A sweep for Seattle sports

Saturday brought upon three games for Seattle sports fans, it brought them a Mariners game, a Sounders game, and finally the UW Huskies season opener game. The Mariners were the first team to be broadcast in this lineup of a sports packed day. The Mariners were looking to win the series against the Houston Astros and win their fifth game in a row against them. Things started off very well for the M's, they scored 3 runs in the top of the first inning thanks to three hits and two walks after that Joe Saunders went to work looking for his 11th win of the season. Saunders went 5.1 strong innings and after that the bullpen did its job. 

Carter Capps and Yoervis Medina gave 1.1 innings of work and did their jobs well, Danny Farquhar was brought in the ninth to go for his 11th save of the season. Farquhar went 1-2-3 in the ninth striking out two and earning the save and gave Saunders the win. So, the Mariners took the series and won their third consecutive game in a row. 

The Seattle Sounders didn't start their game right away thanks to a 90 minute lightning delay, but when things kicked off the Sounders put on their game faces and got to work. In the seventh minute of the game Leo Gonzalez was shown a red card and ejected from the game when he pulled Ryan Finley on a free run up the middle, leaving Sounders down a man for 83 minutes. However, Sounders were able to negate that Columbus edge just as quickly as it was awarded.  Eddie Johnson was able to get in front of Josh Williams and got an easy header from a Mauro Rosales free kick, tapping it past Matt Lampson for his seventh goal of the season, giving Seattle the 1-0 lead in the 14th minute. 

Columbus nearly had an equalizer numerous times, but thanks to Michael Gspurning the Crew couldn't get one in. Gspurning earned his second consecutive shutout and eighth clean sheet of the season. The Sounders won't have time to rest, as they return to Seattle to face Chivas USA on Wednesday. 

During the Sounders game the Huskies season kicked off against the #19 ranked Boise State Broncos. Senior Keith Price didn't start things out the way he wanted to, on his first pass attempt of the season Price threw an interception but thankfully the Husky defense came back with an interception of their own. Bishop Sankey was the first one to put the Huskies on the scoreboard as he eased his way into the end zone for the first score of the game. The Huskies added 3 more points in the 2nd quarter with a field goal and the Broncos came back with a field goal of their own. In the 3rd quarter the Broncos came out and put an extra 3 points on the scoreboard with another field goal, after that it was all Huskies. Price hooked up with Kasen Williams on the ensuing drive twice, once for 38 yards and then once more for a 19 yard score to put the Huskies up 17-6, Price then threw one more touchdown to Joshua Perkins to put the Huskies up 24-6. 

Finally Bishop Shankey and Dwayne Washington ran in two more scores for the Huskies to put them up 38-6. Keith Price finished the game with 324 yards passing and broke the school's record for touchdown passes, Sankey ran for 161 yards and 2 touchdowns and the Huskies also had 592 total yards. So, how bout this day huh? The Mariners take the series against the Astros, the Sounders gained 3 more points and moved into 3rd place in the Western Conference, and the Washington Huskies upset the Boise State and also perhaps put themselves in the top 25. No Seattle fan could ask for a better night. Tomorrow the Mariners will go for the sweep of the Astros, Hisashi Iwakuma will take to the mound looking for his 13th win of the season.