Mariners Face A’s in First Exhibition Game
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners will launch their 1986 Cactus League baseball schedule against the Oakland A’s Saturday, March 8, at their spring training home in Tempe, Ariz.
The Mariners, heading into their 10th American League season, will play 26 games in Arizona, with 13 of them in Tempe.
They will wind up exhibition play with a three-game series against the Montreal Expos of the National League at B.C. Place Stadium at Vancouver, British Columbia, April 4-6.
They will face the University of Washington in the Kingdome here Thursday night, April 3.
Mariners’ pitchers and catchers will report to Tempe Friday, Feb. 21, with the first workout set for Saturday, Feb. 22. The balance of the team will report Friday, Feb. 28, with the first full-squad workout scheduled Saturday, March 1.
The Mariners’ 1986 AL regular-season opener will be in the Kingdome Tuesday night, April 8, against the California Angels.
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