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Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan can't get a grip on a ground ball by the Angels' Mark Trumbo during the sixth inning of Seattle's 5-3 loss Saturday night at Safeco Field.

SEATTLE, Wash. Justin Smoak produced four RBIs for the Mariners, but Brandon League was unable to close out the game, blowing the save in a 6-4 loss to the Angels Friday night.

Pinch-hitter Howie Kendrick broke a tie in the top of the ninth inning with a two-run single off Seattle closer Brandon League, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied from a 4-0 deficit for a 6-4 win over the Mariners on Friday night.

Eric Wedge talks about the days off for Dustin Ackley & Brendan Ryan by Curtis Crabtree KJR reporter Twitter: @Curtis_Crabtree Safeco Field - It really wasn't a conscious decision for manager Eric Wedge to sit Dustin Ackley on his bobblehead night.

Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett has allowed either zero or two runs in five of six starts this season.

One day after running for the first time in weeks, Gold Glove center fielder Franklin Gutierrez allowed himself to feel like just another player on Thursday.

After beginning the season 0-6, Angels starter Ervin Santana has begun to hit his stride, winning two of his last three starts.

The upcoming Mariners and Angels four-game series pins the two bottom teams in the AL West against each other.

Stephen Strasburg hit his first major league home run and struck out eight in five innings to carry the Washington Nationals past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday.

Yu Darvish has come a long way since taking some lumps in his major league debut against the Mariners.

If I missed something important in one of these it's because I was less plugged-in than usual yesterday.

The Rockies just got swept by the Mariners . Basically, the way their pitching staff is throwing right now is akin to if Henry Rowengartner would have continued pitching after his arm went back to normal at the end of the Academy Award-winning film Rookie of the Year .

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Hydroplanes tested new technology on the Columbia River. Friday H1 Unlimited boats tested a new GPS unit.

The Colorado Rockies were swept for the second time at home and the third time overall this season.

Jason Dufner made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Byron Nelson Championship, his second win in four weeks.

Seattle's Dustin Ackley slides safely across home plate as Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario watches a bad throw get past him in the first inning Sunday.

Without its top-of-the-rotation right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, who was on the disabled list with a sprained right shoulder, the Rockies staff performed admirably to keep the club afloat.

The Mariners' Kyle Seager tags out the Rockies' Marco Scutaro at third base to end the sixth inning Friday night at Coors Field.

We're a quarter of the way through the 2012 MLB season - more than enough time to finally take a real look at trends.

The Mariners follow up a net nine-runs-below-average-in-two-game-series performance with a net negative 10-runs-below-average-in-two-game-series performance.