Ben’s Morning Sports Page
Daily Seahawks, Mariners & Ducks Update — June 20, 2026
Lead Story
Mariners get no-hit scare, then a late Julio jolt in 6–2 loss
Friday night at T-Mobile Park had one of those uncomfortable mid-June rhythms: Seattle pitching kept the game reachable, but the bats spent most of the night trying to solve Ranger Suárez. The Boston lefty carried a no-hit bid into the seventh and ultimately set up a 6–2 Red Sox win.
Seattle’s best moment came late, when Julio Rodríguez returned to the lineup and punched a two-run homer in the ninth. It was too late to flip the game, but it at least turned a near-silent offensive night into something with a pulse.
The turning point was Boston’s three-run seventh, helped by Marcelo Mayer’s two-run single and a Mariners throwing error. Bryce Miller was sharp in the front half — five innings, one run, seven strikeouts, no walks — but the piggyback handoff did not hold.
Scoreboard
No game — offseason program complete
Next: training camp public practices begin July 29, per team announcement.
Red Sox 6, Mariners 2 — Friday night
Next: Boston at Seattle, today, 7:10 p.m. PT. Probables: Connelly Early vs. Logan Gilbert.
No game — offseason
Next major schedule item: 2026 kickoff/TV windows have begun rolling out; Oregon State future games added.
Seattle Seahawks
Offseason program closes; next stop is camp
No game, no panic, no manufactured drama. The freshest official Seahawks item is a look back at minicamp and the full offseason program, with Seattle shifting from spring installation to the pre-camp reset.
Roster/injury note: Seattle’s recent official notes highlighted OT Bobby Hart as added line depth and earlier minicamp injury updates around players such as Tory Horton, Rylie Mills and AJ Barner. No new game-week injury report exists in June.
What to watch next: camp registration is open, and the team says it will host nine public practices starting July 29. That’s where “new offense” chatter and young-player roles become less theoretical.
Seattle Mariners
Cold bats waste a good Miller start
Boston beat Seattle 6–2 on Friday night. Ranger Suárez allowed one hit over 6⅔ scoreless innings, and the Mariners did not get on the board until Julio Rodríguez’s two-run homer in the ninth.
Standouts: Rodríguez supplied the only Seattle runs with homer No. 14. Bryce Miller took the loss but gave Seattle five clean-looking innings: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 0 BB. For Boston, Suárez was the story, while Caleb Durbin went 3-for-4 with a homer and Marcelo Mayer drove in three.
Why it matters: Seattle entered the night at 44–28 and still in strong position, but the immediate concern is simple: the Mariners need the lineup to make contact earlier in counts and avoid letting quality starts turn into low-margin losses.
What to watch next: Logan Gilbert is listed for tonight against Connelly Early. First pitch is 7:10 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Park.
Oregon Ducks Football
Ducks’ summer board is schedule polish and staff continuity
No game for Oregon football, but the official trail remains useful. Oregon announced multiple kickoff times and TV assignments for the 2026 season in late May, and also added four future games with Oregon State — keeping the rivalry thread alive in a Big Ten era.
Program note: Dan Lanning also announced staff promotions for Brian Dean and Sean Gibbs, a continuity item that matters in a program trying to keep recruiting, operations and player development humming through the summer.
Implications: Oregon’s Big Ten path is no longer a novelty; the details now are logistics, TV windows and roster/recruiting momentum. There was no verified new football game, practice or ranking change from Friday.
What to watch next: summer recruiting movement and any additional kickoff/TV windows from Oregon or the Big Ten.
Kickoff/TV announcement · Oregon State series news · Staff promotions
Highlight Reel
- Red Sox at Mariners — Friday condensed/highlights
YouTube: MLB search — link
Original/official: MLB Gameday — link - Julio Rodríguez two-run homer
YouTube: MLB search — link
Original/official: MLB video/search — link - Seahawks minicamp/offseason program
YouTube: Seattle Seahawks — link
Original/official: Seahawks.com — link - Oregon football spring/summer video
YouTube: Oregon Ducks — link
Original/official: GoDucks football — link
Quick Hits
- Mariners managed only two hits Friday: Josh Naylor’s double and Julio Rodríguez’s ninth-inning homer.
- Cal Raleigh still reached three times via walks, a small on-base bright spot in a quiet lineup night.
- Bryce Miller’s 7:0 strikeout-to-walk line was the kind of underlying result Seattle can live with.
- Boston broke the game open in the seventh; the Mayer single plus throwing error changed the tone.
- Seahawks training camp is the next real checkpoint after minicamp wrapped.
- Seattle added veteran OT Bobby Hart earlier this month for offensive line depth.
- Oregon’s 2026 football TV/kickoff details are partially set, with more windows likely to come.
Today’s Watch List
- Mariners: Red Sox at Mariners, 7:10 p.m. PT, T-Mobile Park. Watch Gilbert’s command and whether Julio’s return sparks the top half of the order.
- Seahawks: No practice today; track camp registration and any late roster/injury updates.
- Ducks: No game; monitor recruiting news and official Big Ten/Oregon schedule updates.