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| Mariners try for seventh straight win over A's |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The Seattle Mariners shoot for their seventh straight win over the Oakland Athletics tonight when the AL West foes start a three-game set at Safeco Field. These teams met earlier in the season at Oakland, where the Mariners completed a three-game sweep. Seattle also swept the A's at Safeco to end last season. The Mariners enter tonight's contest surprisingly alone atop the AL West standings after an impressive April that saw them go 13-9 just one year removed from losing 101 games and finish |
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| Streaking Angels visit Yankees |
MLB Baseball |
04/30/2009 |
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| geles tonight will be 23-year-old right-hander Anthony Ortega, who suffered the loss in his first major league start on Saturday. Ortega, the Angels minor league pitcher of the year in 2008, surrendered five runs and five hits in five innings to the Seattle Mariners in his team's 9-8 loss. Meanwhile, after a four-game losing streak, which included a sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees have responded with consecutive wins, managing 19 runs in the final two games of their three-game set with the |
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| Can Mariners be this year's Rays? |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - A lot of people, including yours truly, thought the Seattle Mariners were going to win the AL West title last season. The Mariners were surprisingly in it for much of the 2007 campaign before fading in September. They pulled off a blockbuster trade prior to start of '08, bringing in ace left-hander Erik Bedard, as well as signing right-handed starter Carlos Silva to shore up the rotation. Not to mention they still had Ichiro Suzuki and one of the best closers in the game in J.J. Putz, who wa |
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| Bedard goes for M's in Windy City finale |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Erik Bedard will attempt to extend a personal string of quality starts when the left-hander takes the mound for the Seattle Mariners in this afternoon's finale of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox from U.S. Cellular Field. Bedard is one of the reasons why the surprising Mariners currently stand atop the American League West standings with a 13-8 record. The 30-year-old has compiled a 2-1 record and an excellent 2.08 earned run average over his first four starts of 2009, and has |
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| Let's play two: Pale Hose, Mariners set for doubleheader |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners will start their three-game set a day later, as the two teams square off in a doubleheader tonight at U.S. Cellular Field. This series was initially slated to begin on Monday, but the scheduled opener was postponed due to rain. Both teams enter the twinbill off losses on Sunday. The Mariners had a three- game win streak come to an end with an 8-0 setback to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, while Chicago suffered its third defeat in four games afte |
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| Orioles, Eaton welcome Angels to Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2009 |
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| e was tagged for three runs on three hits with two walks while recording just two outs in the sixth inning. Meanwhile, in Anaheim on Sunday, Howie Kendrick went 3-for-5 with a homer and finished with a career-high four RBI, as the Angels crushed the Seattle Mariners, 8-0, to salvage the finale of a three-game set at Angel Stadium. Gary Matthews and Bobby Abreu both had two hits and an RBI for the Angels, who won just their third game in nine tries. Torii Hunter went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, whil |
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| American League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| d Purcey (0-2) was roughed up for six runs on eight hits and three walks over five innings for the Blue Jays, who had won four of five coming in. Seattle at Chicago, postponed Chicago, IL (Worldwide Gamble) - Monday's series opener between the upstart Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field has been postponed because of rain. The game will be made up on Tuesday as part of a doubleheader beginning at 5:05 (et). Seattle rookie Chris Jakubauskas (1-2) and Chicago's Bartolo Colon (1-1) will start |
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| Mariners/White Sox rained out; DH Tuesday |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (Worldwide Gamble) - Monday's series opener between the upstart Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field has been postponed because of rain. The game will be made up on Tuesday as part of a doubleheader beginning at 5:05 (et). Seattle rookie Chris Jakubauskas (1-2) and Chicago's John Danks (2-0) were slated to start on Monday for the opener of the three-game set. The Mariners are a perfect 6-0 in the first game of a series this season, outscoring the opposition 32-15 in those conte |
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| Mariners make Windy City stop to take on White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The AL West-leading Seattle Mariners will resume a six-game road trip tonight with the first of three straight games against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field. Seattle will attempt to get back in the win column after having its three-game winning streak come to an end with Sunday's 8-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in the finale of a three-game series. Jose Lopez had two of the five hits for Seattle, which is 2-1 on the trek and got a rough outing from starter Jarrod Washburn. Wash |
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| Kendrick knocks in four as Angels shut out M's |
MLB Baseball |
04/26/2009 |
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| Anaheim, CA (Worldwide Gamble) - Howie Kendrick went 3-for-5 with a homer and finished with a career-high four RBI, as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim crushed the Seattle Mariners, 8-0, to salvage the finale of a three-game set at Angel Stadium. Gary Matthews and Bobby Abreu both had two hits and an RBI for the Angels, who won just their third game in nine tries. Torii Hunter went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Juan Rivera had a solo homer. Jered Weaver (2-1) took the win as he hurled seven inn |
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