Two tiny bobbles, one giant swing, another staggering loss. After loading the bases in the ninth with a single and two sacrifice bunts mishandled by the Mariners, the Marlins’ stud hitter, Giancarlo Stanton, slaughtered a Yoervis Medina fastball for a walk-off grand slam and an 8-4 triumph Friday night in Miami.
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Ji-Man Choi, a 22-year-old South Korean first baseman in the employ of the Mariners/Tacoma Rainiers, received a 50-game suspension from Major League Baseball Thursday for use of a banned substance. The infielder signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent July 2, 2009, and has spent six seasons in the minor league system.
The Mariners (7-8) slipped under .500 for this first time this season Thursday despite bunching a season-high tying six runs in the third inning. But they couldn’t do anything else against a parade of Texas relievers, losing 8-6 to end their four-game road series with the Rangers in Arlington 1-3. The Mariners have lost five
After visiting the New York Jets Wednesday, WR Sidney Rice, cut Feb. 28 to save money, returned to the Seahawks, something coach Pete Carroll said he hoped would happen.
Felix Hernandez couldn’t have done much more Wednesday night. But several of his teammates couldn’t have done worse. And once again, in the great Mariners tradition, another gem from King Felix was squandered.
In a plea bargain, Washington sophomore wide receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow was sentenced to five days on a work crew, fined $693 and ordered to seek additional anger management after pleading guilty Wednesday in King County District Court to two misdemeanor counts of assault against Seahawks fans in two post-Super Bowl incidents.
In more roster shuffling Wednesday, the Mariners put RHP Blake Beavan on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis and called up OF James Jones from AAA Tacoma. Beavan, an emergency starter called up from Tacoma, started and was charged with a 5-0 loss Tuesday against Texas after he could not get his arm
Washington added a third player to its recruiting class in 6-6 forward Quevyn Winters, who began at Duquesne as a freshman and transferred to junior college.
Nick Franklin will be the DH Wednesday in Texas as the Mariners’ sputtering offense looks for help. OF Logan Morrison was put on the15-day disabled list (hamstring).
Who needs Adrian Beltre? Not the Texas Rangers. At least Tuesday night. Kevin Kouzmanoff, subbing for the former Mariners third baseman on the disabled with a leg injury, had a home run and two doubles in a 5-0 win in Arlington that didn’t need all that firepower the way Robbie Ross Jr., was pitching.