The Athletics faced off against the Seattle Mariners today at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona in this season’s latest spring training matchup. The Mariners entered today’s game with a 7-16 record while the Athletics are currently 12-12. A’s skipper Mark Kotsay sent 28-year-old lefty Hogan Harris to the mound to face righty Casey Lawrence for Seattle.
Lawrence Butler opened up the bottom of the first with a double, his third of the spring. But he was stranded at third and didn’t score. Harris pitched for 1.1 innings before being replaced by righty Justin Sterner who stuck out the next two batters for the final two outs of the inning.