When the Ides of March are really bad, you get Shakespeare. Prepare to settle for less. Besides, for the Mariners, what happened Wednesday wasn’t even close to their worst loss this week.
It wasn’t good, though. They ran out a collection of pitchers who generally appear ticketed to open the season in the minors and absorbed a 12-7 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Peoria Stadium.
Right-hander Chris Heston, who had been clean this spring through seven previous innings, gave up three runs and failed to make it through three innings.
With the exception of Casey Fien, who bolstered his candidacy for a bullpen job, it got no better as the Mariners offered up Jonathan Aro, Christian Bergman, Jean Machi, et al.