PEORIA, Ariz. – The Mariners fell short to the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, in front of a crowd of 7,287 on Monday night at Peoria Stadium. Kyle Seager (double), Jean Segura (triple) and Mike Marjama (double) each recorded extra-base hits tonight.
The White Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st on a solo home run from Adam Engel and back-to-back doubles by Avisail Garcia and Matt Davidson. Chicago tacked on one run in the top of the 4th on another solo home run to extend
its lead, 3-0.
The Mariners answered back with one run in the bottom of the 4th as Ichiro led off the inning with a walk and scored from 1st on Segura’s RBI-triple into the right field corner. Seattle cut the White Sox lead, 3-2, in the bottom of the 5th. Mike Marjama started the inning with a double, stole 3rd base and scored on Andrew Romine’s RBI-groundout.
Chicago added an insurance run in the top of the 9th on Engel’s second home run of the game.
In his 4th start of the spring, Marco Gonzales allowed 2 runs on 4 hits while walking 2 and striking out 1 in 1.2 innings pitched. He was removed from the game in the 2nd inning with a right hand contusion after being struck by a line drive. Juan Nicasio tossed 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit and striking out 1. Marc Rzepczysnki allowed a solo home run in the4th, his only inning of work. Ryan Cook worked around a single and a walk to keep the White Sox off the board in the 5th
.
Nick Vincent made his Cactus League debut in the 6th and retired the side in order, striking out 2. Edwin Díaz worked a 1-2-3 top of the 7th inning. Minor league call-up Bryan Bonnell allowed 1 run while striking out 2 in 2.0 innings pitched.
The Mariners (6-11-1) return to Cactus League action tomorrow (Tuesday, March 13) against the Colorado Rockies at 1:10 p.m. at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The game will be available live on Mariners.com and broadcast delayed (7:00 p.m.) in the Seattle area on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. The game will be televised live in HD on ROOTSPORTS NW. Right-hander Rob Whalen is slated to start for the Mariners against Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland.
