Managerial eruption follows two-hit shut by Boston journeyman Aaron Cook, who needed only 81 pitches. Mariners have scored five runs in five games of the homestand.
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Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian secured his ticket to the Summer Olympics in London Friday night by winning the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Swimming Trials in Omaha, NB. Racing in a final that included the top five finishers in the event in 2008, Adrian took off and never looked back, clocking 48.10 seconds.
Game: Seattle Storm (6-7) at New York Liberty (4-9) When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey Meeting: First TV: None One of the WNBA’s most balanced scoring teams just added more depth. The Seattle Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova Friday. A forward on the Storm’s 2010 WNBA championship team, Abrosimova will return after
Hernandez “was as good as I’ve seen him,” said Eric Wedge in Mariners’ 1-0 wi Thursday, the sixth time in a row Seattle has held opponents to two runs or less.
Three more athletes with connections to the state of Washington, pole vaulter Brad Walker, distance runner Bernard Lagat and discus thrower Jarred Rome, qualified Thursday night for the London Olympic Games, Walker by winning the U.S. Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Lagat and Rome by finishing second in their respective events.
Washington’s freshman star will have a seat on the bench of a good Grizzlies team as he works on his offensive game.
Former University of Washington pole vaulter Brad Walker (2000-04) won the U.S. Olympic Trials Thursday night at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR, qualifying for the London Olympic Games. Another ex-Husky, Scott Roth, finished third, but will not go to London because he had not previously achieved an Olympic qualifying standard.
Losers of six consecutive series and 12 of 17 games since the six-pitcher no-hitter, the Mariners draw the Red Sox and their many annoying fans for four at Safeco.
A 3-2 winner over Oakland Tuesday thanks to a single by .182-hitting Brendan Ryan, the Mariners try to close the gap in the taut battle for third in the AL West with a nooner Wednesday.
The Seattle Sounders ended one streak and kept another alive Tuesday night. Winless in their last seven games (0-4-3), the Sounders continued their U.S. Open Cup dominance with a 1-0 quarterfinals victory over MLS rival San Jose (10-3-3) at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Seattle is vying for a record fourth consecutive Cup championship.