To let you in on a little secret, recapping the final game of spring training/the off-season inspires just as much impatience for the writers as it does for the players, so let’s get right to recapping this 7-6 Mariners win over the Padres with an eye towards the off-season tomorrow and then Opening Day on Thursday.
As is typical of a final preseason game, the starters got one or two at-bats and were removed, making the job of summarizing “what you care about” for this game particularly quick work. J.P. Crawford liked the first pitch he saw from Padres starter Michael King, knocking it into center for a base hit, and then Julio worked a solid at-bat against King before finishing his spring strong:
Dylan Moore also liked the first pitch he saw from King and muscled a pitch out to give the Mariners a 3-2 lead after the Padres had tied it up against Casey Lawrence:
A healthy DMo returned to his power stroke would be such a boon for this team.