The Seattle Times · Apr 3, 2018
Mariners’ Mitch Haniger finds the right solution in spring training and gets off to hot start
Mitch Haniger had five hits and two home runs in opening series. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)Until the final two games of the spring, there were no hints of what he would do in the Mariners’ opening three-game series — go 5 for 8 with two home runs, a double, two walks and three RBI.
The torrid start to Mitch Haniger’s 2018 season actually began in the final days of what had been an interrupted and somewhat frustrating spring training.
Because, until the final two games of the spring, there were no hints or signs of what he would do in the Mariners’ opening three-game series — go 5 for 8 at the plate with two home runs, a double, two walks and three RBI.