Enduring a three-hour, 13-minute rain delay in Arlington, the Mariners strung together a walk and three singles for two runs in the eighth inning to top the Rangers 4-2 Saturday night and move 1½ games ahead of losing Detroit for the American League’s second wild-card spot.
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The Huskies took a 21-0 lead over Eastern Washington and then weathered seven touchdown passes by Eastern Washington’s Vernon Adams in a 59-52 victory.
Just when Cougars fans were getting used to the bruise left by a season-opening loss to lowly Rutgers, an open wound developed in the football program Friday night when Washington State endured a wire-to-wire, 24-13 defeat to Nevada (2-0) in Reno, full of penalties, errors and misplays.
The Mariners are no strangers to a letdown after an important series win, rookie southpaw Roenis Elias no stranger to a lack of run support. Seattle’s offense made sure both patterns ended Thursday night. Fresh off taking two of three from the Athletics, the Mariners marched into Globe Life Park in Arlington and jumped Rangers
Obafemi Martins and Andy Rose scored twice each and Brad Evans had three assists, all off set pieces, as the Sounders, MLS’s top team, plundered the league’s worst, Chivas USA, 4-2 Wednesday before a crowd numbering in the hundreds at Stubhub Center in Carson, CA.
Pitching in a September game that meant something for the first time in his career, Felix Hernandez, backed by consecutive home runs in the seventh inning, pinned a 2-1 defeat on the Oakland Athletics Tuesday at O.Com Coliseum. Returning to form after three sub-par outings, not only did Hernandez win for the first time since
Backup center Lemuel Jeanpierre is out for the season with an unspecified neck injury and second-year cornerback Tharold Simon, who missed more than a week of practice, is expected to have surgery on an injured knee. The Seahawks will go into Thursday’s opener at the Clink against Green Bay with just eight offensive linemen.
Midfielder Marco Pappa has been called to the Guatemala National Team to train for the 2014 Copa Centroamericana from Sept. 3-13, the Sounders said Monday. Pappa will miss Seattle’s match at Chivas USA Wednesday in Carson, CA., and against Real Salt Lake at CenturyLink Field Sept. 12.
Seven players from AAA Tacoma, including two who have not appeared with the club this season, RHP Carson Smith and C Humberto Quintero, were called up Monday by the Mariners on the first day of MLB roster expansion to 40 players. Smith is a rookie reliever and Quintero last played for the Mariners Sept. 21,