The Mariners’ double play combination of shortstop Brendan Ryan and second baseman Dustin Ackley are finalists for the American League Gold Glove awards their respective positions. Ryan and Ackley anchored the Mariners defense that tied for the American League lead with a .988 fielding percentage, second-best in club history.
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Steve Sarkisian has produced some significant wins in his four years as Washington’s head coach, including back-to-back upsets over USC (2009-10) and a Holiday Bowl triumph over Nebraska (Dec. 30, 2010), but none bigger than Saturday’s 20-17 victory over No. 7 Oregon State at CenturyLink Field that silenced a growing legion of Sarkisian’s critics.
Rather than closing with a flourish, the Sounders regular season ended with a thud as they not only lost to 1-0 to the Galaxy Sunday night in Carson, CA., they may have not have Eddie Johnson for the start of the MLS playoffs at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at CenturyLink Field.
If the Seahawks fail to reach the postseason, they will be look back on Sunday’s loss to the eminently beatable Lions in Detroit as one of the principal reasons. The Seahawks squandered a 17-7 lead at Ford Field, came back to lead 24-21, and then couldn’t prevent the Lions (3-4) from mounting the game-winning drive
The Sounders need a victory over the L.A. Sunday night to ensure they will host the second of the two-leg playoff series with Real Salt Lake.
Playing their fourth road game in five weeks, the Seahawks won their past three meetings with the pass-happy Detroit Lions, last in the NFC North (2-4).
Washington holds the lead in the series (58-34-4), but Oregon State has dominated in recently, winning seven of the past eight match-ups with the Huskies.
Washington State (2-5) will be picked to lose by substantial margins in at least three of their remaining five games. The Cougars are 24.5-point underdogs at Stanford Saturday.
Normally a no-big-deal sort of coach when it comes to talking Seahawks injuries, Pete Carroll said the likely absence Sunday in Detroit of backup defensive lineman Jason Jones hurts. “Well miss him if we cant get him out there — its really important,” Carroll said after practice. “Were starting to learn how to rush together
NBA Commissioner David Stern disclosed Thursday that he will retire Feb. 1, 2014 after 30 years in office. Along with Stern’s announcement came a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports that among Stern’s agenda items in his last two years is to ensure that professional basketball is returned to Seattle.