Mariners strike early and often, hold on for 7-5 victory over Brewers

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY SportsWe weren’t able to watch it, but those who could tune in on the radio were treated to some early action almost immediately in today’s spring training tilt in Maryvale. J.P. Crawford notched his first hit of spring, greeting Freddy Peralta with a ringing double to left field, before coming home on another double from Mitch Garver - the latter’s first of three hits on the day. Nothing more came across in the first, but the bats jumped right back into things the next frame.

Seby Zavala got things started with a wind-aided bloop double to left (as an aside, both Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr. noted that the wind was swirling in left field all game long; several…