M's 8, A's 4

The Mariners are off to a 2-0 start after their 8-4 win over the A's last night.

Balancing act yields victory for M's

"Everybody on our offense did their jobs tonight," Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said. "Whether it was moving runners over, or driving in a two-out run as Ichiro did, or a sac fly as Adrian Beltre did — a lot of the things we worked on in spring training, these guys put into effect tonight."

Let's not forget a two-run homer in the second inning by Richie Sexson. Or an even bigger, two-run blast to left by Yuniesky Betancourt off A's reliever Kiko Calero to snap a 4-4 tie in the seventh.

Julio Mateo (WI '00) got the win, but only because he allowed two runs in the top of the seventh inning to let the A's tie the game 4-4.