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Out of Right Field: In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, here is our list of the Mariners all-time best Black players

Sun., Aug. 30, 2020

It was some 70 years or so before Black Americans were allowed to play in what is now known as Major League Baseball. And it’s been another 73 years since Jackie Robinson broke through that color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Jo Adell hits first two HRs, Mike Trout drives in 6 in Angels’ rout of Mariners

Sat., Aug. 29, 2020

Jo Adell hit his first two major league home runs, Mike Trout drove in six and the Los Angeles Angels set a season high in runs as they routed the Seattle Mariners 16-3.

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Justin Upton, Andrew Heaney lead Angels to 3-2 victory over Mariners

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Mike Trout homered, Justin Upton delivered the tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 Friday night to win back-to-back games for only the second time all season.

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Commentary: Taijuan Walker’s legacy with Mariners? Neither star nor bust

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

SEATTLE – This one didn’t carry the magnitude of the trade four years earlier. It didn’t dominate the baseball world’s headlines, or involve any All-Stars.

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José Marmolejos’ first slam carries Mariners to 8-3 win, split

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 27, 2020

Wil Myers hit a walkoff three-run homer with two outs in the seven-run seventh inning for the San Diego Padres, who got two homers and four RBIs from Manny Machado in beating the Seattle Mariners 10-7 in the first game of a doubleheader.

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Mariners trade Taijuan Walker to Blue Jays for player or cash

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 27, 2020

The Seattle Mariners have traded right-hander Taijuan Walker to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player or cash.

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‘We demand change’: Fear, anguish over Jacob Blake shooting transforms into action as sports stand still in America

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 26, 2020

SEATTLE – Mark this day.

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Hot-hitting Kyle Lewis strengthens his bid for AL Rookie of the Year

Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

SEATTLE – It’s not fair to Kyle Lewis to make the comparison directly, but he plays baseball with such a casual easiness – and with such soothing joy – that it’s hard not to remind one at least a little bit of a certain Hall of Fame center fielder who starred in Seattle in the 1990s.

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J.P. Crawford, Marco Gonzales lead Mariners to 8-3 win over Padres

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

SAN DIEGO – J.P Crawford homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Seattle Mariners, who beat San Diego 8-3 Tuesday night to snap the Padres’ seven-game winning streak.

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Rookie Sam Haggerty finding his niche as Mariners’ switch-hitting utility man

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

The Mariners liked what they saw from newcomer Sam Haggerty in his first four games in Seattle.

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Blue Jays acquire 1B/DH Daniel Vogelbach from Mariners

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired struggling slugger Daniel Vogelbach from the Seattle Mariners for $100,000.

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Out of right field: Mariners taking lumps while looking for diamonds

Sun., Aug. 23, 2020

When Major League Baseball, in its infinite wisdom, expanded the playoffs this season – further gimmicking up an already gimmicky proposition to begin with – pundits theorized that teams needed only to hover around .500 in order to qualify for a postseason bid.