Mariners
Will Ichiro remain in 3-hole for Mariners?
ARLINGTON, Tex. -- The Chone Figgins experiment lasted 24 games, and on Tuesday manager Eric Wedge was asked a familiar question -- how long will Ichiro Suzuki remain the Seattle Mariners No. 3 hitter?
Date: 05/30/2012 | Sports
M's snap losing streak
Mariners beat Rangers 10-3 to end five-game losing skid
Date: 05/29/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Ackley sits against Rangers' Harrison
ARLINGTON, Tex. -- Eric Wedge knows Dustin Ackley is part of the Seattle Mariners future, likes him in the leadoff spot but can also read the numbers.On Monday, those numbers kept Ackley out of the starting lineup against Texas left-hander Matt Harrison.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Sports
Mariners lose fifth straight
Napoli's 3-run homer lifts Rangers to 4-2 win over Seattle
Date: 05/28/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Wedge praises Smoak
SEATLE -- Justin Smoak's importance to the Seattle Mariners' offense has never been questioned. The big first baseman was acquired from the Texas Rangers in the Cliff Lee trade to be the middle of the order presence the team desperately needed.
Date: 05/27/2012 | Sports
Mariners' League loses closer job
SEATTLE — The month of May hasn't been merry for Seattle Mariners closer Brandon League the past two seasons, and for the second time in as many years, he'll be taking a break from the ninth inning.
Date: 05/26/2012 | Sports
Ex-Mariner testifies at Clemens trial
WASHINGTON -- Former Seattle Mariners first baseman David Segui said he was told as far back as 2001 that Roger Clemens' strength coach had kept evidence against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Sports
Judge: Ex-Mariner can testify in Clemens case
WASHINGTON -- The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury case ruled Thursday that the government can call former major leaguer David Segui and another man to testify about conversations they had with Clemens' chief accuser, Brian McNamee.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Sports
Liddi slamming; Sigi soul searching. Recapping a long day in SODO
Obviously I'm biased since sports are, well, my job, but days like Wednesday, which saw two professional sports teams play one block and a few hours apart, are pretty darn cool. Sure there are traffic concerns, which are a big talking point now that discussions are underway to build a basketball...
Date: 05/23/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
Who will Mariners release to make room for Olivo?
SEATTLE -- Miguel Olivo is returning to the Seattle Mariners sometime in the next few days, which means someone on the 25-man roster will have to come off.The candidates: rookie Alex Liddi, outfielder Casper Wells and 25th man-on-the-roster Chone Figgins.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Sports
Ex-Mariner may testify at Clemens' trial
WASHINGTON -- Former Seattle Mariners first baseman David Segui is on the verge of having to testify in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, even though he doesn't want to.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Sports
Mariners slam Rangers
Alex Liddi's grand slam lifts Seattle to a 5-3 victory
Date: 05/23/2012 | Sports
M's win streak ends
Rangers beat Mariners 3-1 to snap Seattle's 4-game win streak
Date: 05/22/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: No timetable for Gutierrez's return
SEATTLE -- Franklin Gutierrez stood in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse Tuesday, and as he discussed his latest injury, teammates feigned surprise at his presence."Who's that?" Felix Hernandez said sarcastically. "Is that Guti? Wow."
Date: 05/23/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Jaso slowly earning Wedge's trust
SEATTLE -- The process of John Jaso becoming a viable candidate for an every day catching position with the Seattle Mariners continued on Monday.
Date: 05/22/2012 | Sports
Mariners beat Rangers
Hernandez allows one run in eight innings as Seattle wins 6-1
Date: 05/21/2012 | Sports
A must-see Mariners game? Yu betcha
Wow, how was that for a cheesy headline?But the point remains, in a season full of nondescript baseball games (the M's sure have played a lot of those in recent years, haven't they?) tonight's matchup between the Mariners and Rangers stands out as one worth watching.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
Mariners notes: Ryan raises average 40 points -- to .165
DENVER -- Eric Wedge had a clear, simple answer when asked Sunday what he'd seen at the plate from shortstop Brendan Ryan, who had four hits in his last three games."He had good balance and seemed to see the ball better," Wedge said.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Sports
Mariners sweep Rockies
Montero, Smoak hit back-to-back HRs in Seattle's 6-4 victory
Date: 05/20/2012 | Sports
Mariners win second straight
Vargas shuts down Rockies as Seattle wins 10-3
Date: 05/19/2012 | Sports
Millwood throws a gem
Veteran pitches a two-hitter in Mariners' 4-0 victory
Date: 05/18/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Team wants up-close look at Olivo
CLEVELAND -- There's been a change in plan with Seattle Mariners catcher Miguel Olivo, who will join the team today in Denver before a three-game series against Colorado.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Sports
M's bullpen collapses
Seattle relievers blow leads in the eighth and the 11th
Date: 05/17/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: No. 2,000 for Millwood
CLEVELAND -- Veteran Kevin Millwood hit a pitching milestone in New York -- his 2,000th career strike out -- which led to a discussion Wednesday on what to do to commemorate the occasion."I saved the ball," he said.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Sports
Indians pound Felix, win 9-3
Hernandez allows 10 hits and six earned run in 3 2/3 innings
Date: 05/16/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: ESPN foils Ryan's plans
BOSTON -- Brendan Ryan didn't start at shortstop Tuesday -- Munenori Kawasaki did -- which meant Ryan had time to turn his attention to other things before the game.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Sports
Bosox blank Mariners 5-0
Beckett, Hill, Aceves combine to hold Seattle to four hits
Date: 05/15/2012 | Sports
Old-fashioned baseball: Mariners take the train
BOSTON -- Felix Hernandez has a hobby some of his Seattle Mariners teammates enjoy more than others -- on every bus he rides, he likes to honk the horn.
