Seattle Mariners Unfortunately Do Something on Friday They Did Only One Time in 2024 Season
UPDATE: Upon further review, this tweet was misinterpreted. Codify means that only once did a road team have more than 12 hits at T-Mobile Park, NOT did the M's only get outhit once by a road team.
SEATTLE - The Seattle Mariners suffered a lopsided 7-0 loss at the hands of the Athletics on Friday night, falling back to 1-1 on the young season.
The A's improved to the same mark with the win.
The Mariners got a solid early performance from Luis Castillo, who held the A's scoreless through four innings before giving up a two-run homer in the fifth. The M's had a chance in the bottom half of the inning to make some noise, but Mitch Garver was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second.
The A's then went onto capitalize on the M's bullpen late en route to the victory.
The Mariners offense, a focal point of discussion in spring training, was tepid. One night after hitting three homers in a win, the unit generated just five hits, all singles. The A's had 12 hits in their offensive attack.
To be out-hit like that at home is extremely rare for the M's, per this note from @CodifyBaseball on social media:
The @Athletics had 12 hits in Seattle tonight. Only ONCE did a road team have more hits in a game at that stadium last season.
The @Athletics had 12 hits in Seattle tonight. Only ONCE did a road team have more hits in a game at that stadium last season.
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) March 29, 2025
After finishing fourth in the American League West last season, the A's are certainly a team on the rise, but the M's offense will have to be better if they want to win their first American League West title since 2001.
The two teams will play again on Saturday night with first pitch coming at 6:40 p.m. PT. Bryce Miller takes the ball against Osvaldo Bido.
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