It’s safe to say Hisashi Iwakuma enjoys facing the Twins. He entered Monday’s start at Safeco Field with a 4-0 record and 0.00 ERA in 26.2 career innings against Minnesota. He furthered that dominance with another scoreless seven-inning gem on the way to a 2-0 Mariners triumph.
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.
A first-inning wild pitch by Mariners rookie starter Taijuan Walker, which scored Conor Gillaspie from third, stood up in a 1-0 loss to the White Sox in Chicago. Seattle came into the Sunday matinee looking for a fifth consecutive series win to go with a season-high 10 games over .500, but instead allowed former Mariner
In a game that looked destined to be another tough-luck loss for starter Felix Hernandez, the Mariners (48-39) showed mettle with a 3-2 comeback win over the White Sox that took 14 innings in Chicago (41-47) Saturday.
The Mariners are on a run unseen in Seattle in seven years — nine games above .500. After five unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings provided a 5-2 win Wednesday for a three-game sweep of the Astros in Houston, the Mariners also picked up three games in three days on the AL West-leading
During the last homestand, manager Lloyd McClendon spoke about the desire to see the entire Mariners offense get hot together. After a 10-4 win Monday, the Mariners followed up with a 13-2 victory over the Astros Tuesday. Looks like Seattle may be fulfilling his wish as it moved a season-best eight games over .500 with a fifth
In his much-anticipated season debut, Taijuan Walker showed the jitters and inconsistency expected of a 21-year-old. But in a 10-4 Mariners victory over Houston Monday that pushed Seattle to a season-high seven games over .500, he also showed the unbridled talent that has so many in the organization excited.
With the way the season has gone, a one-hit shutout loss was probably the least likely way most would have predicted the Mariners to reach the midway point of their 2014 season. Saturday night, that is exactly what the team was handed by Josh Tomlin and the Indians in a 5-0 loss in front of
Endy Chavez had two opportunities early in Friday’s game against Indians starter Trevor Bauer, only to leave four runners on base. In his fourth plate appearance, Chavez made amends.
Coming off a rare rough start, Hisashi Iwakuma had every intention of returning to form with an efficient victory to send the Mariners to a season-high six-game winning streak Wednesday. It was not to be.
Logan Morrison led a 12-3 rout of defending champion Boston with four hits, including two homers, to push Seattle five games over .500.