Author: SPNW Staff

Mike Trout ripped a first-inning, two-run homer that held up and former Mariner Jason Vargas  tossed 6.1 effective innings as the LA Angels put a 5-1 spanking on Seattle Saturday night in front of 24,477 at Safeco Field. Seattle had numerous opportunities to make a game of it, but didn’t, going 0-for-7 with runners in

Wide receiver John Ross has been elevated to a starter, the lone freshman so designated by coach Steve Sarkisian, in the Washington Huskies’ depth chart released Saturday after training camp. UW is preparing to begin its season at 7 p.m. next Saturday at renovated Husky Stadium against Boise State.

Eric Wedge returned to the dugout Friday in time to see his Mariners fall to the Angels 2-0. Ex-teammate Jason Vargas, who missed seven weeks, is back in town for the Angels.

The Seahawks had their least impressive offensive game of the preseason, but despite two interceptions and three sacks of QB Russell Wilson, plus another passel of penalties — 14 for 182 yards — Seattle prevailed 17-10 over the Packers in Green Bay Friday night for their eighth exhibition triumph a row over three years.

PULLMAN — Bob Robertson, the Washington State football play-by-play announcer since 1964, said it’s “time to pass the torch,”  and has been moved to a reduced role in the Cougars broadcast booth. Robertson, 84, his tenure interrupted only once during a break from 1969-71, said the energy isn’t there as it was.

Out since July 22 after suffering a minor stroke, manager Eric Wedge returns to the dugout Friday night when the Mariners begin a three-game set with the Angels.

University of Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian is sick of going 7-6. The feeling, exacerbated in the final two games of the 2012 season with last-second losses to Boise State and Washington State, carried into the off-season. Sarkisian said in his first press conference that he still hasn’t shed the sensation, which is why he

For a player who was always a student of his place in the baseball pantheon, Wednesday’s latest milestone in New York against Toronto was undoubtedly a thrill for Ichiro. He joined Ty Cobb and Pete Rose as the only players with 4,000 career hits.  The first-inning single off former Mariners teammate R.A. Dickey drew a

Light-hitting Brendan Ryan (.192 BA), playing only because of Nick Franklin’s lacerated knee, drove in three runs in his final two at-bats to lift the Mariners to a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics Wednesday at O.Com Coliseum. His two-run double in the sixth staked the Mariners to a 4-3 lead and his RBI single

The Mariners play their final game of the season at O.Com Coliseum Wednesday afternoon and then return to Safeco Field to begin a three-game set with the L.A. Angels Friday.