Alas, the Mariners (1-1) will not go undefeated in Cactus League play. Today’s spring training game wasn’t the most exciting of lineups—no Ohtani or Trout for the Angels, who don’t usually make the long trip to Peoria from Tempe Diablo, with the Mariners also resting their starters—but there was plenty of offense, at least from the Angels, and some uncharacteristically shaky early-spring outings from Mariners pitchers.
Marco Gonzales got off to a great start in the first, getting three quick groundouts, working so quickly the pitch clock couldn’t even keep up with him, at one time literally buckling the knees of new Angel Gio Urshela.