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Superhero in Seattle? Dylan Moore, Mariners face A's again
Don’t be surprised if Dylan Moore has a new nickname Saturday.
If his Seattle Mariners teammates get wind of Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay’s comments, Moore might be answering to the name Clark Kent.
After Moore went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs in host Seattle’s 8-1 victory on Friday in the opener of a three-game series between the American League West rivals, Kotsay dropped a reference to Superman.
“Moore seems kind of kryptonite for us,” Kotsay said. “Every time he is in the lineup, it seems like we have trouble getting him out.”
The task of stopping Moore, who is filling in at shortstop for the injured J.P. Crawford (strained right oblique) apparently will fall Saturday on A’s right-hander Joey Estes, who is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to make his first appearance of the season. Estes made two starts last September, including one against Seattle in which he allowed six runs (five earned) in 4 2/3 innings.
The Mariners are set to counter with right-hander Bryce Miller (3-2, 2.61), who is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three previous starts versus Oakland.
Moore hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run fourth inning Friday. He also lined a two-run single to left in the fifth to make the score 7-0 and added a run-scoring single in the seventh to set a career-high for RBIs in a game.
Moore said playing every day has helped him at the plate.
“It’s just easier to be on time with the fastball. That’s pretty much number one, which is kind of like the basis of hitting, you could say. Try to be on time for the fastest pitch they throw,” Moore said. “Playing every day makes it easier when you’re seeing heaters every day.”
Manager Scott Servais said it was evident from the time the Mariners convened in February that Moore had changed his approach.
“I think Dylan Moore’s season really started in spring training and it starts by his swing decisions,” Servais said. “He swings at the right pitches. There used to be holes in his swing where you could attack him. He’s cleaned up a lot of that.”
After the Mariners had a streak of six consecutive series victories snapped this week in Minnesota, Friday’s victory was soothing.
“A great way to start the homestand,” Servais said. “It was really a complete game. We pitched well. We had guys on base and we got timely hits, really good night offensively.”
The Mariners got a scare when right-hander Bryan Woo, making his first start of the season after dealing with elbow inflammation, had to leave after 4 1/3 scoreless innings.
Servais said Woo tightened up when sitting on the bench during the Mariners‘ lengthy fourth-inning rally and should make his next start.
The A’s, who have lost five of their past six games, avoided the shutout on Lawrence Butler’s run-scoring, broken-bat grounder up the middle with two outs in the ninth inning. That came after one-out singles by Kyle McCann and Tyler Soderstrom.
“It’s always a positive to put some at-bats together in a game like that …” Kotsay said. “We pretty much got shut down offensively for eight of those innings.”
—Field Level Media
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Seattle ordered to pay over $30 million for fatal shooting of teen in 2020 protest
SEATTLE (AP) — A jury on Thursday ordered the city of Seattle to pay more than $30 million over the unsolved, fatal shooting of a teenager at the “ Capitol Hill Occupied Protest ” zone, which arose in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
The King County jury returned the verdict following 12 days of deliberation, finding that the city was negligent in its emergency response to the shooting of Antonio Mays Jr., 16, and that that negligence caused his death, The Seattle Times reported.
Because first responders wouldn’t come to the protest zone, witnesses tried to bring Mays by private vehicle to get medical care from paramedics. They tried to flag down an ambulance that drove away from them, and it was about 24 minutes before they met with medics in a parking lot.
Attorneys for the family argued that Mays might have survived if his airway was properly cleared sooner. The city argued that Mays, who was shot in the head, was unlikely to have lived and that the emergency response was not to blame for his death.
Seattle was ordered to pay $4 million to Mays’ estate and $26 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr., who became emotional and hugged his lawyer as the verdict was announced.
Racial justice demonstrators enraged about Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police took over eight square blocks in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in June 2020, creating a protest zone called “CHOP.” It lasted three weeks after the city police department abandoned its nearby precinct, earning derision from President Donald Trump, who claimed a large section of the city had been taken over by anarchists.
Following two shootings at or near the protest, including Mays’ death on June 29, then-Mayor Jenny Durkan and the police department dismantled the zone.
