Tom Wilhelmsen News

Brandon League is out as the Seattle Mariners closer for now. Seattle manager Eric Wedge said before Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels that the team would 'pull back' on League as the closer and attempt to finish games with other pitchers.

Eric Wedge is old school. After the management catastrophes of the last few years, that's not such a bad thing.

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.

Despite a recent slump, Brandon League has been a solid closer for the Seattle Mariners in the last two-and-a-half seasons.

A lot of times, people will say that one baseball team is sending a message to another baseball team when what they mean to say is that one baseball team is outplaying another baseball team.

Alex Liddi hit the first major league grand slam by an Italian-born player in half-century, Kevin Millwood threw six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners took two of three from division-leading Texas with a 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.

Felix Hernandez spun eight innings of one-run ball Monday as the Seattle Mariners downed the Texas Rangers, 6-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Safeco Field.

Brandon League turned what seemed to be a comfortable Mariners' ninth-inning lead into an unexpected nail-biter Sunday 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.

With the Mariners coming to town this weekend, we will get a chance to see how bad the Rockies ' pitching staff truly is.

BOSTON Brendan Ryan didn't start at shortstop Tuesday Munenori Kawasaki did which meant Ryan had time to turn his attention to other things before the game.

BOSTON, Mass. The Mariners were shut down by Josh Beckett and the Red Sox, only accumulating four hits in a 5-0 loss at Boston.

New York Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher reacts after he was called out at third base by umpire Chris Conroy following a tag from Seattle Mariners third baseman Alex Liddi during the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium.

The Mariners are going to be sellers this year - that's been obvious since day one.

Miguel Olivo took about 30 swings in a batting cage, ran on a treadmill for 10 minutes and did some throwing from a 90-foot distance Monday as he works back from a groin strain.

Rookie slugger Jesus Montero lined a two-run double in the first inning to get Seattle on the board, Mike Carp added his first homer of the season and the Mariners cruised to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.

He couldn't match Jered Weaver, but Denard Span's fourth-inning single was the only hit for the Twins in eight innings against the Mariners ace.

It appears that struggling Justin Smoak doesn't know when to swing. I'm so relieved to hear he has a game plan.

You'll all remember last season, when the Mariners lost 17 in a row. Well, it didn't always look like that's how far the streak would go.

Joe Mauer's two-out RBI single in the seventh inning helped the Minnesota Twins rally for a 3-2 win on Friday night, handing the Seattle Mariners their seventh straight loss.