The Mariners have won 10 of their past 13 contests, mainly because of outstanding pitching. Seattle has the second-best ERA in the majors since the All-Star break.
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Although he gave up four walks, Hisashi Iwakuma pitched a six-inning one-hitter, continuing a streak of effective starting pitching, and Dustin Ackley’s three-run homer wrapped up the Mariners’ 5-2 win at Minnesota Tuesday night — Seattle’s 12th win in its past 16 games.
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A 1-0 winner over Minnesota Monday, thanks to Felix Hernandez and Eric Thames, the Mariners seek to pile on against the Twins, over whom they have won six of seven.
Update: A Seahawks spokesman said Tuesday that the club was “not pursuing hosting a Super Bowl at this time.” He said the story widely reported Monday was a version of a story seven months old that no longer was accurate. A report Monday on nfl.com, citing a story from Seattle TV station KCPQ Ch. 13,
In his first group interview since being named the Seahawks starting quarterback, Russell Wilson says he’s “never been afraid to excel.”
Eric Thames, acquired in a July 30 trade with Toronto for RHP Steve Delabar, whacked an opposite-field home run on the first pitch of the eighth inning Monday night, which proved to be just enough for an utterly dominant Felix Hernandez (13-5) to defeat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 and extend his brilliant stretch of starts.
One of the most injury-cursed players in club history will get another shot Monday at sticking for awhile with the Mariners. Center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has joined the Mariners in Minneapolis for Monday’s 5:10 p.m. game with the Twins, the first of four. Gutierrez returns after two months on the disabled following the most random
The Mariners begin a four-game series in Minneapolis Monday. Seattle hasn’t swept the Twins in a four-game series in the Twin Cities since the 2003 season.
Just as the hailing of King Felix the Perfect subsides, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll declares rookie Russell Wilson special enough to start at QB in the regular season.