Mariners starter, Hisashi Iwakuma came to the mound for the first time in May attempting to get his first win on the year; he came out with a purpose, powering through the opening inning in 1,2,3 fashion and tallied a strikeout. His opponent, Sonny Gray started off equally as good, but did concede an insignificant walk.
It was the 2nd frame that provided the only hiccup for Iwakuma, who walked two batters in the inning. Last season he only had 5 games with 2+ walks and it hadn’t been since August 29th, 2015 that Iwakuma walked 2 batters in the same inning.