 ninth. Seattle starter James Paxton flirted with a perfect game, but Houston pitchers got the win.

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Takeaway

The Mariners’ momentum came to a screeching halt at Safeco Field Friday, as the Astros pounded ace Felix Hernandez while getting another great start from Collin McHugh on the way to a 6-0 win (box). Seattle (78-69) had its eight-game winning streak snapped while falling three games back in the wild-card standings.

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To salute the hottest team in the majors (eight consecutive wins), the Mariners are offering fans specially priced tickets to this weekend's three-game home series with the Houston Astros, starting at 7:10 p.m. Friday with Seattle (78-68) within 1.5 games of the Toronto Blue Jays for the American League's second wild card spot.

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Former University of Washington C Olin Kreutz, who played in six Pro Bowls while a member of the Chicago Bears, is among 10 individuals with connections to the state of Washington nominated for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The full list of 94 players and coaches for the Class of 2017 will be trimmed to 25 in November and to 15 finalists in January. The class will be determined by vote on the eve of Super Bowl LI.

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Takeaway

Two solo homers and a good outing from starter Hisashi Iwakuma kept the Mariners in full chug with a 2-1 win Wednesday night in Anaheim (box). The eighth triumph in a row, and 10th in the past 13, included three-game sweeps of the Angels and A's, for the third perfect road trip in club history (minimum six games). Seattle went 10-0 from April 8-17, 2002 and 6-0 from Sept. 15-20, 2000.

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Takeaway

Two games after a disastrous outing, Taijuan Walker had the game of his Mariners career, a  complete-game shutout of the Angels in Anaheim that was a perfect game until a sixth-inning error allowed the first baserunner. The 8-0 victory at Angel Stadium Tuesday extended the Seattle winning streak to seven games (box) as Walker struck out a career-best 11, including a trio of K’s against Angels CF Mike Trout.

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The Seahawks Tuesday signed CB Neiko Thorpe, brought back (as expected) FB Will Tukuafu, and waived often-injured CB Tharold Simon. To make room on the 53-man roster for Thorpe and Tukuafu, Seattle waived rookie FB Tani Tupou, a former University of Washington defensive tackle.

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