The Mariners opened a key road trip with a 5-2 victory over the Indians at Progressive Field Tuesday, a place that has been their house of horrors since 2011. After going winless in Cleveland over the past two seasons, Seattle won the opener of a three-game series thanks largely to the pitching of starter Hisashi
Author: Anthony Dion
Anthony Dion
Anthony Dion, a 2007 graduate of the University of Washington's school of journalism, has six years of reporting and editing experience. He also works for CBS Radio's 1090 AM The Fan, Seattle's newest sports talk show, where he reports on UW football and basketball as well as Seattle Thunderbirds hockey.
Fernando Rodney stepped off the rubber, wheeled and threw to second base to catch stealing David Lough, ending most oddly a Mariners four-game-losing streak and gaining career save No. 200. However the 4-3 win over the Orioles happened, a crowd of 36,930 at Safeco on a cloudless Saturday was delighted.
The return of Kendrys Morales Friday did little to change the Mariners fortunes. Chris Davis greeted reliever Charlie Furbush with a 10th-inning solo home run to send Baltimore to a 2-1 win in front of 34,792 at Safeco Field.
A few hours after trading with the Twins to acquire or DH/1B Kendrys Morales to upgrade a slumbering offense, the Mariners made it abundantly clear why his bat is needed with a 4-0 loss to the Orioles Thursday. The loss was the third in a row for Seattle (53-49) and ninth in its last 13. Seattle, for
The young phenom that many of the 36,224 spectators at Safeco Field came to see make his 2014 home debut on a rain-soaked Wednesday afternoon stood in front of his locker. Taijuan Walker spoke about incremental improvements as he prepared to make the short trek down Interstate 5 to Tacoma, to where he was optioned
If general manager Jack Zduriencik needed further impetus to pull the trigger on an offensive upgrade, he got one Tuesday night. Zduriencik had to feel like he was being prodded with a hot poker as he watched the Mariners squander another outstanding effort from a starter in a 3-1 loss to the Mets Tuesday. This time
Hisashi Iwakuma was one out from a complete-game shutout on the night the Mariners honored him with a miniature likeness, handed out to the first 20,000 fans through the Safeco Field gates. Lots of Seattle heads were nodding in approval as the Mariners won 6-2 to claim the series from the A’s, with one more Sunday
On a warm Thursday in July, the Mariners turned back the clock to March. Instead of starting Felix Hernandez on normal rest, manager Lloyd McClendon trotted out much of his bullpen, spring-training style, to salvage a split in a four-game series with the Twins.
All season, manager Lloyd McClendon has the same refrain when the Mariners’ punchless offense is brought up. “We’re challenged,” is the usual the reply. Wednesday, McClendon stood at the podium after an 8-1 defeat at the hands of the Twins and again tried to stay positive, despite scoring seven runs in the past six games.
The Mariners made a move to get better Tuesday. It just had no affect on the game that followed. Chris Young (8-5, 3.08 ERA) pitched another fine game, only to be out-dueled by Twins starter Phil Hughes, who continued his resurgence in Minnesota with 7.1 shutout innings in a 2-0 triumph.