Unburdened from the psychological block their hitters routinely experience at cavernous Safeco Field, the Mariners pounded three home runs in a 9-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on a sweltering Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.
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Four games on the road against Kansas City’s hittable starting pitching should be salve for the feeble Mariners, who begin the week 17.5 games back of the Rangers in the AL West.
Mariners continue to flail, Sounders seem to be back on track, Storm recovers from a 1-7 start and the arena project gets a qualified thumbs up from independent experts.
The Seattle Sounders (8-5-7) started fast, blew their lead, then rebounded for a 2-2 draw against the New York Red Bulls (9-5-5) Sunday afternoon in Harrison, NJ. Trailing 2-1 in the 67th minute, Fredy Montero entered the game and scored his fifth goal of the season on a cross from Brad Evans. The score was
Seattle’s Eddie Johnson is an All-Star for the third time in his Major League Soccer career, while Osvaldo
Alonso has been selected for a second time.
Following Sunday’s match with the New York Red Bulls, the Sounders will return to CenturyLink Field to host an international friendly against famed English side Chelsea.
Hernandez dominates with 3-hit, complete-game shutout Saturday of AL’s best-hitting team; Mariners close out series Sunday before a seven-game road trip.
Two of Chelsea FC’s top veterans, Frank Lampard and Peter Cech, as well as two highly regarded new signees, will be part of the European League champions’ tour that plays a friendly against at Sounders at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Englishman Lampard captained Chelsea in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, and is Chelsea club’s
Two-run rally in ninth Friday vs. Texas doesn’t change the final “Ground Hog” day development: Another close loss due to an inept offense.
Shekinna Stricklen had a breakthrough before the break, with rookie-season highs of 15 points and 11 rebounds, as the Seattle Storm entered the WNBA Olympics intermission with an easy 83-64 over the injury-riddled Mercury Thursday night in Phoenix. After a slow start as the No. 2 pick in the draft from the University of Tennessee,