Mariners' Power Surge: No Singles, All Home Runs

0:00It's March 28th. This is Seattle Mariners News Today, AI-powered updates on your team. I'm Corey with the story. The Seattle Mariners dropped nine runs on the Cleveland Guardians in their first two games, but get this, all nine came from home runs, with zero, singles to show for it. That's a wild stat, marking the first time since at least 1900, any teams gone hitless on singles through their opening pair of games. Thursday's 6-4 loss featured four solo shots, while Friday's 5-1 win rode multi-run blasts. Credit Brendan Donovan, Dominic Canzone with two, Luke Rayleigh with two more, and Cole Young for the Dingers, plus doubles from Randy Arozerina and Donovan, and a triple by Leo Revis. Fans are buzzing because after shipping out Jorge Palanco and Eugenio Suarez this off-season, everyone figured Seattle would string together more. Impact hits and ditch the Homer or bust vibe, instead its pure power mode so far, flipping

1:00the script in a fun, historic way. Meanwhile, catcher Cal Raleigh's ice cold at zero for seven with seven strikeouts, though he snagged a walk. Heading into game three Saturday at 6.40 p.m. Pacific, Brian Wu starts for the M's against lefty Joey Cantillo, possibly debuting Rob Refsnider, Victor Robles, and Mick Scarver behind the plate. There's no single streaks gotta snap eventually, but if the bombs keep falling, Seattle's early surge could set a tone that echoes all season long.