Ken Griffey Jr. was in old form with a home run for his old team as the Mariners beat up on the Twins, 6 to 1 on opening day. Felix Hernandez scattered 6 hits over 8 innings for the win. Francisco Liriano gave up 4 runs over 7 innings, 3 of those runs coming from home runs. Liriano struck out just 3 batters in those 7 innings.

Twins leadoff hitter Denard Span managed to go 0 for 1, collecting 2 walks and a sacrifice. That’s the kind of thing the Twins are looking for in a leadoff hitter. Michael Cuddyer had the Twins only RBI, but he also struck out 3 times in 4 at bats.

The Twins will bring out Nick Blackburn to face Erik Bedard tomorrow at 8:10pm EST.
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