In surprise start, Mike Marjama was Mariners’ MVP in opening-day win

Mariners catcher Mike Marjama is helped up off the turf by teammate Kyle Seager after falling backwards retiring the pop foul off Cleveland’s Yan Gomes in the 5th. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)Making just his third start of his career, Marjama handled all the defensive duties of a catcher despite having a bat smash his glove hand in the second inning.

In the organized chaos that was opening day, Mike Marjama was bounding around the Mariners’ clubhouse hours before Felix Hernandez’s first pitch of Thursday night’s opener at Safeco Field.

A bundle of energy and optimism that rarely sits still on an average day, Marjama’s meter was set higher with this being his first opening day in his brief…