A daily look at the Seattle Mariners in spring training.
Tuesday in camp
The Mariners struck up some late-inning offense and came from behind to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 in a split-squad game in Peoria, their first victory of the exhibition season.
In Tempe, the Angels romped to an 11-5 victory, although staring pitcher Ryan Franklin pitched well despite needing 53 pitches to get through two innings. Franklin allowed three hits and two unearned runs when he was victimized by an error. Right-hander Masao Kida was hammered for seven runs on seven hits and two walks in just 12/3 innings as the Angels took a 9-0 lead in the fifth.
In Peoria against the Brewers, the Mariners scored six runs in the eighth inning to overturn a 4-2 deficit. Jose Lopez belted a three-run triple and Willie Bloomquist an RBI single off young Brewers left-hander Sam Narron, and Benji Gil hit a two-run homer off non-roster righty Alex Zumwalt.
Shin-choo Choo, who struggled in his first few games as he admittedly tried too hard to impress new manager Mike Hargrove, went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs with a sixth-inning double.
Angels 11, Mariners (ss) 5
Seattle (ss)Los Angeles (A)
abrhbiabrhbi
Winn lf3110Figgins 2b3010
Strong cf5011Izturis ph-ss3121
Beltre 3b3020DaVanon lf3012
Harris pr-rf2121Pride ph-lf2112
Ibanez 1b3030Budde ph-c1000
Tuiasosopo ph1000Guerrero rf3111
Boone 2b2000Nieves ph-c2000
Santiago 2b3000Prieto lf0000
Gutierrez rf-3b5010Finley cf1011
Morse dh4110Merloni ph-1b2110
Wilson c3010J.Rivera dh2000
R.Rivera c1111Kendrick ph-dh1000
Reese ss3011Cabrera ss3000
Jones pr-ss1110Cellaspo ph-2b2012
Quinlan 3b1200
Gordon ph-rf1000
Gorneault rf1110
Kotchman 1b3220
Murphy cf2110
Paul c1110
Mathis ph0001
Matranga 3b1010
Sorensen 3b0001
Totals395154Totals36111511
Seattle (ss)000000311-5
Los Angeles (A)02025002X-11
E-Ibanez, Boone. DP-Seattle 1, Los Angeles 3. LOB-Seattle 10, Los Angeles 12. 2B-Beltre, Morse, Wilson, Izturis, Callaspo. 3B-Harris, Guerrero. HR-R.Rivera. SB-Gutierrez, Figgins. SF-Mathis, Sorensen.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
Franklin L, 0-1232023
Johnson100030
Kida12/377721
Mateo21/320001
Rall132200
Los Angeles
Santana W, 1-0220015
Stertzbach100002
Shell220011
Thomas273310
Peralta131100
Hensley111100
WP-Santana, Hensley. T-2:59. A-3,438.
Mariners (ss) 8, Brewers (ss) 4
MilwaukeeSeattle
abrhbiabrhbi
Krynzel cf3000Suzuki rf3010
Moss ph-cf1000Gil rf2112
Spivey 2b3100Reed cf3010
Erickson 2b0000Betancourt 2b2000
Fielder 1b3112Spiezio 3b2100
Cirillo 1b1000Leone 3b0100
Branyan 3b3010Sexson 1b1100
Heether 3b1010Pellow 1b1110
Miller c3110Choo dh4122
Johnson c1010Lopez ss4113
Kleschnick dh4011Bloomquist 2b-cf3121
Hart rf3000Olivo c3010
Mannon rf1000Christianson c1000
Cruz lf3100Balentien lf4000
Nelson lf1000
Hardy ss3021
Scrborough ss1000
Totals35484Totals338108
Milwaukee (ss)200100100-4
Seattle (ss)00000206x-8
E-Gil, Spiezio. DP-Milwaukee 1, Seattle 2. LOB-Milwaukee 5, Seattle 6. 2B-Kleschnick, Hardy, Choo, Bloomquist 2. 3B-Lopez. HRs-Fielder, Gil.
IPHRERBBSO
Milwaukee
Hendrickson220012
Lehr100000
Adams100001
Capellan12/312230
Turnbow11/320002
Narron L, 0-1045510
Zumwalt111101
Seattle
Sele322211
Nelson121100
Hasegawa210002
Sherill111000
Atchison W, 1-0220000
T-2:36. A-3,507.
Today’s game
Mariners vs. Royals, 12:05 p.m. (PST) at Surprise Stadium.
Radio: KOMO (1000 AM).
From the fans
If Mike Hargrove handed you the lineup sheet for opening day, how would you fill it out? What’s the batting order? Also, do you think Ichiro is a permanent lock at leading off? He gets on base a ton, but nobody moves him along.
Robert O Sheehan, Bothell
My opening-day batting order, against Twins right-hander Brad Radke, would be: Ichiro Suzuki, Randy Winn, Adrian Beltre, Richie Sexson, Bret Boone, Raul Ibanez, Miguel Olivo, Jeremy Reed and Pokey Reese. I could easily see Reed batting second, and Hargrove has tinkered with that in spring training.
As for moving Suzuki out of the leadoff spot, I doubt it will happen. He’s the best leadoff man in baseball and the middle of the lineup should be more productive with Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson.
Kirby Arnold, Herald Writer
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