Date: 05/15/2012 | Sports
Mariners fall to Red Sox
Lester pitches complete game as Bosox beats Seattle 6-1
Date: 05/14/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Ichiro back to leadoff?
NEW YORK -- Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge has defended players and chided them this season, tried to motivate them and moved them up and down his lineup.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Sports
M's spoil Pettitte's return
Millwood pitches seven innings as Seattle beats Yankees 6-2
Date: 05/13/2012 | Sports
Yankees top Mariners
New York wins 6-2 for second straight victory over Seattle
Date: 05/12/2012 | Sports
Mariners Notes: Montero popular in New York
NEW YORK -- Rookie Jesus Montero isn't a man whose day-to-day quotes fill notebooks, but the media was waiting for him in gaggles -- writers, television crews, radio folk -- when he arrived at Yankee Stadium.
Date: 05/12/2012 | Sports
Yankees rough up Felix
Ex-Mariner Ibanez hits three-run HR off his former teammate
Date: 05/11/2012 | Sports
Mariners' Mr. Clutch
Jaso credits success to a more relaxed approach at the plate
Date: 05/11/2012 | Sports
Pettitte says he's ready to face M's
NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte is all set -- to spend time with the Yankees in the clubhouse, to sit on the bench with his teammates, to warm up in the bullpen.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Wedge has confidence in Smoak
SEATTLE -- Justin Smoak remained in the Seattle Mariners lineup on Wednesday despite having gone 2-for-17 during the team's home stand and batting only .178 this season.If fans are asking why, manager Eric Wedge has an answer.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Sports
Vargas tames Tigers
Left-hander allows 1 run, 5 hits in 8 innings as M's win 2-1
Date: 05/09/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Beavan might not miss next start
SEATTLE -- The imprint of baseball stitching lingers on the right elbow of Seattle Mariners pitcher Blake Beavan.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Sports
Mets beats Phillies 7-4, win fourth straight
PHILADELPHIA — In their latest comeback win, the New York Mets got some help from the opposition.Lucas Duda had a tiebreaking, two-out RBI single in the seventh and the New York took advantage of Philadelphia's defensive blunder, beating the Phillies 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Sports
Mariners P Blake Beavan hopeful he'll make his next start
Mariners pitcher Blake Beavan grew up in Texas, so naturally, the guy played a little football before it became apparent that his future was in baseball. So when a Miguel Cabrera line drive hit him in the elbow Monday, forcing him out of the game, Beavan hardly enjoyed the experience, but it wasn't...
Date: 05/08/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
Mariners rally in ninth
Seattle scores 3 in bottom of 9th to beat Tigers 3-2
Date: 05/07/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Winning lightens mood in clubhouse
SEATTLE -- Saturday night's 7-0 win over the Minnesota Twins ended a season-high seven-game losing streak for the Mariners, and more than one player said it's much more enjoyable riding a winning streak, even if it is just for two games.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Sports
Learning on the job
M's Jesus Montero getting more opportunities behind the plate
Date: 05/07/2012 | Sports
Mariners win second straight
Montero, Carp lead Seattle to 5-2 win over Twins
Date: 05/06/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Kelley called up, Ramirez sent down
The Mariners recalled right-handed pitcher Shawn Kelley from Class AAA Tacoma before Saturday night's game against the Minnesota Twins.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Sports
M's snap 7-game losing streak
Felix allows one hit in 8 innings as Mariners beat Twins 7-0
Date: 05/05/2012 | Sports
Dustin Ackley is Mariners new leadoff hitter, Figgins to the bench
Dustin Ackley will bat leadoff for the Mariners today, and also for most days in the foreseeable future. Prior to the Mariners first game back home after a 10-game road trip, manager Eric Wedge announced what seemed inevitable at some point--that Chone Figgins will no longer be the team's regular...
