Hours after beating Philadelphia 10-9 Tuesday night, the Mariners early Wednesday selected former Oregon State star RHP Sam Gaviglio from AAA Tacoma, placed RHP Hisashi Iwakuma on the 10-day disabled list with inflammation in his right shoulder and transferred RHP Evan Marshall to the 60-day DL with a strained right hamstring.
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The Seahawks made nine roster roster moves Tuesday, principally signing 6-4, 263-pound defensive end David Bass, a seventh-round draft pick of the Oakland Raiders in 2013 who split his four-year NFL career with the Chicago Bears and Tennessee Titans.
Former Huskies basketball standout George Irvine (1968-70) played professionally in the American Basketball Association and had two stints as a head coach in the NBA.
A 5,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium has been proposed for Tacoma next to Cheney Stadium to host the Sounders’ S2 developmental team in the second-tier United Soccer League.
The Seahawks have been awarded running back Mike Davis off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers, who released the two-year pro Friday. With the addition of the 5-9, 217-pounder, the Seahawks have 11 tailbacks on their roster as well as two fullbacks.
After 11th-inning injuries Friday night to relievers Jean Machi and Evan Marshall, the Mariners Saturday recalled Dan Altavilla and Rob Whalen and placed Marshall on the DL.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says his relationship with CB Richard Sherman has never been better, and that there is a “zero” chance Sherman will be traded.
According to a report in USA Today, former University of Washington basketball star Brandon Roy was shot in the leg outside his grandmother’s house over the weekend in Los Angeles. “Someone opened fire randomly and (Roy) was shielding some of the kids who were there,” the report quoted a witness as saying.
The Mariners (11-15) made another flurry of roster moves Tuesday, selecting RHPs Jean Machi and Emilio Pagan from AAA Tacoma, designating RHP Casey Fien for assignment, optioning 1B Daniel Vogelbach to the Rainiers and transferring INF Shawn O’Malley to the 60-day disabled list (right shoulder tendinitis).
Jake Heaps is back for an encore at Seahawks practice this summer. The former Skyline High School star signed a free agent contract with the Seahawks over the weekend and will be one of at least four quarterbacks in camp.