Seattle, WA
Bryce Miller shuts down Cubs as Seattle Mariners get 4-2 win
SEATTLE, WA – APRIL 12: Starter Bryce Miller #50 of the Seattle Mariners delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Chicago Cubs at T-Mobile Park on April 12, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Stephen Brashear / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Julio Rodríguez delivered a pair of RBIs, Bryce Miller pitched into the seventh inning without allowing an earned run, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Friday night.
It’s the second straight start by Miller without allowing an earned run as he pitched seven scoreless innings against the Milwaukee Brewers last week. Miller allowed three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in his outing against the Cubs.
“Bryce Miller’s on a roll,” manager Scott Servais said. “The addition of the split-finger and some other things he’s added to his repertoire has really paid off and it’s been fun to watch.”
Last season, Miller relied almost entirely on the strength of his fastball. Miller used his four-seam fastball on nearly 60 percent of his pitches last season with a slider as he primary off-speed option. Miller added the splitter this offseason, and it has already become a go-to pitch for Miller.
“Last year if I was getting hit early, it’s like ‘I don’t really know where to go’ and right now I feel like I have options,” Miller said. “If they’re adjusting, I can adjust as well. So like I said it’s been big and it helps the confidence in getting the lineup through the third time and just knowing that more than likely I still have pitches that they haven’t seen yet and I can throw any pitch in any counts so they’re not just sitting heater.”
Miller now has a 1.96 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 18 ⅓ innings pitched this season for Seattle.
While Miller shined, the Mariners took advantage of control issues by Jordan Wicks as walks came back to burn the Chicago starter. Wicks allowed four runs on five hits and four walks along with a wild pitch. Wicks walked the bases loaded in the fourth inning before Rodríguez delivered the biggest hit of the night for Seattle.
“Big thing for me tonight is we took the walks,” Servais said. “Something we have not been doing. We got to get better at that and it paid off tonight.”
Mitch Haniger and Jorge Polanco each singled, and Mitch Garver walked to set the table for the bottom half of the lineup. But after a Cal Raleigh strikeout and Dylan Moore flyout, it took Luis Urías being hit by a pitch to ultimately drive across a run.
Raleigh ultimately struck out four times in the game for the Mariners.
Wicks then walked three batters in the fourth inning to provide the Mariners another prime opportunity to break the game open. And this time, Rodríguez obliged.
Rodríguez’s liner to center field dropped just in front of Cody Bellinger as Garver and Moore scored to give Seattle a 3-0 lead.
“I expect myself to come up to the plate and deliver in those situations for the team,” Rodríguez said. “That’s what I prepare for and I feel like every time that happens it’s something that I expect for myself.”
Ty France followed with a single to right field as J.P. Crawford scored for a four-run lead.
Miller left the game after walking Nico Hoerner on his 100th pitch of the night with one out in the seventh inning.
Hoerner advanced to second on an errant pick-off throw to first base by reliever Trent Thornton. That extra base then allowed Hoerner to score when Urías’ throw to first off a groundball to third base ran into the baseline with France dropping the ball as Yan Gomes clipped his glove. The ball got away and Hoerner sped home to get the Cubs on the board with an unearned run.
On a chilly and breezy night at T-Mobile Park, there were only two extra base hits by either team in the game both coming via Cubs first baseman Michael Busch. Busch had a two-out double into the right field corner in the top of the fourth inning that Miller kept off the board. Busch then homered off Ryne Stanek in the ninth inning for the line earned run of the night for Chicago in the loss.
Stanek picked up his second save of the season for Seattle.
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Seattle, WA
Melinda French Gates is done ‘cheering on Seattle from the sidelines’ — she’s buying into the bet to bring the Sonics back | Fortune
Melinda French Gates, a billionaire philanthropist and businesswoman, will join the Seattle Kraken as a minority investor, pending NHL approval.
