Cleveland 6, at Seattle 4

SEATTLE (Interstat) — The Cleveland Guardians opened their 2026 season with a methodical 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night at T-Mobile Park, defying pregame projections and a boisterous crowd of 44,938 in the process. National statistical models had heavily favored the Mariners, projecting a 54.7% probability of a Seattle win and a low-scoring affair. The Guardians, installed as +1.5 underdogs, shattered those expectations by pounding out 12 hits, including three home runs, to outlast Seattle in a game that lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. The tone was set immediately. After leadoff hitter Steven Kwan popped out,… Read more...