News Category: Seattle Mariners

Soaring Mariners open long road trip at Cleveland

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The Seattle Mariners look to continue their winning ways on Tuesday when they begin a nine-game road trip with the opener of a three-game series versus the host Cleveland Guardians. The Mariners recorded their third series sweep of the season with a 5-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. The win was the 16th in the last 21 games for Seattle, which resides a season-high 12 games over .500. “We’re playing good ball right

Surging Mariners aim for sweep against Rangers

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The team with the largest divisional lead in the American League might come as a surprise. That team, the Seattle Mariners, extended their edge over the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers to 7 1/2 games in the AL West with a 7-5 victory Saturday night. The Mariners will attempt to sweep the three-game series in Seattle on Sunday afternoon. “It’s not going to be easy,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said of tracking down the

Mariners aim to put ‘points on the board’ in rematch vs. Rangers

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A look at the Seattle Mariners’ lineup in Friday night’s 3-2 win over the visiting Texas Rangers doesn’t exactly reveal the return of Murderers’ Row. The Mariners are 28th in the majors in batting average (.221), tied for 25th in on-base percentage (.299), and 24th in runs (276). Seattle will look to squeeze out enough runs on Saturday in the second contest of a three-game series vs. Texas. “We play a lot of close games,”

Mariners turn to ace Luis Castillo in opener vs. Rangers

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With the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers coming to Seattle for a three-game series starting Friday night, the Mariners decided to shuffle their starting rotation. Instead of throwing ace Luis Castillo (5-7, 3.35 ERA) in the finale of a four-game series against the lowly Chicago White Sox, they called up youngster Emerson Hancock to make a spot start Thursday. That pushed back all of Seattle’s rotation members so that the team’s Nos. 1-3 pitchers

After 10th-inning heroics, Mariners seek sweep vs. woeful White Sox

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Pinch-hitting might be a dying art, but Seattle’s Mitch Haniger and the Chicago White Sox’s Luis Robert Jr. showed Wednesday night it’s not completely lost. Robert hit a leadoff homer in the ninth inning and Haniger brought home the winning run in the 10th as the Mariners won 2-1. The American League West-leading Mariners, winners of four straight, will go after a sweep of the four-game series Thursday night in Seattle. The White Sox, who

Mariners’ Cal Raleigh aims to come up clutch again vs. White Sox

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When the Seattle Mariners need a clutch hit, there’s no doubt who they want stepping to the plate. But the answer might surprise some. Cal Raleigh had the winning hit for a second consecutive game as the Mariners defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 4-3 Tuesday night. The four-game series continues Wednesday night in Seattle. Raleigh hit a walk-off grand slam as the Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit to win the series opener 8-4

Drew Thorpe set to debut for struggling White Sox in Seattle

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Sometimes, even the manager needs to take one for the team. When Seattle’s Cal Raleigh struck out on a called third strike with the bases loaded in the eighth inning Monday, he turned and started jawing with plate umpire Chris Guccione. Mariners manager Scott Servais darted out of the dugout to get between Raleigh and Guccione and was ejected for his efforts. The move paid off an inning later when Raleigh got another chance with

Mariners happy to return home to face White Sox

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The Seattle Mariners bid good riddance to Kansas City. Despite prevailing 6-5 in 10 innings Sunday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep against the Royals, the Mariners gladly boarded a flight home. They’ll open a four-game series against the lowly Chicago White Sox on Monday night. “It was wild like they always are here in Kansas City,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Ton of credit to our guys. This is a tough place for us

Mariners out to stop Royals’ hit parade

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The Kansas City Royals are resilient. Every time the visiting Seattle Mariners scored Saturday afternoon, the Royals came back with runs in the bottom of the inning. Adam Frazier homered, and Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Isbel added two-run doubles in Kansas City’s 8-4 victory. The Royals, who rallied from an eight-run deficit for a 10-9 decision in the series opener, will go for a three-game home sweep Sunday afternoon. “Guys seem to be putting together

Mariners aim to shake off collapse against Royals

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No lead is safe for the Seattle Mariners when they play in Kansas City. The Royals rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat the Mariners 10-9 on Friday. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a game-tying triple with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and then scored the winning run on Nelson Velazquez’s fielder’s choice after the Mariners intentionally walked the bases loaded. The teams will continue their three-game series on Saturday. “It was