The key point Tuesday, from the Mariners’ point of view, is that Felix Hernandez looked sharp in his two-inning tune-up for opening day.
Most everything else in their 15-6 loss to Arizona at Peoria Stadium can be regarded as late-spring noise. Loud noise at times. But still noise. White noise at that.
Hernandez worked only two innings and needed just 24 pitches despite recording four strikeouts. He missed up on one pitch, and the result was a Brandon Drury homer with two outs in the first inning.
It was something of a Cactus League homer but, as Hernandez admitted, "it was a mistake.