Always a load, Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia was even heavier than usual Friday night in New York for the Mariners, crushing them with a three-hit, 10-strikeout pitching performance as Seattle’s season-high seven game win streak came to an unceremonious end, 6-3. The Mariners’ first hit and run was a fourth-inning homer by Casper Wells, a
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Aretha Hill Thurmond, the former University of Washington discus thrower in her fourth Olympic Games, failed to reach the finals field of 12 Friday after a best toss of 194-8 1/2 in the qualifying round. Cuba’s Yarelys Barrios had the best qualifying throw of 216-3. Thurmond was not expected to contend for a medal.
Ichiro has a .395 career BA vs. Mariners starter Kevin Millwood; C.C. Sabathia is 11-4, 2.42 career vs. M’s. End of seven-game winning streak?
Three first-half goals made it easy for the Sounders, beating the over-matched Caledonia club from Trinidad and Tobago, 3-1, to advance in CONCACAF Champions League group play Wednesday night at CenturyLink in front of 7,767 — the Sounders’ smallest crowd at CenturyLink.
The American League selected Seattle’s Jason Vargas as its Pitcher of the Month Thursday after the left-hander posted a 5-0 record with a 1.64 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 44.0 innings. Vargas, who limited opponents to a .206 batting average, is the 14th pitcher in franchise history to go 5-0 in any month and is Seattle’s first Pitcher of the Month since Cliff Lee in June 2010.
Before the end of the MLS season, the Sounders will work in three more CONCACAF group-play matches after Thursday, which include travel to Trinidad and Honduras.
The U.S. women’s eight, coxed by former University of Washington standout Mary Whipple, defeated Canada by nearly two seconds to win the Olympic gold medal in London Thursday on Dorney Lake. For Whipple, a 2002 UW graduate, it marked her second gold in the eight, following Beijing in 2008, and her third overall Olympic medal.
Riding their win best streak in five years, seven games, the Mariners see Ichiro in NY pinstripes Friday, where he’s now in left field and his average has dipped.
Washington State fans, and fans of pirates as well as originality, will enjoy the news that Sportspress Northwest is expanding its coverage to include the Cougars’ Pac-12 football season.
Add another name to the list of Olympians to watch: Honduran midfielder Mario Martinez. He’s the newest Sounder. The acquisition on loan of the 23-year-old was disclosed by the club Wednesday.