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On a day when the Seattle Mariners had a league-leading four players selected to the American League All-Star team, the Mariner were part of history against the Pittsburgh Pirates and potential NL All-Star starting pitcher, Paul Skenes. For the second consecutive game, the M’s blanked their keystone guests, 1-0. Seattle blanked Pittsburgh, 6-0 on Friday night. For the 36 th time in major league history, a team shutout its opponent for an entire series. This marked the first time the Mariners turned the trick in team history and it also marked the first time Seattle has recorded two consecutive 1-0 victories. Going back to the final two innings of Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, Mariner pitchers have thrown 29 scoreless frames. For the Pirates, it was their third consecutive shutout loss after blanking the St. Louis Cardinals in three consecutive games. The Buccos are the first team in the history of major league baseball has recorded three shutouts and then been ...

The Seattle Kraken didn’t make a big splash in the NHL free-agent market this week- not that there were many Mitch Marmer’s floating around-but the Kraken feel they’ve upgraded their roster for next season. While Seattle made several moves before the free-agent window opened on Tuesday, the Kraken did sign veteran defenseman Ryan Lindgren for $14 million over four years. They also signed goaltender Matt Murray, who played in two Stanley Cup finals with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2016 and 2017) but has only played two NHL games in the last two years due to undergoing bilateral hip surgery. Lindgren, 27, a second-round draft pick of the Boston Bruins in 2016 after being a standout at the University of Minnesota, had played virtually all of his NHL career with the New York Rangers. New York traded Lindgren to Colorado at the trade deadline in March. On Broadway, he was usually paired on the blueline with Adam Fox, the 2021 Norris Trophy winner as best defenseman in the NHL. Kraken f...