What Went Wrong for Ian Snell Tonight?

***Can you believe that it's almost that time again? Time to think about the upcoming free agent class! We'll be highlighting the pros and cons of signing each free agent and at the end of each piece, we'll make a prediction, albeit a very early prediction, about what each guy could command on the market. Of course, these predictions are subject to change***At the beginning...

Ian Snell's start did not go anywhere near as planned tonight, as he made it through only four outs, but not before he allowed three runs on two hits and six walks. Afterward, he said the anxiety of playing for the first time at Safeco got to him.

Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees had all the right moves this weekend. New York choreographed a four-game sweep over Boston, with the encore taking place Sunday to the tune of a 5-2 victory. Mark Teixeira stole the spotlight in the finale of the series, but for the second time in three days, Alex Rodriguez homered. His last blast gives him 574 HR's for his career , breakin' a tie...

Late-game replacement Ryan Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell into the right-field bleachers for a game-ending, two-run home run and the Seattle Mariners twice rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings on Friday.

The status of Seattle pitcher Erik Bedard and his fraying left shoulder will wait a few more days.

Doug Fister will make his first major league start for the Mariners on Tuesday.

Late-game replacement Ryan Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell into the right-field bleachers for a game-ending, two-run home run and the Seattle Mariners twice rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings on Friday.

Ryan Langerhans hit a game-ending, two-run home run in the 11th inning to beat the Rays 7-6.

7:09 P.M.: Jack Wilson's first chance at Safeco as a Mariner...and he boots it for an error. Pssst...it's not the Mariners. The U.S. Navy Parachute Team "Leap Frogs" just completed an impressive display during the National Anthem, with four parachuists flying into the stadium in succession, the last one carrying the flag. Three landed in the target that was placed...

The Rays are preparing for tonight's game at the end of a busy day, and the lineup has some news too, with B.J. Upton dropped to eighth against Seattle's Felix Hernandez.

Chris Woodward is joining the hottest pennant race in baseball. The veteran infielder, designated for assignment by the Mariners on Tuesday when Adrian Beltre was activated, was claimed off waivers today by the Red Sox. Pitcher Billy Traber was designated for assignment to make room for Woodward, who is well known by Red Sox personnel from his days with the Toronto Blue Jays. Read more...

Russell Branyan broke out of a slump with his first grand slam in six years, Ryan Rowland-Smith rebounded from a shaky start to pitch effectively into the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners rolled over the Tampa Bay Rays 11-2 on Sunday.

  Today the Mariners rocked out.  The onslaught was inspired by a weird cosmic aligning of two.  The Mariners looked dominating in their second win of the series against the reigning AL champs. Rowland-Smith came to play as he held the Rays to two runs over 6 2/3 innings, and picked up his second win of the year. He spun six K’s by way of some kind of regional...

This is a big outing for Ryan Rowland-Smith, who went only four innings his last time out. As we mentioned earlier today, there's a ton of competition heating up in the back end of that Mariners rotation and guys like RRS want to leave an impression.

The Chicago White Sox kick off a key six-game road trip tonight with the first of three consecutive meetings with the Seattle Mariners from Safeco Field.