GAME: White Sox (24-32, 4th, AL Central, -7.0 GB) at Mariners (26-33, 4th, AL West, -10.0 GB). GAME #: 60. SERIES: 3rd of 3 games. MEETING: 6th (Mariners lead 3-2). WHEN: Wednesday, 12:40 p.m., Safeco Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 2; White Sox L 8. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Anyone predicting in early April that Hisashi Iwakuma would out-pitch Felix Hernandez over the first two months of the season would have been a candidate for seizure in a butterfly net. But Iwakuma is not only putting up numbers that exceed Hernandez's, he is out pitching most of the American League.

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GAME: White Sox (24-31, 4th, AL Central, -6.0 GB) at Mariners (25-33, 4th, AL West, -11.0 GB). GAME #: 59. SERIES: 2nd of 3 games. MEETING: 5th (series tied 2-2). WHEN: Tuesday, 7:10 p.m., Safeco Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; White Sox L 7. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

It's hard to predict which Felix Hernandez you are going to get. He allowed seven earned runs in back-to-back starts April 6 and April 11, did not allow more than one earned run in six consecutive starts between April 17-May 14, got hammered for a combined 10 earned runs in starts May 19 and May 25, and then came back with one earned run permitted in his last outing May 30, a 7-1 win at San Diego.

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Lefty Joe Saunders (4-5) yielded one run over 6.1 innings and 41-year-old Raul Ibanez clubbed his 10th home run as the Mariners rebounded from a 10-0 shellacking in Minnesota to pin a 4-2 defeat on the flailing Chicago White Sox Monday night at Safeco Field in front of a paltry throng of 13,941.

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GAME: White Sox (24-30, 4th, AL Central, -5-5 GB) at Mariners (24-33, 4th, AL West, -11.5 GB). GAME #: 58. SERIES: 1st of 3 games. MEETING: 4th (White Sox lead series 2-1). WHEN: Monday, 7:10 p.m., Safeco Field. STREAKS: Mariners L 2; White Sox L 6. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

When the major league season began, most figured that if nothing else went right for the Mariners they at least wouldn't finish last in the AL West again. The reasoning was that with the Houston Astros, 100-game losers in each of the past two years, entering the AL West, Seattle couldn't possibly dwell in the cellar again.

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A third Sounder has been called to the World Cup qualification round. Midfielder Mario Martinez will join his native Honduras for three matches  June 7-18. Martinez, 23, will join Honduras to play Costa Rica Friday, Jamaica June 11, and the U.S. June 18 in Sandy, UT. Martinez will miss Saturday's home match against Vancouver.

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The University of Washington added another amazing chapter to its storied rowing tradition by three-peating as men's national champions at the 111th annual IRA National Championships which concluded Sunday on Lake Natoma in Gold River, CA. The No. 1-ranked Huskies finished a perfect weekend by sweeping all five Grand Finals for their 16th overall national crown.

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The Mariners had to make multiple roster moves (see below) in order to clear room on the major league roster for Kennewick native Jeremy Bonderman. All the flurry got them was a lame 10-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins Sunday at Target Field. Bonderman, making his first start since Oct. 1, 2010, and working on 975 days of rest, just wasn't up to it, sustaining a seven-run shelling that leaves his future with the club in doubt.

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GAME: Mariners (24-32, 4th, AL West, -10.5 GB) at Twins (24-29, 4th, AL Central, -5.5 GB). GAME #: 57. SERIES: 3rd of 3 games. MEETING: 3rd (series tied 1-1). WHEN: Sunday, 11:10 a.m., Target Field. STREAKS: Mariners L 1; Twins W 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Due to a spate of physical ills and surgeries, Kennewick native Jeremy Bonderman has not thrown a pitch in the major leagues since Oct. 1, 2010. But the long-time Detroit Tiger (2003-10), signed by Seattle to a minor league contract last winter, will get his chance Sunday when the walked-off on Mariners close out a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Target Center.

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Timing couldn't have been better for the Sounders. Facing a struggling Chivas USA (3-8-2), a club that fired coach José Luis Sánchez Solá on Wednesday and hadn't won in its last seven matches, Seattle (5-4-3) cruised to a 2-0 victory Saturday night in front of 9,053 fans at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.

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The Mariners took a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth Saturday at Minnesota, seemingly poised to win three in a row for the first time since May 1-4. They certainly didn't count on closer Tom Wilhelmsen unraveling, but he did in a major way, walking the first three batters he faced before surrendering a two-run, walk-off triple to Ryan Doumit.

