The Mariners will alter their pitching rotation this week in order to get additional looks at Hector Noesi and Erasmo Ramirez, who have spent most of the year in Tacoma.
Author: SPNW Staff
Chris Hansen and the city council make changes to the proposed arena deal that advance the cause; the Seahawks and Huskies win big, the Mariners don’t and the Sounders draw.
The Storm rested their stars again Sunday, and again the Storm lost. At least it wasn’t a blowout. Renee Montgomery made two free throws with 14.4 seconds left to help give Connecticut a 60-58 win at KeyArena, the fourth loss in a row for the Storm, which again did not play Sue Bird or Lauren Jackson.
The Mariners waited a long time — two hours, 12 minutes — to do virtually nothing Sunday. Once an Arlington, TX., rainstorm passed, the Mariners, for the fourth time this season, could do little against Texas lefty Matt Harrison, losing the game 2-1 and an opportunity to win a second series from the Rangers.
The Mariners begin their second-to-last home stand Monday when they host the Baltimore Orioles for three games at Safeco Field. Texas will follow, starting Friday.
Cowboys beat Seahawks the last three regular-season games, by healthy margins. But the Seahawks won a memorable playoff game Jan. 6, 2007, when Tony Romo screwed up.
Game: Connecticut Sun (22-9) at Seattle Storm (13-17). When: 6 p.m. Sunday. Where: KeyArena. Series: Seattle, 1-0. TV: KONG. Radio: 1090 AM Apparently the Storm has decided to get well before attempting to get better. Returning home Sunday after a a four-game road trip whose last three games were defeats by an average of 21 points,
Justin Smoak, the prize acquisition in the 2010 trade with Texas for Cliff Lee, has been anything but for the Mariners. For a night, however he delivered a little on the promise Seattle saw in him. His solo home run in eighth and RBI single in the ninth Saturday night rescued the Mariners after they
The Seattle Sounders could have clinched a playoff berth and also could have moved into a first-place tie in the Cascadia Cup standings, but did neither Saturday at Jen Weld Field in Portland by settling for a 1-1 tie with the Timbers in front of a sellout crowd of 20,438. The Sounders couldn’t even take