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Thursday, August 13, 2015

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Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma is mobbed by teammates, including catcher Jesus Sucre, after Iwakuma threw a no-hitter in the Mariners 3-0 win Wednesday at
Safeco Field. Iwakuma struck out seven and walked three in his first-career no-hitter and complete game.

Hisashi Iwakuma (7 Ks, 3 BBs) tosses fifth no-hitter in

Seattle Mariners history; ALs first in nearly three years
Matt Pentz

In Good Company

The Seattle Times

SEATTLE Mariners right-hander

Hisashi Iwakuma started to feel it when
Kyle Seager made a running catch in foul
territory down the line, when the third
baseman hustled toward the stands and
doubled back to acrobatically record the
first out of the ninth inning.
Iwakuma had never thrown a nohitter; he said hed never even taken one
past the fifth inning. Yet here he was,
two outs away. The crowd of 25,661 at
Safeco Field were on their feet, cheers
reverberating off the bottom of the
closed roof.
An inkling of doubt crept back into
Iwakumas mind when Orioles hitter
Gerardo Parra laced a pitch toward the
left-center-field gap, but the Mariners
Austin Jackson got an immediate read
on the ball and caught it for the final out.
The celebration began before the ball
reached his glove.
Iwakuma threw the fifth no-hitter in

Hisashi Iwakuma threw the fifth no-hitter in

Seattle Mariners history on Wednesday. All
five no-hitters have been thrown in Seattle.
June 2, 1990: Randy Johnson (2-0 vs.
Detroit)
April 22, 1993: Chris Bosio (7-0 vs.
Boston)
June 8, 2012: Kevin Millwood, Charlie
Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Brandon League,
Tom Wilhelmson (1-0 vs. Los Angeles
Dodgers)
Aug. 15, 2012: Felix Hernandez* (1-0 vs
Tampa Bay)
Aug. 12, 2015: Hisashi Iwakuma (3-0 vs.
Baltimore)
* perfect game

Hisashi Iwakuma threw the Mariners first no-hitter since Felix Hernandezs perfect
game on Aug. 15, 2012. Said manager Lloyd McClendon: He was going pretty good,
and as it went along, you realized that this (a no-hitter) could happen.
Mariners history Wednesday, walking
three and striking out seven Orioles as
Seattle won the series with a 3-0 victory.
When I was young, when I first
signed, I said to myself, One day it would

be nice to throw a no-hitter, Iwakuma

said through interpreter Antony Suzuki.
Today, Im very happy I accomplished
it, but it was just taking one hitter at a
time that got this to become true.

Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon was

more crass: Im just glad its over with,
he joked, because I had to pee since the
fifth inning.

Iwakuma / D2

LCC

SEAHAWKS TRAINING CAMP

Hockett to play two sports at LCC

Seahawks Okung
going at it alone

Toutle Lake star

has experience
playing in multiple
state title games

ball, Hockett was a three-time

all-Central 2B League pick. As
a senior, she hit .432 with four
home runs, seven doubles and 26
RBIs. In basketball, the 5-foot-10
Hockett was a two-time allleague pick who averaged 11.5
points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists
and 3.8 steals as a senior while
Rick McCorkle
leading the Ducks to a fourthrickmc@tdn.com
place finish at state last season.
Every Toutle Lake kid weve
After playing in state champiever had here has turned out
onship games in basketball and
great for us, and we want to keep
softball at Toutle Lake, Bailey
Hockett struggled deciding which that lineage going, LCC womens
basketball coach Chad Meadors
sports shed play in college, and
said. She comes from a great
which school shed attend.
family, and its great to have anNot ready to give up both basother Hockett at LCC. Hopefully
ketball and softball, that made
Lower Columbia College, a place well get one more one day.
Hocketts older sister, Breezy,
she can continue to play both, the
completed her second season with
ideal fit for Hockett.
Its close to home, she said. I the LCC softball team earlier this
can play both sports, and I know a year. Her younger sister, Britzy, is
an incoming junior at TL.
lot of the players on both teams.
I liked what I saw.
A middle infielder in softHockett / D4

Heading into
final year of
rookie contract,
lineman handling
proceedings solo
Tim Booth
Associated Press

John Markon, The Daily News

Bailey Hockett of Toutle Lake

drives a pitch into the outfield
during a Southwest 2B District
Tournament win over Pe Ell/
Willapa Valley. Hockett will play
both softball and basketball at
LCC.

RENTON Russell Okung

is often asked to go it alone. Its
the nature of his position as the
Seattle Seahawks left tackle.
So perhaps it should be no
surprise that Okung is venturing
out on his own when it comes to
handling the details of his football future.
Okung, the first draft pick
made by Pete Carroll and John

Schneider in 2010, is entering

the final season of his rookie
contract. and instead of relying
on an agent to handle any future
contract negotiations, whether
with the Seahawks or another
franchise, Okung is going to
handle the proceedings himself.
I wasnt necessarily the first
guy to do it and I hope Im not
the last either. I do want this
to be memorable, Okung said.
If you remember anything,
remember Seattle won a Super
Bowl and remember I did this.
That I wanted to take the reins of
my life and make the decisions
as well.
Okung first wrote about his
decision in The Players Tribune
before the start of training camp.

Seahawks / D4