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Seattle Mariners (1-0) @ Oakland Athletics (0-1)
Preview: Iwakuma out to validate 2012 success
Time: 7:05 pm
Location: The Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Television: ROOT Sports
Lineups:
| Seattle Mariners | Oakland Athletics |
| CF Michael Saunders | CF Coco Crisp |
| 3B Kyle Seager | C John Jaso |
| DH Kendrys Morales | RF Josh Reddick |
| RF Michael Morse | LF Yoenis Cespedes |
| LF Raul Ibanez | SS Jed Lowrie |
| 1B Justin Smoak | 1B Brandon Moss |
| C Jesus Montero | 3B Josh Donaldson |
| 2B Dustin Ackley | DH Seth Smith |
| SS Brendan Ryan | 2B Eric Sogard |
I get wanting to stack the lineup with lefties, I get wanting to give Franklin Gutierrez lots of rest, and I get that it's as good a time as any to punt outfield defense with the groundballing Iwakuma on the hill, but if you're going to run both Morse and Ibanez out there in the corners I feel like having Death to Flying Things between them should be a requirement. Those gaps are awfully big tonight.
But on the other side of the ball, it's hard not to like that lineup.