The Seattle Mariners won six of seven games on their last road trip to the Midwest, but nearly erased that with a rough six-game homestand in the past week.
Nearing the end of a 17-game stretch of consecutive playing days, the Mariners (13-7 before Wednesday’s game) will head down the West Coast for a week.
Seattle plays a four-game series against their American League West rival in the Los Angeles Angels beginning Thursday, before traveling further south to meet their Cactus League rivals in the San Diego Padres.
The two-game series against the Padres, which begins Tuesday, will be the first of four series’ the Mariners will play in National League parks this season.