Mariners Intrasquad Game Brings Us 2014 Baseball

Feb 13, 2014; Peoria, AZ, USA; Seattle Mariners catchers do drills during team workouts at Peoria Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

The 2014 season is finally here. The first baseball game played by the Seattle Mariners was played on Tuesday against….the Seattle Mariners. The 5-inning Mariners intrasquad game had some highlights, some power and ended in a 4-3 victory for…the Mariners.

The rosters were as follows:

Visiting team

• Brad Miller SS
• James Jones CF
• Stefen Romero RF
• Jesus Montero 1B
• Nate Tenbrink 3B
• Chris Taylor DH
• Ty Kelly 2B
• Cole Gillespie LF
• Jesus Sucre C
• Roenis Elias P

Relievers

1. Hector Noesi
2. James Gilhenney
3. Logan Bawcom
4. Jonathan Arias

Home Team

• Abraham Almonte CF
• James Jones RF
• Nick Franklin SS
• Ji-Man Choi 1B
• Jabari Blash DH
• Manny Pina C
• Carlos Triunfel 3B
• Burt Reynolds RF
• Gabriel Noriega 2B
• Anthony Fernandez P

Relievers

• Andrew Carray
• Stephen Kohlscheen
• Chance Ruffin

You can see some highlights by Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times.

There were three home runs in the game. One by Stefen Romero off Anthony Fernandez, one by Nick Franklin off James Gilhenney and one by Jabari Blash off of Logan Bawcom.

Blash was 2-for-2 with the homer and a walk in the victory for the Mariners #2 team. What does it mean? Not much as most of you I’m sure realize. But it was something. It was baseball and it was a welcome sight.

The Mariners begin their Cactus League schedule on Thursday against the San Diego Padres. We will have full coverage and analysis after the game.