SEATTLE — The Mariners' struggling hitters spent most of the weekend looking for that elusive big hit to help out a stellar starting pitching staff. On Sunday afternoon, they finally got it. Franklin Gutierrez's seventh-inning seeing-eye single fell just in front of Delmon Young's glove in left field and scored Jose Lopez to tie the [...]
Seattle starters have solid stats Moore a work in progress Worth noting SEATTLE — Mariners reliever Brandon League, a native of Hawaii, was smiling as he left Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's locker after the two had struck a "gentleman's bet" on the outcome of Sunday's Little League World Series championship between the Waipahu team from [...]
Seattle starters have solid stats League loving Little League World Series Worth noting SEATTLE — Catcher Adam Moore sat by his locker on Sunday morning and was joined by bench coach and catching instructor Roger Hansen as well as longtime former Mariner Dan Wilson, who was helping with the TV broadcast of the game. Moore [...]
SEATTLE — All year long, Jason Vargas has been a constant for the Mariners. So has a lack of offense. The former has often been good enough to overcome the latter during a surprising season as a burgeoning staple in the middle of the Seattle rotation, but not on Friday night, when a few mistakes [...]
Draft pick Littlewood visits Safeco Field Saunders' MRI comes back clean Worth noting SEATTLE — Mariners interim manager Daren Brown just toughed out a 12-game road trip in which his team went 6-6. Now they're back home and have 10 games at Safeco Field coming up. He said he and the rest of the team [...]
SEATTLE — Veteran Mariners catcher Josh Bard has been in the wrong place at the wrong time all too often in his big league career. "I have been behind a lot of really good players, so it has been kind of a struggle," he said. Bard has shared playing time with a younger Victor Martinez [...]
BOSTON — Felix Hernandez surrendered his first earned run since Aug. 5, became the fourth pitcher in franchise history to strike out 1,000 batters in his career, and finally reached double digits in wins on Wednesday night. The final hours of a long day were all about Felix, as he guided the Mariners to a [...]
BOSTON — Mariners outfielder Ryan Langerhans almost always catches a baseball that he touches. But one he dropped led to three unearned runs on a wet and windy Monday night at Fenway Park, where the Mariners lost, 6-3, to the Red Sox before a sellout crowd of 37,133. For only the fifth time in his [...]
Left side of infield has new look in Boston Saunders to undergo MRI on Thursday Mariners seeing fluctuation in weather Worth noting BOSTON — There might be some playoff games played at Safeco Field this season after all. With a $30 million renovation project on Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash., scheduled to being on Sept. [...]
NEW YORK — Left-hander Luke French unwittingly played a role in the Yankees tying a franchise record on a wet Sunday afternoon. French surrendered a grand slam to Robinson Cano on the first pitch after issuing an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira in the fifth inning, the Yankees' 10th grand slam of the season. The [...]
