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Takeaway The Mariners jumped to a 4-0 lead but couldn’t hold on and fell 6-5 to the Dodgers in 10 innings Monday in Los Angeles to drop to 2-2 on their six-game road trip. Alex Guerrero delivered the walk-off RBI single after Seattle (3-4) (box score) had won the past two games against the Athletics

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Dominic Leone, who nearly made the Mariners opening day roster before being demoted to AAA Tacoma the Friday before the opener, rejoined the team in Los Angeles before the 7 p.m. game Monday with the Dodgers. He replaced Tom Wilhelmsen, who has a hyperextended right elbow that put him on the 15-day disabled list.

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Minus injured Clint Dempsey, the Sounders lacked the finish needed to convert many good looks Sunday as they fell 1-0 to the Galaxy in Los Angeles. The defending MLS champs (2-2-2) were on a four-game winless streak but got well against Seattle (2-2-1), which has been knocked out of the playoffs three times in the

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Takeaway Staked to a 7-3 lead entering the bottom of the ninth, an ineffective Fernando Rodney squandered it, costing Felix Hernandez a win. But Nelson Cruz saved the day with a solo homer in the 10th, giving the Mariners (3-3) an 8-7 victory Sunday over the A’s (3-4) in Oakland for their first series win

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Takeaway The Mariners (1-3) continued their sub-par start to the 2015 season Friday night when they were routed 12-0 by the Athletics (box score) in the opener of a three-game series at O.co Coliseum. Using a right-hand-heavy lineup, Seattle had no answer for LHP Drew Pomeranz (two hits, no walks and six strikeouts over seven

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Without an iota of elaboration, the University of Washington men’s basketball program announced three defections Friday — sophomore G Nigel Williams-Goss, sophomore G Darin Johnson and junior C Gilles Dierickx all received scholarship releases from head coach Lorenzo Romar.

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The NFL Thursday announced partial details on the Seahawks’ 2015 preseason schedule, with all games coming against AFC West opponents. Seattle will open against the Denver Broncos at CenturyLink Field between Aug. 13-17 and follow with contests against the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders. This marks the third consecutive preseason that

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