Mariners catcher Rob Johnson healthy so far after back-to-back games
It wasn't the guys on the mound, or those manning the bases Friday who were going to win a job with the Mariners based on the nine innings being played.Moore & Johnson a couple of ex-Rattlers behind the plate for Seattle this year.
Instead, the guy behind home plate, incumbent catcher Rob Johnson, had the most at stake in the second game of his first back-to-back stint of the preseason. For all of the weights lifted, sprints run and pulleys tugged on by Johnson since two hip operations over the winter, these two games were ultimately going to determine whether he heads north with the ballclub come April 5.
Johnson passed the first test on Friday morning, his hips feeling fine after catching five innings the day before. Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu confirmed before Friday's game, a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on a Ken Griffey Jr. walkoff grand slam in the ninth, that Johnson would join catcher Adam Moore on the opening day squad as long as he passes this critical test of his health.
"If Rob has no setbacks, they'll be our guys," Wakamatsu said. "They've both, in my opinion, just done a great job."
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