Whit Merrifield hit the first pitch of the game from Felix Hernandez for his seventh home run, Mike Moustakas added his 24th homer of the season, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Tuesday for their fifth win in six games.
Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma received a combined cortisone and platelet rich plasma shot to aid healing in his ailing shoulder after experiencing renewed discomfort in a recent throwing workout.
Ian Kennedy allowed one run pitching into the seventh inning, Mike Moustakas and Alex Gordon both hit solo home runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Monday night.
With right-hander Andrew Moore headed back to Seattle from Triple-A Tacoma to start Monday’s series-opener against the Kansas City Royals, the Mariners had to make a corresponding move to make room for Moore on their 25-man roster.
Independence Day has always been a line of demarcation in baseball. It’s been that way since the days Babe Ruth was getting people out instead of hitting them out.
Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and James Paxton retired the first 16 Angels he faced in the Seattle Mariners’ 5-3 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday.
It turned into a crummy 37th birthday on Saturday for Nelson Cruz, and it was crummy night overall for the Seattle Mariners in a 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
