Hisashi Iwakuma had his contract extended by the Mariners Friday for $14.2 million. The starting righthander will make $6.5 million in 2013, $6.5 million in 2014 with a $1 million option if a $7.5 million season is not picked up in 2015, plus bonus mony, per Jon Heyman of cbssports.com.
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Due to the individual brilliance of RB Bishop Sankey and TE Austin-Seferian Jenkins, Washington overcame one of its sloppiest performances of the season to eke out a 21-13 victory over the California Bears Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. The Huskies (5-4) need one win to become bowl eligible with three games remaining.
The Sounders, who open MLS Cup play Friday against Real Salt Lake, have not been able to advance past the first round in three trips to the postseason.
Washington has won four of its past five with the Cal Bears, including a 31-23 in 2011, when Keith Price threw two TD passes to Austin Seferian-Jenkins.
Almost nobody outside of Seattle picks the Sounders to defeat Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference semifinals. Agree? Disagree? Vote here.
Eddie Johnson’s hamstring injury “is a slight tweak,” according to coach Sigi Schmid, giving the Sounders’ top scorer an outside chance to play Friday at CenturyLink in the opener of the two-leg playoff series against Real Salt Lake. “Its not nearly as bad as we initially thought,” Schmid said after practice Tuesday. “We wanted
Bad health news continued for the Seahawks’ wide receiver group when Ben Obomanu was lost for the season with a wrist injury. After seeing a specialist Monday, he was placed on injured reserve Tuesday as Jermaine Kearse, the former University of Washington star, was moved from the practice squad to the 53-man active roster.
Former University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Warren Moon and retired Mercer Island High School basketball coach Ed Pepple will be inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame Sunday at CenturyLink Field prior to the Seahawks’ game against the Minnesota Vikings.
The Sounders’ first playoff match against Real Salt Lake at 7 p.m. Friday will be a national TV affair available regionally on ROOT Sports and locally on KONG 6/16. An earlier story said incorrectly that it will also will be seen on NBC Sports Network, which is blacked out in the region. The second game
Four players — RHP Kevin Millwood, C Miguel Olivo, LHP Oliver Perez and LHP George Sherrill — were given their free agency Monday by the Mariners and become free agents. With the transactions, none a surprise, Seattle’s 40-man roster now has 35 players.