In their 35 seasons, the Mariners have been blanked 337 times, but Wednesday’s 1-0 loss to the San Diego Padres was special — for the wrong reason.
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Rookie Erasmo Ramirez, 22, makes his major league debut as a starter as the Mariners seek to avoid the mortification of being swept at home by the worst team in the National League.
The Storm was a bit more competitive, but the outcome was no different on a miserable road trip as the Storm lost in Chicago to the Sky 74-58 Wednesday, thanks to another late-game collapse. The Storm was outscored 20-8 in the final period, including a 16-3 run by the Sky (7-1) after the Storm pulled
Hurt in practice Tuesday, Estrada, Seattle’s leading MLS scorer will have surgery Thursday.
As expected, the Mariners, getting ready for the second of a three-game series with the San Diego Padres, made a series of roster moves Wednesday designed to deal with some injury situations and to shake up a club that scored just 10 runs in the first four games of a nine-game home stand. The Mariners:
Chris Hansen enlisted some heavyweight local investors to back his arena project in Sodo. A rally will be held in Pioneer Square at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The Mariners completed deals for 27 players from the 2012 first-year player draft Wednesday, including eight right-handed pitchers, five left-handed pitchers, one catcher, 10 infielders and three outfielders. The complete list (including the draft round):
Game: Seattle Storm (1-6) at Chicago Sky (6-1) When: 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Where: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill. Meeting: First TV: None The Storm’s path to erasing its worst start in franchise history begins Wednesday night in the Windy City when it takes on the Chicago Sky. After dropping six of its first seven games, Seattle