Mike Leake missed his first start for the Seattle Mariners this season.

The Mariners announced they were removing him from his scheduled start less than two hours before Tuesday’s game time against the Houston Astros because of an illness, which meant a Tampa Bay Rays-inspired “opener” appearance for right-handed reliever Nick Vincent.

It was Vincent’s first career start.

But Seattle had help on the way from Triple-A Tacoma because right-handed starter Ross Detwiler was scratched from his scheduled start with the Rainiers to make his way up I-5.

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