On a sun-soaked St. Patrick’s Day in the Phoenix Valley, the Mariners played a split-squad doubleheader, facing the Angels in Peoria and the Athletics in Mesa. Strong pitching led Seattle to a sweep of the two games, as Marco Gonzales put up 5.2 scoreless frames against the Halos and Casey Lawrence worked 4.0 scoreless innings vs. the A’s.
Seattle Sweeps Split-Squad Doubleheader
The Mariners swept a split-squad doubleheader on Saturday, shutting out the Los Angeles Angels, 7–0, at Peoria Stadium and defeating the Oakland Athletics, 4–1, at Hohokam Stadium. Seattle pitchers combined to allow only 1 run on 5 hits while walking 5 and striking out 13 in the two games.