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Athletics vs. Mariners – Game Recap – May 25, 2022 – ESPN
SEATTLE — — Lower than two months into the season, the Seattle Mariners are rapidly trending towards irrelevance in a season that began with expectations of ending the longest playoff drought within the main leagues.
Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus each homered off reigning AL Cy Younger Award winner Robbie Ray and the Oakland Athletics beat Seattle 4-2 on Wednesday, dropping the Mariners into final place within the AL West.
Oakland took two of three within the sequence and leapfrogged the Mariners within the division standings. Whereas it’s nonetheless solely 45 video games into the season, Seattle (18-27) has misplaced eight of 10 and 20 of the previous 27 video games.
“We’re not enjoying good baseball. We all know that,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais stated. “We now have to make some changes right here and it must occur fast.”
Ray tied his season excessive with 10 strikeouts, however allowed a house run for the fifth straight begin. Brown was the primary to get to Ray with a solo shot within the fourth inning. Brown entered the day with one hit all season in opposition to left-handed pitchers, however doubled off Ray in his first at-bat and adopted the subsequent time up along with his third house run.
“Seth and I talked about being aggressive in opposition to Robbie,” Oakland supervisor Mark Kotsay stated. “I felt Robbie was going to problem him with fastballs and Seth put two good swings on two heaters.”
Andrus added a two-run homer within the sixth, his first this season. Andrus hit a towering fly ball that off the bat seemed to be an ordinary fly out however didn’t cease carrying till left-fielder Jesse Winker ran out of room on the wall.
Ray was aggravated that what seemed to be an out left the yard.
“That’s a pop up. That’s all I can say. I imply, it’s simply thoughts boggling,” Ray stated. “I can perceive beating a man and him getting successful, however beat a man and he takes you out of the yard is simply tremendous irritating.”
Luis Barrera added a two-out RBI single within the ninth inning.
Ray (4-5) pitched out of bother with key strikeouts within the second and fifth innings with runners at third base. He’s struck out not less than eight in 4 straight begins, however is the primary Seattle pitcher this season with 10 house runs allowed.
“He bought large outs. He stored us proper there and that’s all you may ask when you’re beginning pitcher,” Servais stated. “However offensively we simply did not get something going as we speak.”
Oakland’s Paul Blackburn stored up his robust begin to the season regardless of management points. Blackburn (5-0) allowed one hit over 5 1/3 innings earlier than giving approach to the Oakland bullpen. Blackburn’s day was lower quick resulting from walks, giving up a career-high 5, however lowered his ERA to 1.70.
Dany Jiménez was the final of 4 relievers pitching the ninth to stay good in 10 save probabilities.
“5 walks is clearly unacceptable, however on the flip facet of that, one hit,” Blackburn stated. “My stuff was was enjoying nicely as we speak. Although I walked 5 guys was capable of nonetheless create mushy contact and maintain them from advancing runners, protecting them from scoring.”
J.P. Crawford had Seattle’s solely hit off Blackburn with a single within the second inning. Luis Torrens had a two-out RBI single within the seventh inning that scored Dylan Moore, and Ty France singled and scored on Zach Jackson’s wild pitch with two outs within the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: OF Ramón Laureano was set to make his return after getting hit on the hand final weekend in opposition to the Angles, however was a late scratch. Laureano was within the authentic beginning lineup in proper area however Oakland made a late swap and Barrera began in his place.
Kotsay stated Laureano did not really feel prepared after hitting within the cage pregame and determined he’d solely be utilized in a pinch-hit function if wanted late within the sport.
UP NEXT
Athletics: RHP Frankie Montas (2-4, 3.55) will begin the opener of a four-game sequence in Texas. Montas left his final begin after 1 2/3 innings after getting hit on the hand by a line drive. Montas has misplaced three straight choices.
Mariners: After a break day, Seattle opens a three-game sequence with Houston on Friday. RHP Chris Flexen (1-6, 4.98) will begin the opener. After pitching nicely however getting little run assist to open the season, Flexen has struggled permitting 14 earned runs in his previous three begins.
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The Seattle Seahawks have been among the most active teams throughout the 2025 NFL offseason, but there’s no guarantee that any of their moves will pan out. If anything, those around the league aren’t sure what to make of the new-look Seahawks.
While the defense should be better this season, their offense is a total mystery due to the many new faces. The team added three new quarterbacks, totally revamped its wide receiver room and selected an offensive lineman in the first round of the draft.
Is quarterback Sam Darnold an upgrade over Geno Smith? Will Cooper Kupp make up for the loss of DK Metcalf at wide receiver? Did Seattle do enough to fix its offensive line?
