Opening Day: Seattle 4 Oakland 0 (Final)

ESPN boxscore here .

Seattle Mariners’ Richie Sexson is surrounded by teammates as he returns to the dugout following a sixth inning home run against the Oakland Athletics during an opening day baseball game today in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle is closing the roof of Safeco Field, so the Mariners must be experiencing bad weather, too. BTW, Jose Vidro just collected Seattle’s first base hit after 11 outs had been recorded by Oakland A’s pitcher Dan Haren.

Update1: Richie Sexon hits a 3-run HR to put Seattle ahead 4-0. Raul Ibanez knocked in the first run with a sacrifice fly.

Update2: Felix Hernandez has struck out 11 batters through 7 innings.

Update3: J.J. Putz closes out the shutout for starting pitcher Felix Hernandez.