Opening day
Final: Mariners 8, Giants 7 (10)
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Mariners walk it off with a walk on opening day
Mariners win it, 8-7, on a bases-loaded walk to Fraley in the 10th. A hell of a victory for the M's, who were down 5-0 after 5, and 6-1 after 7. They erupted for six in the 8th, and survived a game-tying homer allowed by Montero in the 9th.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Walk it off, Jake Fraley ...
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
goodnight! pic.twitter.com/2ODzmJeWYS
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
3-1 on Fraley. Is it walkoff-walk time?
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Moore walks to load the bases with no outs. Jake Fraley will try to win it right here.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Mitch Haniger saves a run with sliding catch in top of the 10th
Haniger just saved a run with a great sliding catch to end the 10th. Giants got a runner to third with one out but Misiewicz stranded him there. #Mariners will try to win it in the bottom of the 10th. Good news: They have a runner in scoring position. Will they bunt him over?
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Wow, welcome back Mitch Haniger. Brilliant sliding grab to end the inning and keep the game tied. He ran a long way to get that ball.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
HANIGER BACK pic.twitter.com/jNLXnoH4F3
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Mariners heading to extras
Yep, extra innings is happening.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Rafael Montero blows Mariners' save in 9th
#rewrite again
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Alex Dickerson - San Francisco Giants (1) pic.twitter.com/mDK1jzcnEQ
— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) April 2, 2021
Mariners take the lead on a two-run error
That's a two-run error on what could've been an inning-ending double play ball. Mariners lead 7-6. I don't believe what I'm going to have to rewrite
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
The Mariners have come all the way back to take a 7-6 lead on a throwing error. How about that?
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Good evening, the Mariners have taken the lead!!
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
The Mariners have batted around in the eighth.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Mariners' comeback continues
Two-run double from Dylan Moore. Mariners trail 6-5
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Bedlam in the stadium, after Dylan Moore's 2-run double pulls the Mariners to 6-5. Bedlam in the press box as writers frantically re-write their stories. Speaking of which...
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Taylor Trammell can become a folk hero right now in his first big-league game
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Seager walks to load the bases. And, indeed, Evan White comes to the plate representing the tying run. No outs.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
The Mariners are one baserunner away from bringing the potential tying run to the plate here in the 8th.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Mariners cut into deficit with another run
Ty France loops a single to center to score JP Crawford. Mariners trail 6-2.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Mitch Haniger hits first single since June 2019
Mitch Haniger with a crisp single to left. His first hit since June of 2019. M's have runners on first and second and no outs here in the eighth
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Evan White scores Mariners' first run of the season
Evan White scores the first run of the Mariners' season. He scores on Dylan Moore's shattered bat sac fly to center. Mariners trail 5-1.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
The #Mariners won't be shut out. Dylan Moore shatters his bat but delivers a sac fly to score Evan White. Here comes Gabe Kapler signaling to the bullpen. It appears Kevin has run out of gaus, man.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Love a good shattered bat GIF pic.twitter.com/rpjHAhRjD0
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) April 2, 2021
Evan White leads off the 7th with a double, barely beating the throw to second.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Evan White punches a 1-2 fastball on the outside corner into right field for a hustle double. That's Seattle's second hit of the night.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Gausman is working on a one-hit shutout in the seventh and has thrown just 81 pitches.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Marco Gonzales done after six innings
The Mariners haven't hit a ball off of Kevin Gausman with an exit velo of more than 97 mph. Evan White's deep flyout was the hardest hit ball at 96.5 mph.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
It's a sellout at T-Mobile Park
The smallest official sellout in #Mariners history: 8,174
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Mariners finally see a 3-ball count and Jake Fraley walks for their second baserunner of the night.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Giants extend lead over Mariners
Belt with an RBI single, and Giants extend lead to 5-0.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Gonzales serves up third homer of the night
Austin Slater delivers the third homer of the night off Gonzales. Giants lead, 4-0.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
That's an unbelievable oppo homer from Austin Slater on a cutter. He almost pulled that out of Murphy's glove. And it just kept carrying. Giants lead 4-0
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Kyle Seager gets Mariners' first hit in fourth inning
I had just looked up the date of Bob Feller's Opening Day no-hitter -- April 16, 1940 -- so you can thank me for Kyle Seager's two-out double in the fourth.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
The Mariners have a hit! We repeat, the Mariners have a hit!
