Seattle Mariners have wild stat through their first 2 games

It’s only taken the Seattle Mariners two games to achieve a wild stat that hasn’t happened in over a century, if ever.

The M’s have yet to hit a single through their first two games. According to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, they’re the first team since at least 1900 to start its season without a single in its first two games. They’re also just the ninth team to go without a single in any two-game span and the first since the 2021 Chicago Cubs.

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Seattle (1-1 record) has nine hits through two games, with six home runs, two doubles and one triple. The team hit at least one single in every game last season.

The fact that the Mariners have hit six home runs without a single is wild in itself. But perhaps even more surprising is they recorded a triple before a single while playing both games a T-Mobile Park.

T-Mobile Park is the hardest park in the league to hit triples in by a fairly wide margin with a park factor score of 52 (100 is average). That’s 28th out of 28 ballparks on the list. The next-closest park is Yankee Stadium at 63. The Mariners hit nine triples as a team last year, with just three of those coming at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners received a little help getting their triple on Friday night. Leo Rivas pulled a flyball into right field that Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter nearly made a tough running catch on but couldn’t quite corral, as it popped out of his glove and allowed Rivas to race to third for a leadoff triple in the bottom of the third inning.

There may have also been a little help from the hometown scorekeeper in achieving the no-singles-through-two-games stat. During opening day on Thursday, Randy Arozarena hit a sharp, low line drive to left-center field that Guardians left fielder Angel Martinez was in position to cut off but let go between his legs. Arozarena hustled into second for what was scored a double but could have went the other way as a single and an error.

The Mariners face the Guardians in their third game of the season at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday. Radio coverage can be heard on Seattle Sports 710 AM and the Seattle Sports app starting with the pregame show at 5:30 p.m.

Seattle Mariners have wild stat through their first 2 games

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