Over the course of their history, the Mariners have played 42 Opening Day games. Of those, just 15 have been on the road, thanks partly to an audience-building initiative wherein the 1977-1981 Mariners, in the team’s infancy, received five consecutive true home openers. This might explain why the Mariners have had only started at home twice in the last decade. The Mariners tend to play well on Opening Day with an overall 26-15 record and a home opener record of 16-10, including their current four-game winning streak. Yet there’s an argument that last night’s 2-1 victory over Cleveland was the sweetest of all the 16.
We just witnessed the best Opening Day in Mariners history
