In what is becoming an annoyingly familiar pattern this spring, the Mariners lost today’s spring training contest against the Padres by a score of 12-4. Once again, the pitching depth struggled to keep the Padres off the board, surrendering runs to both the A and B squad versions of the Friars.
Yu Darvish held the Mariners hitters mostly in check, striking out the side in the first and adding another three strikeouts over his innings of work. Cade Marlowe got to him with his first home run of the spring, though, punishing a rare Darvish mistake in the middle of the plate for a two-run shot:
We have liftoff pic.