We attended a Mariners Spring Training game in Peoria, Arizona.
Spring training for the Mariners is held at Peoria Sports Complex. Here’s a satellite view, showing where our seats were located, right behind home plate:
The view from our seats:
A wide-angle view:
The starting lineup:
As is traditional, the game was kicked off with a singing of the national anthem:
Ichiro watched the game:
Play ball!
Hit:
A confused bee thought Jenn’s new Mariners cap looked like a flower (which, fair enough, it does):
The stands:
Some more baseball:
KC scored a run:
Conference on the mound:
Mariners run:
Pitcher warming up:
The hydro challenge is a fun tradition:
Seventh inning stretch:
There were some baseball scouts sitting behind us:
Run:
2,730 attendance:
Another run:
Hit:
More hits:
But not enough; the final score was Royals 11, Mariners 4:
The victors:
Outside the Peoria Sports Complex:
Despite our team losing, we enjoyed the game. We may look into attending a Mariners game when we’re in the Seattle region later this year; it’s been ages since we’ve attended a game.
