J.P. Crawford homered on Stephen Kolek's first pitch and Rowdy Tellez and Cal Raleigh each added a two-run shot for the Seattle Mariners, who beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 Friday night in the opening game of the inaugural Vedder Cup.

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.

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,