A daily look at the Seattle Mariners in spring training.
Friday in camp
The Mariners finally used the four-field cloverleaf for the first time since full-squad workouts began this week. The defensive focus was on pop flies, followed by pitchers throwing live batting practice and coaches throwing more hittable stuff to finish their practice.
Today in camp
More of the same, with work on defense and hitting.
On the trainer’s table
Shortstop Pokey Reese didn’t practice for a second straight day after suffering a sprained left ankle on Wednesday, but he’s expected to return today.
Outfielder Chris Snelling, who had a magnetic resonance imaging exam Thursday on his left knee, took batting practice Friday but was held out of drills. Results of the MRI won’t be known until Monday after team medical director Dr. Larry Pedegana examines it.
Weather report
After the first warm, sunny day of spring training, clouds are expected to move into the area again today, although there’s just a 30 percent chance of rain. After today, the long-range forecast calls for nothing but sunshine and high temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s over the next nine days.
They said it
“The things we do are fairly standard, we’re not trying to trick anybody. When you try to trick somebody, you end up tricking yourself more often than not.”
Mike Hargrove on whether the Mariners are trying anything unique with their defense on bunts, pickoffs, rundowns and relays.
They did it
How far can Adrian Beltre belt a baseball? He gave a preview of it Friday when he launched a batting-practice pitch thrown by coach Mike Goff. The ball not only cleared the left-field fence on the practice field, it soared another 60 feet over a second fence that separates the Mariners’ property from a nearby street. The ball bounced off the blacktop and into a parking lot across the street.
Kirby Arnold, Herald Writer
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