With Major League Baseball’s Opening Day on hold due to the COVID-19 response, the Seattle Mariners and ROOT SPORTS are teaming up to help keep fans in the game.
Beginning Thursday, March 26, on what would have been the Mariners 2020 Opening Day, ROOT SPORTS will air a different classic Mariners Home Opener each night at 7:00 pm through April 2.
The first encore game to air will be the Mariners April 2, 2001 Opening Day against the Oakland Athletics. Highlights of the game include the Major League debut of Ichiro Suzuki, who went 3-for-5 with a run scored, and a 3-for-3 performance by Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez in the Mariners 5–4 win over the A’s.