The Seattle Mariners, based in Seattle, Washington, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League West Division. The Mariners were founded in 1977.
SEATTLE — The Mariners can't have a losing 2009 season, Ken Griffey Jr. can't seem to lose that smooth swing, and Felix Hernandez can't be counted out of the race for the American League Cy Young Award. All three facts came into clear view under the roof at Safeco Field on Tuesday night, with Hernandez, [...]
SEATTLE — The Mariners' turnaround from a 101-loss team in 2008 to a postseason contender for a good portion of 2009 has been one of the bigger surprises in baseball this year. But Don Wakamatsu's success as a Major League manager? According to the Mariners and the visiting Oakland A's, it's no surprise at all. [...]
We are into the final week of the regular season and the Mariners have made great strides in 2009. But much work remains to be done before they can seriously challenge the Angels in the AL West, which some believe is the most balanced division in the Major Leagues. As we head into the offseason, [...]
TORONTO — Left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith was stellar for almost seven innings on Sunday afternoon and the Mariners discovered a way to score runs without putting runners in scoring position. But figuring out how to hold the lead in the late innings remains a dilemma. For the second consecutive game, and the third time on the [...]
TORONTO — The Mariners begin the final week of the season with some unfinished business. While playing well into October for the first time since 2001 is not going to happen, the upcoming three-game series against the Athletics can assure the Mariners of a winning record, and if the six-game homestand goes really well, a [...]
TORONTO — Opportunity kept knocking for the Mariners on Saturday afternoon, but no one answered and it finally left them fit to be tied — and beaten. A season-long habit of leaving runners on base haunted the Mariners more often than usual, costing them a chance to win their 81st game of the season. Instead, [...]
TORONTO — If it's September, left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith must be on a roll. The pride of Newcastle, Australia, makes his next-to-last start of the regular season on Sunday afternoon in the Mariners' series finale against the Blue Jays, gunning for his sixth quality start in his past seven outings. Rowland-Smith is ending this season the [...]
TORONTO — The bruises that several of the Mariners wore on their legs and ankles Friday night indicated just how tough it was to make solid contact on pitches that were darting all over the place. There was a Doc in the house all right — Roy "Doc" Halladay. The Mariners ran into the Blue [...]
TORONTO — The mild-mannered Mariners continue their final road trip of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre working on a streak. Not one player, coach or manager has been ejected, and with only eight games remaining, the chances are good that the Mariners will play an entire season without having anyone kicked [...]
TORONTO — A three-batter sequence in the bottom of the sixth inning on Thursday night put a temporary delay in right-hander Felix Hernandez's pursuit of his 17th victory — and perhaps a much bigger prize at the end of the season. But he regrouped quickly, received a clutch two-run triple from shortstop Josh Wilson in [...]