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Mariners' offense suddenly finds its footing

Midway through Tuesday's game against the Rangers in Texas, Mariners watchers were wondering if Seattle would ever hit. Seattle had come off a seven-game homestand in which it played the final six games without getting more than eight hits, then on Monday got just seven hits against the Rangers in a 4-2 loss. Through the seventh inning Tuesday, it was more of the same. Seattle...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  4 hours ago
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Reasons to love the Mariners 21-8 drubbing of Texas

Those are football numbers! The Seattle Mariners came out swinging in Arlington last night, assaulting the Texas Rangers 21-8. That’s right, folks. The Mariners scored 3 touchdowns and the Rangers scored 1 and successfully converted their 2 point conversion! All jokes aside, it was a very impressive performance that hopefully shows that this team is finally making some progress...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  9 hours ago
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Bottom of the Ninth: Out of His League

Seattle Mariners: After surrendering 6 ER and 13 baserunners in 4 appearances, Brandon League is out as the closer in Seattle. His 13/12 K/BB is not going to cut it, and his 7.6% swinging strike rate and career-worst 45.8% zone percentage don’t offer much hope moving forward. However, his trade value is close to zero for the Mariners if he isn’t closing, so he should...
Via Razzball  |  12 hours ago
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Justin Smoak Might Finally be Putting it Together

The Seattle Mariners had high hopes for first baseman Justin Smoak when they acquired him from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Cliff Lee.  At the time, GM Jack Zduriencik turned his back on a deal with the New York Yankees that would have netted Seattle Jesus Montero in exchange for Lee.  However, once the Rangers offered Smoak, Zduriencik spurned the Yankees and dealt Lee to...
Via Rant Sports  |  14 hours ago
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Mariners P earns save in 21-8 win

Mariners reliever Hisashi Iwakuma managed to notch a save Wednesday night despite Seattle whipping the Texas Rangers by a score of 21-8.

Via The Victory Formation  |  16 hours ago
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Delabar to AAA Tacoma Stephen Pryor to the big leagues

Manager Eric Wedge had been looking for a day to rest Ichiro, who came into the day with the most games played in the major leagues this year, 52. Today Ichiro got his day off. And the Mariners scored 21 runs. Kyle Seager, Jesus Montero, and Justin Smoak batted 3,4, and 5. In other news. We're hearing via several sources Source confirms that Stephen Pryor has been called...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  23 hours ago
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Seattle offense explodes while Ichiro gets a day off

As expected, the Seattle Mariners took the field Wednesday without Ichiro Suzuki in right field for the first time this year. Manager Eric Wedge had been looking for a day to rest Ichiro, who came into the day with the most games played in the major leagues this year, 52. Ichiro is the team leader with 57 hits, but with only 17 RBI, the 38-year-old right fielder isn't the...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  23 hours ago
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BP Unfiltered: About 3-, 4-, and 5-run saves by Sam Miller

On Wednesday, Hisashi Iwakuma got his first save in the majors. It doesn't really call for an analysis of his post-save celebration, because it was one of those bastard saves where the pitcher protects a (in this case) 12-run lead by pitching at least the final three innings. Iwakuma's win probability added: 0.02, as he allowed three runs. There are actually three ways...
Via Baseball Prospectus  |  23 hours ago
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Mariners 21, Rangers 8

Justin Smoak hit two three-run homers against his former team and the Seattle Mariners used a pair of early eight-run innings to rout the Texas Rangers for the second straight game, winning 21-8 Wednesday night. Smoak had three hits to go with his career high for RBIs as Seattle reached double digits in back-to-back games against the AL West leaders. Jesus Montero homered among...
Via AP on Fox  |  1 day ago
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Seattle wins football game in Arlington

The Mariners scored 8 runs in the 2nd inning. Everyone thought that was so fun that they did it again in the 3rd inning. So fun. Is my sarcasm coming through? I don’t have any idea where that came from. The 1st inning was good.  Derek Holland got out with less than a dozen pitches.   But then, as soon as they hit the field for the 2nd, it was like the Rangers decided to...
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Seattle Mariners slide into last in A.L. West

The Seattle Mariners were in pretty good shape, having avoided last place in the A.L. West for most of the season hovering near .500 while the Angels got off to a slow start. However, that was until the Angels came into Seattle. In the teams’ first meeting of 2012, the Angels swept four straight from Seattle to catapult the Mariners in the standings. Even with snapping a five...
Via isportsweb.com  |  1 day ago
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Which 5 Mariners are likely to be wearing a different uniform this year

Lets make a deal There is no doubt that now as the season has surpassed the 50 game mark, the Seattle Mariners front office is in overdrive looking for deals to be made to take the next step in the rebuilding process. When it comes to the trade deadline, teams that feel they have a real shot at the playoffs will sacrifice the future of the club for a chance to get their hands on...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  2 days ago
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Brandon League Loses Seattle Closer Job

Brandon League has lost his job as starting closer for Eric Wedge and the Seattle Mariners after blowing three of his last five save chances. League converted 71% of his save opportunities over his nine year career with Seattle and Toronto, with a 3.74 ERA and 1.278 WHIP. One of the knocks against League as a closer has been is relatively light SO/9 rate of 6.6, which limit’...
Via RotoStars.com  |  5 days ago
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League out as Mariners' closer

After his third blown save in the last five save situations, Brandon League is out as closer for the Seattle Mariners. Manager Eric Wedge said Saturday that he will not name a specific closer, but will play matchups late in the game. League will next be used in a non-save situation in order to work himself back toward the closer's role. "We're not going to name a...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  5 days ago
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Seattle Mariners: 1st quarter review

We are now as little over a quarter of the way through the 2012 MLB season, and it’s time for my first quarter review of the Seattle Mariners. The last two seasons the Mariners have ended up in last place in the A.L. West. Has any progress been made in the first quarter of this season? The Mariners currently stand at 21-25, third place in the A.L. West and 6.5 games behind...
Via isportsweb.com  |  7 days ago
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