It was one of those Cactus League days with a breeze blowing and the ball flying out of the ballpark. Each team hit four home runs, with Dee Gordon, of all people, blasting two for the Mariners, while Daniel Vogelbach and Nelson Cruz each left the yard.
Cruz, in fact, was on base all four times he came to the plate, with a single (after an 0-for-14 start to the Cactus League) and two walks in addition to the line-drive home run.
“It just takes time, especially the big power hitters, to get their timing down,’’ Mariners manager Scott Servais said.