Today the Mariners played a split-squad Cleveland team and politely refrained from trotting out too many of their regulars. After a hot start, the bats went quiet and two Mariners pitching prospects had rough days on the mound, resulting in a loss in the weird airplane graveyard of Goodyear AZ. At least Mike Leake had a good day, despite John’s incessant attempts to trade him.
The Mariners kicked off the scoring in the second against Cleveland’s Adam Plutko, who recorded an FIP over 6 in 70-plus innings last year. Daniel Vogelbach got into a 3-1 count and then hit his first Vogelbomb of the spring:
Kyle Lewis followed that up with a bloop double, and a HBP and line drive base hit from David Freitas loaded the bases.