It's the ten year anniversary of the '97 Mariners and their run to the AL West Championship. Rattler Radio will be going back through that season with a look at every game that season.
April 1, 1997 was an Opening Day victory over the defending World Champion Yankees at the Kingdome.
The pitching matchup was Jeff Fassero for the Mariners against David Cone for the Yankees.
New York scored a run in the top of the first on a Cecil Fielder sacrifice fly. Seattle tied the game in the bottom of the first on a two-out home run by Ken Griffey.
But, the Yanks scored another run in the top of the second inning. Joe Girardi's two-out RBI single gave them the lead.
Seattle got to Cone in the bottom of the third to take the lead. Russ Davis tied the game with a leadoff homer. Later in the inning, Griffey homered again and it was a 4-2 Seattle lead.
That was it for the scoring. Fassero gave up one hit over his final five innings and struck out a total of six.
Norm Charlton, an occasional visitor to Appleton these days, got the final two outs of the game for the save.
Alex Rodriguez, the only former Appleton Fox in the lineup that day for the Mariners, was 1-for-4 with a run scored.
Seattle 1-0 (T-1st)
Complete boxscore and play-by-play HERE.
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