Opening week continues in major league baseball tonight in the Pacific Northwest as the Athletics took on the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. In game two of the four-game set, A’s newcomer Jeffrey Springs faced 32-year-old righty Luis Castillo for Seattle.
Both starters cruised through the first three. Springs faced just one over the minimum walking one batter and striking out four, while Castillo gave up just one hit and two walks. Then in the top of the fifth inning the contract extensions at the top of the order paid their first regular season dividends.