Date: 05/04/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
Mariners notes: Smoak dropped to 7th in lineup
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There may be no one in the Seattle Mariners organization who believes more in Justin Smoak than his manager, but on Wednesday Eric Wedge changed Smoak's role.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Sports
Mariners lose fifth straight
Seattle batters strike out 14 times in 5-4 loss to Rays
Date: 05/02/2012 | Sports
M's lose 4th in a row
Rays beat Mariners 3-1 for their ninth victory in 10 games
Date: 05/01/2012 | Sports
Mariners place Olivo on 15-day DL, call up Carp
The Mariners not only lost to Tampa Bay in extra innings Monday, they lost their starting catcher, Miguel Olivo, for at least a couple of weeks.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
Mariner notes: Light comes on for Saunders
ST. PETERSBURG -- Michael Saunders has played himself into being more than a fill-in center fielder in the absence of Franklin Gutierrez -- he's impressed Seattle fans and their manager.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Sports
Discuss Mariners' lows and highs with author
Mariners fans or foes can talk about the Seattle team and its ups and downs with Jon Wells, author of "Shipwrecked: A People's History of the Seattle Mariners" at three area book signings.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Life
Mariners notes: Sherrill to have 'Tommy John' surgery
TORONTO -- Left-handed reliever George Sherrill never seemed to find a comfort zone in spring training with the Seattle Mariners, who now know why."George will have surgery (May 4)," manager Eric Wedge said Sunday. "There's a lot going on in that elbow."
Date: 04/30/2012 | Sports
Blue Jays strand Mariners
Seattle loses 7-2, goes 0-14 with runners in scoring position
Date: 04/29/2012 | Sports
Mariners notebook: Kawasaki sings for Wedge
TORONTO -- The Seattle Mariners are fairly certain Munenori Kawasaki is a character, though not positive because while he rarely shuts up, few teammates know what he's saying.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Sports
Mariners' win streak ends
Blue Jays win 7-0 to snap Seattle's 4-game winning streak
Date: 04/28/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Gutierrez has a new ailment
TORONTO -- The update on ailing center fielder Franklin Gutierrez was a good-news, bad-news report, and the bottom line was there is no way to know when he'll return to the Seattle Mariners.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Fister proud to be a Tiger
DETROIT -- Quite a bit has happened since Doug Fister was traded to the Detroit Tigers last July -- for both Fister, his new team and his old one, the Seattle Mariners.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Sports
Mariners rout Tigers 9-1
Felix allows 1 run in 7 innings; Ackley has 3 hits, 3 RBI
Date: 04/25/2012 | Sports
Pineda out for the year
Torn labrum ends former Mariner's first season in New York
Date: 04/25/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: Wilhelmsen has reunion with Fielder
DETROIT -- Tom Wilhelmsen and Prince Fielder had a pre-game reunion Tuesday, the first time the two had encountered each other on the field in years.The Mariners reliever and Tigers first baseman were teammates on Miluwakee's Class A team in Beloit.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Sports
Changes in the air?
Mariners skipper losing patience with his struggling team
Date: 04/24/2012 | Sports
Mariner notes: The day after the perfect game
The day afterBefore the Mariners were set to play the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon, Seattle manager Eric Wedge had to address what happened on Saturday when Chicago starter Phil Humber threw the 21st perfect game in major league history.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Sports
Mariners lose fourth straight
White Sox complete three-game sweep, beat Seattle 7-4
Date: 04/22/2012 | Sports
Lillibridge is patiently waiting
Ex-Jackson High star looks for more playing time with Chisox
Date: 04/22/2012 | Sports
Mariners notes: Iwakuma, Ramirez get day off
Iwakuma, Ramirez get day of restMariners relief pitchers Erasmo Ramirez and Hisashi Iwakuma both received a day off on Saturday after pitching long relief in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Date: 04/22/2012 | Sports
Emotional day for Humber
White Sox pitches 21st perfect game in major league history
Date: 04/22/2012 | Sports
Shields, Upton lead Rays to win over Twins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — James Shields was impressive, again.Shields carried a three-hitter into the ninth inning, B.J. Upton had a key two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Saturday night.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Sports
Phillies' Lee goes on 15-day disabled list
SAN DIEGO Three days after pitching 10 shutout innings, Cliff Lee was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a left oblique strain. The Phillies believe Lee may only miss a few starts, but his status is largely uncertain.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Sports
The development of Jesus Montero, the catcher
Jesus Montero is behind the plate tonight for the Mariners, his fourth start this season as a catcher rather than a designated hitter. When Montero came to Seattle in a trade with the Yankees, plenty of baseball experts were quick to say that his future was not as a catcher despite that being his...
Date: 04/20/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
From EvCC to the majors
Indians' Cunningham has fond memories of playing for Trojans
Date: 04/18/2012 | Sports
Mariners offering free tickets as a make-good for opening day concession mess
One of the unfortunate experiences for Mariners fans who attended Friday's home-opener--well aside from the 4-0 loss--was the huge lines at concession stands, which resulted from a software system crash.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Seattle Sidelines
'The best job ever'
Clinton woman has second career as concierge at Safeco Field
Date: 04/17/2012 | Sports
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