French Gates, 61, is the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. She and her $30 billion net worth, according to Forbes, join an ownership group headlined by majority owner and managing partner Samantha Holloway, as well as investors David Wright, Andy Jassy and longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
“As a longtime Seattle resident, it means a lot to me to have the chance to make this investment in our city and its future,” French Gates said in a statement. “I’m a big believer in the power of sports, and after many years of cheering on Seattle from the sidelines, I’m excited to have an even deeper connection to the Seattle sports community.”
French Gates has never previously had an ownership stake in a major professional sports franchise. She will do so at a time when the Kraken ownership group is positioning itself to own an NBA franchise should the NBA return to the Emerald City for the first time since the SuperSonics were relocated to Oklahoma City nearly 20 years ago.
In March, the Kraken ownership group announced the creation of One Roof Sports and Entertainment, which serves as the umbrella brand of the organization to “oversee a growing portfolio of properties and fuel new opportunities.” At the time, Holloway announced that One Roof would pursue an NBA team in Seattle, should the league move forward with expansion.
Holloway also announced in March that the group had entered an agreement to purchase additional equity in Climate Pledge Arena from Oak View Group, and would make the organization the majority owner of the building. OVG has retained a minority stake.
French Gates, who grew up in Dallas and received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics, as well as an MBA from Duke, currently heads Pivotal, a group of organizations she founded to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the United States and around the world.
French Gates previously founded and co-chaired the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy.
“I am excited to welcome Melinda to our ownership group,” Holloway said in a statement. “Melinda is an impressive business leader, philanthropist and importantly, a Seattle sports fan. We share many of the same values, including a deep commitment to Seattle and a belief in building organizations that create lasting impact.”
Seattle, WA
Melinda French Gates, ex-wife of Bill Gates, to join Seattle Kraken as minority investor
SEATTLE (AP) — Melinda French Gates, a billionaire philanthropist and businesswoman, will join the Seattle Kraken as a minority investor, pending NHL approval.
French Gates, 61, is the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. She and her $30 billion net worth, according to Forbes, join an ownership group headlined by majority owner and managing partner Samantha Holloway, as well as investors David Wright, Andy Jassy and longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
“As a longtime Seattle resident, it means a lot to me to have the chance to make this investment in our city and its future,” French Gates said in a statement. “I’m a big believer in the power of sports, and after many years of cheering on Seattle from the sidelines, I’m excited to have an even deeper connection to the Seattle sports community.”
French Gates has never previously had an ownership stake in a major professional sports franchise. She will do so at a time when the Kraken ownership group is positioning itself to own an NBA franchise should the NBA return to the Emerald City for the first time since the SuperSonics were relocated to Oklahoma City nearly 20 years ago.
In March, the Kraken ownership group announced the creation of One Roof Sports and Entertainment, which serves as the umbrella brand of the organization to “oversee a growing portfolio of properties and fuel new opportunities.” At the time, Holloway announced that One Roof would pursue an NBA team in Seattle, should the league move forward with expansion.
Holloway also announced in March that the group had entered an agreement to purchase additional equity in Climate Pledge Arena from Oak View Group, and would make the organization the majority owner of the building. OVG has retained a minority stake.
French Gates, who grew up in Dallas and received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics, as well as an MBA from Duke, currently heads Pivotal, a group of organizations she founded to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the United States and around the world.
French Gates previously founded and co-chaired the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy.
“I am excited to welcome Melinda to our ownership group,” Holloway said in a statement. “Melinda is an impressive business leader, philanthropist and importantly, a Seattle sports fan. We share many of the same values, including a deep commitment to Seattle and a belief in building organizations that create lasting impact.”
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SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 40-year-old man after a stabbing in the University District on Monday morning that left another man wounded.
Officers were sent to the 5000 block of Brooklyn Avenue North just before 8 a.m. for a reported stabbing. Police arrived and found a 21-year-old man with stab wounds.
Officers provided aid until the Seattle Fire Department arrived and took over. The victim’s injuries were stated to be non-life-threatening
Police searched the area and located a suspect near Northeast 47th Street and University Way Northeast. The 40-year-old man was arrested and booked into the King County Jail.
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