The sun came out. Baseball was back.
Spring training has long been seen as the unofficial end to winter, but that was postponed when the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics were rained out of their opener on Thursday. The teams, which got the early start in order to prepare for the regular season opener in Japan – were back at it on Friday.
The Mariners, behind 14 hits, beat the A’s, 8-1. Mitch Haninger got things started for Seattle with a two-run home run in the first inning and the Mariners got a boost from Ichiro Suzuki.