After a brutal 2-5 road trip to open the season, the Mariners were ready to play their first home games at Safeco. They were welcomed by a sold out crowd and some classic baseball tunes played by Death Cab For Cutie. The true kodak moment of the game was when Randy Johnson, the greatest Mariner pitcher of all time, threw out the first pitch to old long time battery mate, Dan Wilson. After winging a crisp strike over the plate, dead center, Wilson joined Johnson on the mound with other former team mates of Johnson; Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, and ken Griffey Jr.
Unfortunately, the game itself did not render any classic Mariner moments that will soon be remember. Gutierrez lengthened his hitting streak to 8 games by smacking his 3rd double, Lopez singled, and nobody else got a single hit in the Mariner's lineup.
Ryan Rowland-Smith started the game by throwing a no hitter threw the 5th inning, but then manage to walk 3 batters in a row in a streak of wildness that lasted the rest of his outing. Milton Bradley had a fielding that cost a run and the Mariners watched this first one at home get away.
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