Brandon League

Asked what he'd done so well over eight innings on Tuesday, Doug Fister was quick with a response. "Really, just keeping the ball down," Fister said. And asked what went wrong in the ninth, David Pauley was equally quick to answer. "It was just up,"...

The starting pitcher was nearly flawless, throwing a three-hitter. The offense actually produced enough runs to win. The sellout crowd of 45,462 was electric after watching their team take two of three from baseball's best squad. These are the 2011...

Miguel Olivo hit two home runs and Felix Hernandez pitched eight strong innings to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The Mariners trailed 2-0 and hadn't hit the ball out of the infield when Olivo led off the...

When Mariners manager Eric Wedge decided to give Ichiro Suzuki a rare night off Friday, he surely didn't expect his right-field replacement to provide the fireworks in a 3-2 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park. The idea was to allow Ichiro to...

Before Sunday's game, Mariners manager Eric Wedge spoke of Miguel Olivo's strength of personality as a team leader. He didn't even mention his catcher's hot bat. But it was the latter that once again spoke the loudest in the series finale against the...

Erik Bedard earned his third win of the season after pitching six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over Minnesota. Brandon League earned his 12th save in 15 attempts by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. The Mariners remain 1 1/2 games behind Texas in...

Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Seattle Mariners scored all four runs on groundouts in a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on Friday night....

As the Mariners continue to improve, they're showing more and more that the big things often come from the little things. Monday afternoon's 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles before 22,819 at Safeco Field was yet another example of a team doing what...

First baseman Justin Smoak launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Mariners' magical May concluded with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Orioles on Tuesday at Safeco Field. After being held to three hits by...

The Seattle Mariners received a strong performance from rookie starter Michael Pineda but fell 2-1 to the Milwaukee Brewers in extra-innings on a sacrifice fly by Craig Counsell in the tenth inning Saturday in Cactus League play at Maryvale Ballpark.  ...

The San Francisco Giants scored three runs in the 3rd inning and two runs in the 5th inning to claim a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners Sunday afternoon in Cactus League play at Scottsdale Stadium. Starting pitcher Nate Robertson (0-1) took the...