Photo by Tim Clinton
T-Mobile Park will be the site of a 3:08 p.m. Friday game between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series.
Weekend Watch: Schedules, scores
By Tim Clinton
Pros
Mariners
Seattle hosts the Toronto Blue Jays for the fifth game of the American League Championship Series starting at 3:08 p.m. Friday.
The sixth game will be back in Toronto at 5:03 p.m. Sunday with any seventh game taking place there at 5:08 p.m. Monday.
Seattle got the early jump on Toronto on Wednesday as Julio Rodriguez found the out-of-town scoreboard in left field for a two-run home run after Randy Arozarena had led off the bottom of the first with a walk.
Jorge Polanco followed Rodriguez with a ground rule double but was stranded on a strikeout and popout.
George Kirby held the Blue Jays scoreless the first two innings before being tagged for five runs in the third in an eventual 13-4 loss for the Mariners.
Seattle did not score again until Arozarena and Cal Raleigh hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth.
The Mariners struck first again Thursday but still went down to an 8-2 defeat.
Josh Naylor put them on the scoreboard with a solo home run to center field in the second.
But the Blue Jays took control with three runs in the third and two in the fourth.
Seattle picked up one run in the sixth as Eugenio Suarez singled to right to bring in Polanco, but Toronto answered with one in the seventh and two in the eighth.
Kraken
The Seattle National Hockey League team drops in on the Toronto Maple Leafs for 4 p.m. Saturday action before visiting the Philadelphia Flyers at the same time Monday.
Seattle took its first loss of the season this past Tuesday, coming up short by a 5-4 score at Montreal.
But it came in overtime so the Kraken still gained one point in the standings.
Jared McCann racked up on goal and one assist for Seattle and Jaden Schwartz, Jamie Oleksiak and Jani Nyman scored one goal apiece.
Earning assists were Brandon Montour, Frederick Gaudreau, Josh Mahura, Ryan Lindgren, Shane Wright, Tye Kartye and Vince Dunn.
Joey Daccord had 17 saves in 22 attempts as the goalie.
Seattle picked up another point in the standings Thursday in a 4-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators in a game that wasn't decided until a shootout.
Chandler Stephenson scored two goals for the Kraken and Wright added one.
Montour led with two assists and Jordan Eberle and Mason Marchment each had one,
Phillip Grubauer had 21 saves on goal in 24 attempts.
Seahawks
Seattle hosts the Houston Texans for a 7 p.m. National Football League game at Lumen Field this coming Monday.
Sounders
Seattle concludes its Major League Soccer regular season with a 3 p.m. Saturday visit to New York City.
Reign
The Seattle women's soccer team gets a visit from the Utah Royals at 7 p.m. Friday at Lumen Field.
Thunderbirds
Seattle's junior Western Hockey League team entertains Prince George for 7:05 p.m. Friday action at the accesso Showare Center in Kent before getting a visit from the Wenatchee Wild at 6:05 p.m. Saturday.
Colleges
Husky football
Washington goes to Michigan for a 9 a.m. Saturday clash with the Wolverines.
Cougar football
Washington State travels to Virginia to play the Cavaliers in a 3:30 p.m. Saturday game.
Husky volleyball
Washington gets a 7 p.m. Friday visit from Penn State before entertaining Minnesota at the same time Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Arena also known as Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
Husky men's soccer
The UW goes to New Jersey to play Rutgers in a 4 p.m. Friday match.
Husky women's soccer
Wisconsin pays a 1 p.m. Sunday visit to the Huskies.
Washington outscored Minnesota in a 3-2 match at home Thursday.
Kelsey Branson scored the winning goal with 80:09 elapsed on an unassisted play, breaking a 2-2 tie.
Alex Buck struck first on a Jayden Holdenried assist 43 seconds in and Avery Nguyen put in an unassisted goal to forge the 2-2 tie at the 59:59 mark.
Photo by Kurt Howard
Washington will host Penn State this Friday and Minnesota on Saturday.