At Surprise Stadium, a Royals team featuring their mainstays, or whatever is left of them, struggled to get the M’s offense off the diamond in the first. The first six Mariner hitters reached base safely off of Wily Peralta. Andrew Romine, who’s having a fantastic Spring at the plate so far, started it off with a two-run homer. After batting around and scoring a total six runs on four hits, two errors, and one walk, the M’s were finally retired.
Andrew Moore took the mound for the Mariners in that game. Moore joined his counterpart Peralta in struggling early, giving up two runs on three hits and one walk in the first inning.