The Mariners are looking to continue their strong homestand tonight in game two against the Rays.

Seattle beat Tampa Bay 5-1 last night thanks to a strong start by Bryce Miller.

Miller tossed seven innings of two-hit ball with 10 strikeouts to earn his tenth win of the season.

Randy Arozarena hit a 3-run homer against his former team and Jorge Polanco added a solo shot to give Miller plenty of run support.

The win came hours after Houston lost its series-opener to Philadelphia, bringing Seattle within 3.5 games of first place in the AL West.

Meanwhile, the team announced that shortstop J.P. Crawford went through a simulated game and full pregame workout yesterday.

They say he could be activated from the injured list later this week after a fracture in his pinky has sidelined him since July 22.

Logan Gilbert and the Mariners will look to continue their success tonight against a Rays team that has lost four of its last five.

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

 

It’s cut-down day for the Seattle Seahawks.

This afternoon was the deadline for the Seahawks to cut their roster from 90 players to 53.

Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reports that former 2nd round pick Dee Eskridge was among the cuts, just days after he returned a punt for a 79-yard touchdown in Saturday’s preseason win over the Browns.

The team has yet to officially announce their finalized roster as of this afternoon.

 

The Seattle Storm suffered a tight 74-72 loss to the Washington Mystics last night.

Mystics guard Brittney Sykes hit the winning free throws with a second left to hand the Storm just their fourth home loss of the season.

Jewell Loyd led Seattle with 16 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Storm lost the third of their last four games.

Gabby Williams, a star on the French national team that won silver at the Paris Olympics, scored three points in 25 minutes in her first game of the WNBA season.

The game opened with a ceremony outside Climate Pledge Arena that renamed a section of the street leading up to the arena as “Sue Bird Court.”

Bird joins Mariners star Edgar Martinez and SuperSonics coach Lenny Wilkens as the only Seattle athletes to be honored with street names.

The Storm are back tomorrow night for a match at home against the Atlanta Dream.

 

Three players Western Washington University’s volleyball team landed a spot on the pre-season All-Conference Team.

Junior outside hitter Devyn Oestreich, sophomore middle Emily Vossenkuhl and sophomore outside hitter Delaney Speer all repped the Vikings on the 14-player All-GNAC team.

Opening Day for Western athletics, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 5, is nearly a week away.

The Vikings’ volleyball team opens by hosting the WWU Invitational at Carver Gym.