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MATCH: Seattle Sounders FC (4-3-3, 15 points, 6th, MLS West) at Chivas USA (3-7-2, 11 points, 9th, MLS West). TYPE: MLS. WHEN: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Home Depot Center, Carson, CA. MEETING: 11th (Sounders lead 4-2-4). TV: KONG. RADIO: 97.3 KIRO FM; SPANISH: KOMO2 (Comcast Ch. 114) and La Gran D 99.3 FM.

Eight days ago, the Sounders were riding the momentum of a six-match unbeaten streak and coming off back-to-back, four-goal games. Since then, the Sounders have been humiliated by the LA Galaxy (4-0) and humbled by the Tampa Bay Rowdies (1-0) of the second-tier North American Soccer League.

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GAME: Mariners (24-31, 4th, AL West, -10.5 GB) at Twins (23-29, 4th, AL Central, -5.5 GB). GAME #: 56. SERIES: 2nd of 3 games. MEETING: 2nd (Mariners lead 1-0). WHEN: Saturday, 10:10 a.m., Target Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 2; Twins L 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

The last time we saw Aaron Harang, May 27 at Safeco Field, he delivered an unexpected, almost out-of-body performance against the San Diego Padres, throwing his first complete game and first shutout since 2009, when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds.

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Hisashi Iwakuma continued his string of spectacular starts Friday, allowing no runs on seven hits in seven innings in the Mariners' 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Target Center. The Mariners have won two in a row after 10 losses in the previous 12 games.

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GAME: Mariners (23-31, 4th, AL West, -10.5 GB) at Twins (23-28, 4th, AL Central, -5.5 GB). GAME #: 55. SERIES: 1st of 3 games. MEETING: 1st (Mariners won 2012 series 8-2). WHEN: Friday, 5:10 p.m., Target Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Twins W 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Nick Franklin appears to have a shot at becoming Seattle's every-day second baseman, at least in the short term, after his performance the past two days. After making his major league debut three nights ago, Franklin collected his first big league hit Wednesday and encored with two home runs Thursday in Seattle's 7-1 victory over San Diego.

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Felix Hernandez, who had two losses and a no-decision in his three previous starts, found his "ace" form in San Diego Thursday. Aided by a season-high five home runs, including the first two of Nick Franklin's major league career, Hernandez blew through the Padres, winning 7-1, as Seattle snapped a two-game losing streak.

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The Washington Huskies football team took a hit with news that wide receiver James Johnson has retired from football due to a lingering wrist injury suffered last fall. Johnson, who would have been a fifth-year senior, will remain on scholarship until he completes his degree.

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GAME: Mariners (22-31, 4th, AL West, -10.5 GB) at Padres (24-28, 4th, NL West, -6.0 GB). GAME #: 54. SERIES: 2nd of 2 games. MEETING: 4th (Padres lead 2-1). WHEN: Thursday, 12:40 p.m., Petco Park. STREAKS: Mariners L 2; Padres W 2. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Between April 22-May 8, Felix Hernandez won a season-high four consecutive starts. In the four, he pitched at least 6.0 innings and did allow more than one earned run in any of them. In fact, in two, he allowed no earned runs. It didn't get a lot of attention at the time, but Hernandez's work in those four starts was amazing in terms of Mariners history.

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Eric Stults, who had never faced the Mariners, struck out a career-high 12 batters, including six of the first 10 he faced, and Will Venable drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the San Diego Padres rallied to defeat Seattle 3-2 Wednesday night at Petco Park. Venable's walk-off hit drove home Chris Denorfia from third to complete an improbable comeback.

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While the Mariners struggle to push across a run, their AAA Tacoma affiliate offered up an avalanche of offense Wednesday night in Colorado Springs, CO., crushing the Sky Sox 25-6 with 30 hits. 2B Dustin Ackley, sent down earlier this week, was 5-for-6 with a home run, four runs and three RBIs. CF Abraham Almonte went 6-for-6 and was one of three to score four runs.

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The Seattle Sounders entered their Wednesday night U.S. Open match against the Tampa Bay Rowdies short-handed. They came away from St. Petersburg, FL., empty-handed, dropping a 1-0 decision that eliminated them from Open Cup competition to the lower-tier, North American Soccer League team at windy Al Lang Stadium.

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