Author: SPNW Staff

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Baseball’s annual amateur draft is Monday, with the Seattle Mariners holding the No. 3 overall pick behind the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. The consensus of most of mock drafts (yes, they even have them for amateur baseball players), is that Seattle will select a catcher, probably Mike Zunino of the University of Florida, who

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Another game against Los Angeles. Another blown lead for Seattle. The Storm coughed up an opportunity for a gritty win Sunday night against the Sparks, its fourth defeat in five games. This time it was Nneka Ogwumike who administered the clincher, dropping an awkward, mid-range one-handed runner with under two seconds remaining to send the Sparks

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The Seattle Mariners mustered just five hits while falling victim to a complete-game performance from Chris Sale in a 4-2 loss Sunday afternoon against the Chicago White Sox. Sale improved to 7-2 by striking out eight as the White Sox took two of three games from the Mariners at U.S. Cellular Field. After looking re-energized

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Game: Seattle Storm (1-3) at Los Angeles Sparks (4-1)  When: 5:30 p.m. Sunday  Where: The Staples Center  Meeting: third (Parks lead 2-0)  TV: Kong 6/16 The Storm will try to build off an encouraging home win when it begins a season-long five-game road trip Sunday against the Los Angeles Sparks.  Meeting for the third time

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