Mariners left-handers Marco Gonzalez and Yusei Kikuchi have both made two starts this season.
Wade LeBlanc just made his first.
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound veteran dusted off his 34-year-old left arm in Seattle’s series-ending 10-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. But before that start, he had maintained an unconventionally erratic pitching schedule throughout the spring.
LeBlanc threw 3 2/3 innings against the Oakland A’s in Catcus League play March 6, surrendering seven hits and five earned runs. His next meaningful work came in an intrasquad game March 12. Because of the season-opening two-game series in Japan — in which he threw a pair of bullpen sessions but was not on the active roster — LeBlanc didn’t start again until March 26, when he impressed with 5 1/3 scoreless innings of three-hit ball in a 1-0 exhibition defeat against the San Diego Padres.