The Mariners are hosting the Royals today as they look to build on last weekend’s success.

The M’s took two out of three games against the Athletics to regain their lead in the AL West.

Bryan Woo threw four and one-third scoreless innings in his season debut to help the M’s get an 8-1 win on Friday.

Oakland responded the next day with an 8-1 win of their own to even the series.

But Julio Rodriguez hit his first home run in T-Mobile Park yesterday to spark an 8-4 victory over the A’s as Luis Castillo earned his fourth win of the season.

Seattle now sits a half-game in front of Texas for first place in the AL West.

The Mariners are hosting a Royals club that’s also in the middle of a close fight in their division, sitting just half a game back of the first-place Guardians in the AL Central.

George Kirby is on the mound for today’s game.

Coverage begins at 5:30 and first pitch is at 6:40 on KPUG.

 

The UW Huskies just landed college hoops’ highest paid transfer star.

ESPN reports that Great Osobor is transferring from Utah State to Washington.

The 6-foot-8 power forward will reunite with new UW coach Danny Sprinkle after three seasons with him at Montana State and Utah State in his final year of college eligibility.

He averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game last year for the Aggies while also winning the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year award.

Osobor will be the highest-paid known player in college basketball with $2 million of NIL deals already in place.

 

Western Washington University’s softball team is heading to the Super Regional round.

The Vikings beat Cal St. San Marcos twice in what were two win-or-go-home games Saturday to keep their postseason journey alive.

The 7-1 and 2-1 wins propelled the team to their first-ever West Regional Title.

The Vikings will take their 46-8 record into the Super Regional round to host Cal St. Dominguez Hills in a best-of-three series.

First pitch of game one is at noon tomorrow at Viking Field.

Games two and three (if necessary) will both be played on Wednesday.

Winner advances to the NCAA D-II Championship Finals in Longwood, FL.

 

Taking a look at the postseason picture in Whatcom County prep sports…

Meridian blanked Lynden Christian 2-0 on Saturday to win the 1A District 1 soccer championship.

The Trojans will take on King’s Way Christian tomorrow in the opening round of the state tournament.

Sehome beat Bellingham 2-0 in the 2A District 1 consolation bracket to keep their season alive and book a spot in the state tournament.

The Mariners earned the top seed in the 2A tournament and will host Tumwater at Civic Stadium Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Meanwhile, 2A District 1 champion Squalicum got the seven-seed and will host R.A. Long at Civic Stadium Wednesday at 4 p.m.

 

Turning to baseball…

Lynden kept their season alive with a 7-2 win over Burlington-Edison on Saturday to book a ticket to the 2A state tournament.

Lynden Christian followed suit by edging out Nooksack Valley 1-0 to secure a spot in the 1A state tournament.

Meridian fell short in the 1A Bi-District championship with a 4-2 loss to Cedar Park Christian, but will still advance to state.

State tournament action begins this Saturday.

 

And the fast-pitch softball postseason started over the weekend.

Sehome hammered Squalicum 11-1 in the opening round of the 2A District 1 tournament to send the Storm home.

Anacortes throttled Bellingham 24-0 to end the Bayhawks’ season.

Meridian hosts Nooksack Valley at 4 p.m. tomorrow for a loser-out game in the first match of the 1A District 1 tournament.