SEATTLE – How do you get back to a place in the Major League Baseball playoffs where you haven’t been in more than two decades?You get contributions from nearly every single person on your roster — expected or unexpected, star player or bench player, starting pitcher or leverage reliever — to fight your way through 15 grueling innings of ulcer-inducing baseball where the … [Read more...] about Mariners advance to ALCS after wild 15-inning marathon win over Tigers
Jacob Thorpe: Jorge Polanco etches name in Mariners history on walkoff made possible by lights out pitching
SEATTLE – Edgar. Griffey. Jorge Polanco.Like the Hall of Famers before him, Jorge Polanco carved his name permanently into the firmament of Mariners lore with extra-inning heroics to send a baseball team that rarely makes the playoffs to the American League Championship Series.Polanco’s ground -ball single gave the Mariners a 3-2 win in the 15th inning of Game 5 of the American … [Read more...] about Jacob Thorpe: Jorge Polanco etches name in Mariners history on walkoff made possible by lights out pitching
Logan Gilbert mirrors Randy Johnson in clutch playoff bullpen outing for Mariners
SEATTLE – In the greatest game in Mariners history, a larger-than-life presence emerged out of the bullpen in the top of the ninth inning in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, and the Kingdome crowd erupted in earsplitting cheers.This was 30 years ago against the New York Yankees in a Game 5 that’s best remembered for what Edgar Martinez would do in the 11th … [Read more...] about Logan Gilbert mirrors Randy Johnson in clutch playoff bullpen outing for Mariners
How Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba put himself on pace to rewrite records
RENTON, Wash. – We’re just about past the “small sample size” portion of the NFL season.The Seahawks have played five of their 17 regular-season games, almost 30%, enough for what might have seemed like a statistical blip to become an emerging trend.In that almost 30% of the season, one thing is becoming increasingly clear – Jaxon Smith-Njigba could be on his way to the … [Read more...] about How Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba put himself on pace to rewrite records
ALDS: Mariners tap George Kirby to start pivotal Game 5 vs. Tigers
The Seattle Mariners decided to go with the starting pitcher that had an extra day of rest over the one with a little more overall experience in Friday’s elimination game at T-Mobile Park.Following a late-afternoon workout with the roof closed on Thursday, Mariners manager Dan Wilson announced that right-hander George Kirby would start Game 5 of the American League Division … [Read more...] about ALDS: Mariners tap George Kirby to start pivotal Game 5 vs. Tigers