ARLINGTON -- The Mariners will be looking to make a little history Monday when they face the Rangers on Opening Day with ace Felix Hernandez on the mound. Seattle has won nine straight Opening Day games, one shy of the Major League record of 10 in a row by the Boston Beaneaters from 1887-96.
No other team has won nine straight since the Reds from 1983-91, so Seattle can put itself alone in the modern era if the club stops Texas in the 1:05 p.m. PT contest at Globe Life Park.
Hernandez has been on the mound for eight of those nine openers, with Erik Bedard making the other season debut against the Rangers in 2008, the last time these two American League West rivals opened against each other.