When Joe Saunders takes the mound for the Mariners Wednesday, the club will be seeking to go 3-0 for the first time since 1995, Seattle’s first playoff season.
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Michael Morse put Seattle ahead with a line-drive, three-run homer, his first since re-joining the club from the Washington Nationals during the off-season, and the Mariners won 7-1 over the Oakland Athletics Tuesday night. Hisashi Iwakuma allowed two hits over six innings as the Mariners improved to 2-0 for just the fourth time since 1995,
No longer born in America is the child so naïve as to believe that big-time college sports is anything less than an entertainment business empire astride the fruited plain, swollen with endless hours of TV time, million-dollar salaries, billion-dollar deals, and a steady flow of scandal and litigation. Ever more perfunctory is its relationship with
After a lousy start as well as a tongue-lashing from coach Sigi Schmid, the Sounders need a big win to take into the second leg of the Champions League series at Santos Laguna in Mexico.
Hisashi Iwakuma became an effective member of the Mariners rotation last season, pitching in 30 games (16 starts, 14 relief appearances) with a 3.16 ERA.
Seattle mayor Mike McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine will be part of the Seattle group making a presentation to the NBA’s combined relocation and finance committees in New York Wednesday. Chris Hansen and his arena project staffers will be the main presenters in the attempt to purchase the Kings and relocate the team
The Raiders and Seahawks completed a trade Monday morning that sends backup quarterback Matt Flynn to Oakland for a pair of draft picks, neither this season, according to Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com. The Seahawks disclosed they have acquired the Raiders’ fifth-round pick in 2014 and a conditional draft choice in 2015.
The Mariners will take a six-game Opening Game winning streak into the Oakland Coliseum Monday night when they start the season against the Athletics.
As expected, the Mariners jettisoned outfielder Casper Wells Sunday and made five other roster moves in order to reach the 25-man limit for Opening Day. Seattle launches the 2013 season Monday night (7:05 p.m.) against the defending AL West champion Athletics in the Oakland Coliseum with Felix Hernandez contesting Brett Anderson.
It is official. The Sounders are in early trouble. With a 2-1 loss to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday night, Seattle is off to its worst start in franchise history. The Sounders have dropped three of their first four Major League Soccer matches for the first time and are last in the