Mays was shot in a stolen white Jeep near the protest zone with a 14-year-old also in the vehicle. A livestream from the scene captured the shots and the aftermath — but did not show the shooter. Witnesses said on the livestream that armed protesters guarding the protest zone’s barricades had fired at the Jeep. No arrests have been made nor charges filed.
Mays traveled to Seattle from southern California, where he left a note for his father saying he was joining the civil rights movement. He did not tell his father where he was going, only that he wanted to make him “proud.” Mays Sr. filed a missing persons report with the Los Angeles Police Department the same day he found the note.
Less than 10 days later, Mays was dead. The 14-year-old, who was also shot, survived after witnesses brought him to a hospital.
King County Superior Court Judge Sean O’Donnell barred the city from presenting a defense that it was not liable because Mays was committing a felony — stealing the Jeep — at the time he was killed. Even if the city proved Mays had stolen the Jeep, O’Donnell ruled, there’s no proof that he was killed because of it.
In a statement Thursday the city attorney’s office called the death a tragedy and said it was considering its legal options.
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Damp weather finally returns to Seattle
SEATTLE – Seattle is gearing up for rounds of wet and slightly breezy weather in the coming days.
Seattle finally broke the dry streak with light rain on Tuesday evening. (FOX 13 Seattle)
Thursday morning will start mild, blustery and cloudy with pockets of moderate rain. Wet weather could slow the morning drive. Early temperatures will range in the 40s. Highs on Thursday will reach the low 50s. Winds will ease a little midday after locally windy weather overnight.
While there could be a few inches of fresh snow at the mountain passes by Thursday morning, temperatures will rise above freezing throughout the day — melting away some of that freshly-accumulated snow. Unfortunately, snow levels will stay elevated through the rest of the seven day forecast.
Unfortunately, not much in the way of snow is expected for the ski resorts in Washington this week. (FOX 13 Seattle)
Highs will be above-normal in Seattle on Thursday – reaching the low 50s. (FOX 13 Seattle)
What’s next:
During the daytime on Thursday, showers will turn more hit-or-miss. Another period of more widespread rain will pick up Thursday night into Friday morning. On-and-off rain will continue on Friday before diminishing somewhat on Saturday.
Highs will range in the 50s in the coming days in Seattle. (FOX 13 Seattle)
A Flood Watch remains posted for the Skokomish River in Mason County through Friday night. Along the Central and North Coast, a High Surf Advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Thursday: large, breaking waves will be dangerous.
Showers are still a possibility on Sunday and Monday, but drier weather could be back on Tuesday and Wednesday.
This weekend, there could be minor coastal flooding in the Salish Sea and Puget Sound.
Rain showers will continue through Saturday morning in the Puget Sound area.
Take good care,
FOX 13 Weather Team
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3 more kids in Snohomish County, WA test positive for measles
EVERETT, Wash. – Three new measles cases have been confirmed in Snohomish County children, a continuation of an ongoing outbreak, bringing the total number of cases to six.
What we know:
The latest case was confirmed on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in a child who was unvaccinated. Two additional measles cases were diagnosed in a family that was already isolating due to a positive case in a sibling.
The Snohomish County Health Department declared a measles outbreak in the county weeks ago after three children tested positive, exposed by a family visiting from South Carolina.
Health officials said in the latest case, the child visited Slavic Christian Church Awakening in Mukilteo (4223 78th St. SW) on Sunday, Jan. 18. Anyone who attended the church between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Jan. 18 may have been exposed to the virus.
What they’re saying:
Despite the ongoing outbreak, the risk to the general public remains low, as most people are vaccinated against measles. There are no new exposure sites in Snohomish County, aside from the church.
“Most people in our county have immunity to measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low,” said Snohomish County Health Officer Dr. James Lewis. “The next two to three weeks could be telling on where this outbreak is going to go. Now is the time the find out your immunization status and get up to date on vaccinations.”
More cases are expected during the outbreak, and health officials believe that some may be isolating at home and not seeking medical attention.
The public is encouraged to visit the Snohomish County Health Department’s measles dashboard for updates on new cases and exposure sites.
Those who Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes. Call a healthcare provider promptly if you develop an illness with fever or with an unexplained rash.
More information can be found on the measles page on the Snohomish County Health Department website.
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