The Seattle Mariners (15-12-2) beat the defending World Series Champion Kansas City Royals (12-18) 6-4 on Monday afternoon in Peoria, AZ. Joaquin Benoit (1-0, 1.80 ERA) was credited with the win, and John Lannan (0-2, 5.23 ERA) was tagged with the loss for the Royals. Joel Peralta closed the door with a 1-2-3 9th inning to earn his first save of the spring.
Nate “the Great” Karns, who had just been announced as the fifth starter took the mound for the Mariners. He allowed 5 hits in 6 innings of work this afternoon and just 2 earned runs and had 5 strikeouts.