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Giants take 3-0 lead on Marco Gonzales, Mariners
Wilmer Flores sits on a curveball and doubles to left to score another run. Giants lead 3-0
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
RBI double for Wilmer Flores, and Giants lead, 3-0. Signs of restlessness from the 9,000 fans.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
I have four layers of clothing and I'm huddled around my space heater in the press box, shivering. Marco Gonzales is pitching in shirt sleeves.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Don’t run on Taylor Trammell 👀 pic.twitter.com/Yvvd8ZVOQt
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Taylor Trammell with a pretty one-hop throw from deep center to get Evan Longoria at second base as he was trying to stretch to a double ... play is under review. This tweet could be meaningless
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Not enough replay reviews yet
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Mariners hitless through first three innings
Kevin Gausman has retired all nine batters he's faced ... that means the Mariners don't have a hit.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Nine up, nine down for Giants starter Kevin Gausman.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Quick little 1-2-3 inning for Gonzales with soft contact on the balls put in play.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
In his major-league debut, Taylor Trammell swings at the first pitch and fouls out to the third baseman.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Marco Gonzales allows second homer in second inning
Posey with a line shot over the left-field wall. Giants 2, #Mariners 0. Rough second inning for Marco.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Cutter from Marco Gonzales does not go where it was intended and it is redirected by Buster Posey into Edgar's Cantina for a solo homer. Giants lead 2-0
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Buster Posey - San Francisco Giants (1) pic.twitter.com/v2xTcK9hvC
— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) April 2, 2021
Buster Posey (1) off LHP Marco Gonzales - 106.5 mph, 26 degrees (367 ft Home Run)
— MLBBarrelAlert (@MLBBarrelAlert) April 2, 2021
84.1 mph Cutter#SFGiants @ #Mariners (T2)
Giants open scoring with Evan Longoria HR in second
Evan Longoria stays on a first pitch sinker and sends it over the wall in right field for a solo homer. Giants lead 1-0.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Evan Longoria - San Francisco Giants (1)
— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) April 2, 2021
pic.twitter.com/Nf4P1TLyUL
Nice play by Kevin Gausman on the swinging bunt by Ty France. Every pitcher I know just jumped and screamed, "See!! We are athletes!"
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Mariners turn double play to end top of the first
5-4-3 ... it's just that easy
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
A slick 5-4-3 double play ends the first inning for the Giants.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Marco Gonizales, who walked seven in 69 innings last year, walks the first batter he faces in 2021.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Baseball.
Season's underway: Marco Gonzales throws 2021 first pitch
And the season has begun. Marco Gonzales throws a ball to Austin Slater.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
And so it begins ... pic.twitter.com/0X66SbEYbj
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Can the #Mariners-Giants maintain the average of 9.1 relievers per game so far on Opening Day. https://t.co/KRqk81sFlW
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
Dr. Jonathan Awori of Seattle Children's crushed the Star Spangled Banner. He was fantastic.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) April 2, 2021
Mariners fans are officially back
Fans are back in the building for #OpeningDay before the #Mariners take on the #Giants - follow our live updates here: https://t.co/nnAbLWbYtS #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/gIgWn7csmL
— Bettina Hansen (@bettinahansen) April 2, 2021
Is it 7:10 yet, where's all the baseball
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Standing room only, Covid style pic.twitter.com/S1sBrBdUx1
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
The space heater goes on at 6:06 p.m., a new Opening Day record.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
we're back baby https://t.co/Mh4VEBLT7J
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) April 2, 2021
Seattle Times staff makes its predictions for 2021 MLB season
It’s opening day!
It’s the most magical day of the year for baseball fans. It’s also the day when we release our totally spot-on predictions for the AL West and season awards. Bookmark this page because you’ll want to reference it later to see how right we are.
See all our staff predictions here.
After 3 surgeries and nearly 2 years of recovery, Mitch Haniger is playing baseball again with the Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. — Mitch Haniger isn’t the type to let the emotions of a moment — good or bad, regret or redemption, failure or triumph — overcome him. Mostly stoic, always staid and completely focused whenever he was on a baseball field, Haniger was jokingly referred to as a baseball cyborg — half-human/half-robot — during his first years with the Mariners because everything seemed to be taken with a level of seriousness that didn’t seem completely human.
“It’s amazing, isn’t it?” Kyle Seager said with a knowing nod. “He’s so thorough with everything. Everything he does when it comes to baseball has a purpose. He takes everything so serious. You noticed it right away.”
But these last 20-plus months have proved that Haniger is all too human.
For Mariners fans, excitement outweighs anxiety in Seattle’s first sports event open to public since COVID-19 shutdown
The Kwan family will be back inside the ballpark Thursday night. Where else would they want to be for opening day?
Nick Kwan, a 41-year-old Seattle resident, tried to watch his beloved Mariners on TV during the pandemic-shortened season last summer, but it just wasn’t the same experience. He longed to be back at T-Mobile Park, to watch baseball live, to connect with other die-hard fans around him.
He and his wife, Nicole, and his parents will finally get that chance when the Mariners begin their 2021 season against the San Francisco Giants at T-Mobile Park on Thursday night. It will be Seattle’s first pro sports venue open to the public since the COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020.
Tip, not top. But you knew that.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
John Fogerty's "Centerfield" is playing as the Giants take batting practice. The first tangible sign that baseball is really back.
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 2, 2021
I’ve missed you, Kid pic.twitter.com/pVP7RRXwOx
— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) April 1, 2021
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