The Mariners (18-24) exploded for 14 hits while Jason Vargas scattered three runs in seven innings as manager Eric Wedge’s club took a step towards salvaging their road trip with a 10-3 win on a soggy Saturday afternoon against the hapless Colorado Rockies (15-24) at Coors Field. While Wedge was happy with the way Vargas
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Thumped, bumped and outplayed for great stretches, the Sounders nevertheless escaped Vancouver with a 2-2 draw with the Whitecaps Saturday afternoon, thanks to a masterful goal by Fredy Montero in the 90th minute. The play began with a strong kick from goalie Bryan Meredith to the head of Eddie Johnson, who moved it to Montero
Following the sparkling game Friday from Kevin Millwood, Jason Vargas, who has an 18.00 ERA at Coors Field, will try to make it two in a row.
At 37, Kevin Millwood was presumed to be a stopgap in the rotation. Turns out he’s a stopper. Millwood pitched the Mariners’ first complete game of the season, a two-hit shutout in the highest-scoring park in baseball, Coors Field, and ended the Mariners’ losing streak at four with a 4-0 triumph over Colorado Friday night.
The Sounders and Whitecaps have met 125 times since the inaugural match in 1974. At that time, both clubs were in the North American Soccer League.
The Mariners reached the quarter mark of the season in almost the same statistical position they found themselves in after 40 games in the 2011 season. And 2008.
In the road trip’s seven games, the Mariners have hit .095 (5-for-52) with runners in scoring position. At .079, they will no longer be too drunk to drive. Mariners fans, however, will.
The Storm have been a middling team without their star center, off prepping with Aussie mates for the Olympics. But multiple new faces will start to fill the void Friday against the Sparks.
Cleveland’s Carlos Santana ripped a bases-loaded, walk-off single off closer Brandon League in the bottom of the 11th, giving the Indians a 6-5 victory over the Mariners in a four-hour, seven-minute fiasco in which Seattle first blew a 4-0 lead and then a 5-4 advantage in extra innings. With the loss, their fourth straight, the
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