George Kirby got rocked this afternoon as the Mariners lost their series to the Guardians.

Seattle fell to Cleveland 8-0 after Kirby gave up all eight runs in just under four innings pitched in the start.

The Mariners managed just five hits in the loss, including doubles by Luis Urias and Luke Raley.

It was the first game of the season where they failed to score a run.

It comes after the Guardians’ 5-2 win last night, led by six scoreless innings from former West Coast League star and former Cy Young winner Shane Bieber.

The Mariners are off tomorrow before traveling to Milwaukee to start their series against the Brewers on Friday.

 

An old rival is on his way to Seattle.

The Mariners signed former Astro Dallas Keuchel to a minor league deal today.

Keuchel pitched seven seasons with the Astros and won the AL Cy Young award in 2015.

The 36-year-old pitched in 10 games for the Twins last year, where he went 2-1 with a 5.97 ERA.

Keuchel will report to Triple-A Tacoma by this weekend.

 

The Kraken are facing the Los Angeles Kings tonight for a key game in their uphill battle towards the playoffs.

The Kings currently hold the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference playoff picture, with the Kraken sitting 12 points behind.

If Seattle loses, the best they can do is tie LA for the final playoff spot in the West.

The Kings have lost three straight heading into tonight’s matchup, while the Kraken have won three of their last four.

Coverage begins at 6 and puck drops at 6:30 on KPUG.

 

Washington State has found its next head basketball coach.

The Cougs hired David Riley yesterday after three seasons at Eastern Washington University.

Riley went 62-30 with Eastern and was named Big Sky Conference coach of the year twice.

He’ll take over a Washington State program that’s coming off its first tournament appearance in 16 years.

Riley replaces Kyle Smith, who announced he was leaving Pullman to coach at Stanford just days after being eliminated from the tournament.

 

The last remaining members of the Pac-12 are cashing in on the conference’s postseason success.

Washington State and Oregon State are receiving about $350,000 for each tournament win by a member of the Pac-12.

That amounts to $2.1 million split between the two schools thanks to six wins from the Pac-12.

The payouts are part of the NCAA’s revenue distribution system that rewards teams for their tournament performance.

Unfortunately for both schools, those payouts don’t apply to the women’s side of the bracket.

The Pac-12 racked up 14 wins in this year’s women’s tournament.