After a tightly-contested low-scoring game yesterday, the Mariners swung the pendulum firmly back to “spring training hijinks” in today’s game, a sloppy affair with the Giants ending in a 10-10 tie. The bulk of the Mariners’ runs came via home run: three long balls, each with at least one runner aboard. But the pitching staff largely failed to command the zone, striking out 10 batters but walking seven.
George Kirby made his spring debut and things didn’t go great, although that wasn’t entirely his fault: Ryan Bliss, filling in at shortstop, bobbled what should have been a double play ball, running up Kirby’s pitch count.