PEORIA, Ariz. — Yes, it was a Cactus League game. Yes, the Mariners lost, 9-6, to the Rockies and, after a solid start from Justus Sheffield, the pitching ranged somewhere between forgettable and abysmal.
And, yet, for Mariners fans searching for something to grab onto in a season where 100 losses are expected and another year without the postseason is a given, there was a day like Monday.