Obviously, no one can answer these questions until the season kicks off, but Pro Football Focus handed out offseason grades to all 32 teams. The Seahawks earned a “B” grade for their 2025 offseason haul.
“Hiring Klint Kubiak as offensive coordinator was a good move, as his work in New Orleans under unideal circumstances was encouraging,” wrote PFF’s Trevor Sikkema. “He fits right into a lot of the strengths of Seattle’s roster, especially with deploying a zone rushing attack.
PFF considered the switch from Smith to Darnold, another former NFL journeyman, to be a “net negative,” but praised the team’s changes at wide receiver.
“The Seahawks subbed in Sam Darnold for Geno Smith, which appears to be a net negative,” Sikkema continued. “They did well to swap their offensive weapons, switching D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett for Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. I also like their defensive additions of DeMarcus Lawrence and Nick Emmanwori.”
The quarterback decision will ultimately determine whether the offseason was a success for Seattle. The Seahawks will have to prove that giving up Smith for a late-Day 2 pick and replacing him with Darnold following one productive season in Minnesota was the right move.
In a way, the team hedged its bet on Darnold by drafting Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe in the third round. If Darnold starts seeing ghosts in the pocket, Milroe gives Seattle a more mobile option for this season and beyond.
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With their first-round pick, they addressed their most glaring need by drafting offensive lineman Grey Zabel. Over the next two rounds, they added a trio of intriguing players with rare athletic traits: versatile safety Nick Emmanwori, field-stretching tight end Elijah Arroyo and dual-threat quarterback Jalen Milroe.
And in the later rounds, they grabbed several potential value picks in defensive lineman Rylie Mills, wide receiver Tory Horton, running back Damien Martinez and wideout Ricky White III.
The high marks for Seattle’s draft class were further reflected in a recent article by The Athletic’s Mike Sando, who spoke to NFL team executives to gain their perspectives on opposing teams’ drafts.
“The top of the draft was really good for them,” one executive said, according to Sando. “They got three of the better players in the whole draft.”
But despite that, there was one criticism.
“The catch: Seattle targeted non-premium positions with its first three picks,” Sando wrote.
As Sando mentioned, the Seahawks’ first three picks were a guard, a safety and a tight end. And in terms of salaries, those three positions are typically on the lower half of the spectrum in terms of salaries.
That prompted Seattle Sports’ Mike Salk to ask NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah whether he thinks it’s an issue that the Seahawks spent their first three picks on non-premium positions.
“I don’t think so, because I don’t think they forced it,” said Jeremiah, a former NFL scout, to Brock and Salk. “… You can go in there with a plan in place (to) address the premium positions. But if it falls a certain way, you get in trouble when you’re trying to just force it and jam it in there.
“At the end of the day, the goal is to have blue (chip) players. You want to have elite players scattered across your roster. And depending on who you talk to, they’ll tell you, we need to have eight to 12 blue-caliber players – guys that could be considered in the top 10 of their position in the NFL.
“So if you can get one of those elite players at one of those non-premium positions – (especially) in a draft like the one we just had (with limited blue-chip prospects) – that’s just doing it smart, in my opinion.”
Listen to the full conversation with NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah at this link or in the audio player at the bottom of this story. Tune in to Brock and Salk weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.
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Guard Serena Sundell, the younger sister of the Seahawks offensive lineman Jalen Sundell, was among a trio of players waived by the Seattle Storm on Monday.
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The Storm also cut 2024 third-rounder Mackenzie Holmes and Brianna Fraser as they appear to have set their roster for the start 2025 season, which begins with a road matchup Saturday against the Phoenix Mercury.
Serena Sundell, a 2025 third-round pick out of Kansas State University, led the nation with 7.3 assists per game and set Kansas State’s program record with 262 assists last season. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged 14.1 points and 4.4 rebounds. She was a two-time All-Big 12 selection and named as an AP All-American honorable mention this past season.
With Sundell being waived, none of the Storm’s three third-round picks from the 2025 draft made the roster. The team waived guards Jordan Hobbs and Madison Conner last week.
Holmes, a 6-foot-3 forward, missed all of last season while recovering from surgery on her left knee. The former Indiana University standout was a two-time All-American with the Hoosiers. She averaged 17.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks during a decorated five-year career at Indiana.
Fraser, a 6-foot-3 forward, was a McDonald’s High School All-American in 2015 before playing four seasons at Maryland. She’s played for multiple professional teams overseas and participated in training camps for the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun but hasn’t appeared in a WNBA regular season game.
The Storm’s roster is now down to a league-minimum 11 players. That includes forward Katie Lou Samuelson, who is out for the season with a torn ACL. General manager Talisa Rhea told reporters last month she expects the team to start the season with 11 players.
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