Today the Mariners won a wild one over the Cubs, 11-10, in maybe what was the most spring trainingest of the games we’ve seen so far. The most important hit in this game was a sacrifice bunt by Zach Shank. I’ll get back to that.
Today was one of those spring training games that fall pretty clearly into two halves—the Chris Heston vs. Kyle Hendricks part, and then Act II: Your 2017 Modesto Nuts. Except because the Mariners have so many players in the WBC, and the Cubs decided to leave their superstars back in Mesa, the offensive side of things looked a little more sleepy at the beginning.