Friday afternoon the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland A's in the first spring training game 8-1. It was supposed to be the second game however the opening was canceled after an inning and a half because of rain.
Mitch Haniger hit a homer with Dee Gordon on base because of all things a walk to put the Mariners up 2-0. Ichiro drove in the next two runs on a single to right field. I wouldn't make a big deal of it because his swing looked like one for a home run but the ball actually dropped over the head of the second baseman. Actually, Ichiro had another single before leaving the game.
Most of the players who started in the game left after the third inning and allowed minor league players to show their stuff for the remaining of the game. Mike Leach pitched well in his first outing of the spring and the bullpen did a fine job as well.
The Mariners now take on the San Diego Padres in a Saturday afternoon game. Felix Hernandez will be taking the mound against the Padres. It will be interesting to see how he looks in his first outing of the spring. We hope for better things instead of digressing further. I am sure Felix will only pitch an inning or two depending on how many pitches he throws.
In other local sports news, the Washington Huskies take on Colorado Buffaloes at home Saturday evening. The Huskies win the game they will have tied at least for the conference championship. They beat the Buffaloes followed by California Golden Bears next week they will clinch the title. This should mean they will finally make the NCAA tournament for the first time in a while.
The Washington State Cougars will play Utah who lost to the Huskies last Wednesday. The Cougars beat Colorado on Wednesday so they have had a good string of wins lately going 3-1 in the last four games only losing to the Huskies.
Not much news from the Seahawks though local media is trying to stir some up. This week the NFL Combine is happening in Indianapolis. There will be some Huskies on hand to show what they can do. The draft isn't until April so comes up next would be signings like that of Frank Clark or possible release of players too.
I will mention anything that will come up though I am into college basketball and baseball right now.
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