The Mariners fell to the Red Sox 3-2 in extras this afternoon.

All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers hit a walk-off RBI double to give Boston the series win in the 10th inning.

Josh Rojas homered in the loss and Justin Turner added a pair of singles in his second game with Seattle.

It came after a 10-6 win yesterday that included a home run by the surging Jorge Polanco and two RBI’s from Turner in his Mariner debut.

Seattle still holds a half-game lead over the Astros for first place in the AL West, but Houston has a chance to tie in their game against the Pirates tonight.

The M’s have the day off tomorrow before returning home for a weekend series against the National League-leading Philadelphia Phillies.

 

The United States are still on top of the world after Day 5 of the Paris Olympics.

The US has five gold medals so far, which ranks just seventh, but it leads all countries with 13 silver and 12 bronze medals for a point total of 30, four points over second-place France.

Katie Ledecky headlined the action today by winning her eighth gold medal after a runaway victory in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

The U.S. men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams each earned a win to keep their gold-medal hopes alive.

And the American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram beat Spain’s dream team of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s doubles quarterfinals for what was likely Nadal’s last match of his storied Olympic career.

 

WWU’s softball team has announced its recruiting class for the upcoming season.

The defending West Regional champs and National Runner-Ups rounded out their five-player class by announcing the addition of catcher Hailey Pelletier.

She earned First Team 4A All-Wesco honors with Jackson High School last season and hit for a .512 batting average with the Snohomish Shock travel club program.

The Vikings are coming off a historic season where they set a program record for wins and made the deepest playoff run in GNAC history.

They’ll open their fall exhibition schedule on Sept. 28 with a home doubleheader against Edmonds College.

 

The Bellingham Bells got blown out by the Kamloops NorthPaws 13-4 last night.

Kamloops held a 1-0 lead before exploding for eight runs in a massive fifth inning.

It was an unusually rough performance for a Bells pitching staff that ranks among the best in the West Coast League.

Their hitters collected 12 hits, just one less than Kamloops, but couldn’t capitalize in the loss.

They now fall to 1.5 games behind Wenatchee for first place in the North Division.

The Bells will look to even up the series in Game Two tonight.

First pitch is at 6:35 from Norbrock Stadium in Kamloops.