Tom Wilhelmsen

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH Kendrys Morales closed the Mariners' homestand with some offensive heroics Sunday, and that's just about what the team expected when trading for him in the winter. Morales and Michael...

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotti, The Sports Xchange Hernandez outduels Burnett: Montero's HR lifts Mariners PITTSBURGH -- Perhaps the Seattle Mariners can start calling it the King Felix and Prince Jesus Show. Catcher Jesus Montero has hit three...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH The Mariners are hoping that back-to-back solid outings from veteran Aaron Harang and some extended time between starts for rookie Brandon Maurer will help add some semblance of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH If the Mariners are going to have any kind of success this season, they're going to have to find a way to hit on the road. After the recent road trip that closed out with eight...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Mariners 6, Athletics 3 Mariners 6, Athletics 3: Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer and Hisashi Iwakuma struck out nine in seven innings as host Seattle handed Oakland its fifth straight loss. Iwakuma (4-1) gave up a leadoff...

The Sports Xchange By Scott Johnson, The Sports Xchange Mariners 6, A's 3 SEATTLE -- Hisashi Iwakuma hasn't needed a whole lot of offensive help this season, but the Seattle Mariners provided some on Friday night. Seattle broke out of a three-game...

The Sports Xchange By Scott Johnson, The Sports Xchange Iwakuma delivers strong outing for Mariners SEATTLE -- Hisashi Iwakuma gave the Seattle Mariners a typical pitching performance on Friday night. Only this time it came with a different ending....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH That old adage about a bullpen taking the night off when a top-of-the-line starter is on the mound is only partially true when it comes to the 2013 Mariners. For closer Tom...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH From a defensive perspective, the chasm between veteran catcher Kelly Shoppach and catcher Jesus Montero is widening. Montero, in his first stint as a full-time major-league catcher,...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates manager Clint Hurdle predicted that it wouldn't matter how well the Pirates swung the bat if Mariners ace Felix Hernandez did his thing.   For about four batters on Wednesday, Hurdle looked like he might be wrong....

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Mariners 2, Pirates 1 PITTSBURGH -- The Seattle Mariners believe Jesus Montero will blossom into a cornerstone player. Perhaps he took a small step in that direction Wednesday as his seventh-...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Mariners 2, Pirates 1 Mariners 2, Pirates 1: Jesus Montero belted a go-ahead solo homer and Felix Hernandez pitched eight strong innings as visiting Seattle earned a split of the two-game series. Hernandez (5-2) allowed six...