J.P. Crawford spent Thursday’s off-day living out a childhood dream, one that in no way involved baseball. The Mariners’ shortstop flew to Southern California ahead of the team charter to spend the afternoon at SeaWorld San Diego,

The Mariners earned the first advantage in the inaugural Eddie Vedder Cup and earned some valuable momentum in the first of a 10-game road trip.

Not that the Mariners had to wait as long as the rebels for their first victory tonight. At 6:41 pm Pacific time Padres starter Stephen Kolek threw a four-seam fastball to J.P. Crawford to open the game. It was a well placed pitch, down and in on the corner, but it didn’t matter to J.P.