MLB roundup: Mariners top Padres, Machado first to violate pitch clock

[February 25, 2023]  Nine-hole hitter Mike Ford clubbed a two-run double during a three-run fourth inning to help the Seattle Mariners hold off the San Diego Padres 3-2 as the spring training schedule began Friday afternoon in Peoria, Ariz. 

Feb 24, 2023; Peoria, Arizona, USA; San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (13) talks to an umpire in the first inning during a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports

Padres star third baseman Manny Machado, who recently criticized some of Major League Baseball's new rules, went down as the first player to commit a pitch clock violation. Machado was not in the batter's box and ready to face Mariners starter Robbie Ray within eight seconds, and the umpire called timeout and assessed a first strike on Machado's count.

Machado went on to reach base on a single in that at-bat.

The Padres scored two runs in the eighth but could not complete the comeback. Reserve shortstop Jackson Merrill went 3-for-3 with a run for San Diego.

Royals 6, Rangers 5

Tucker Bradley smacked a walk-off solo home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth to deliver Kansas City a win over Texas in Surprise, Ariz.

Justin Foscue's homer in the seventh helped the Rangers come back from a 5-3 deficit. The Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino and recent Texas signing Robbie Grossman also homered.

--Field Level Media

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