<p>Japan?s Yomiuri Giants Yoshinobu Takahashi, left, slides into the home plate as Seattle Mariners catcher Jesus Montero in the second inning during their exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Monday, March 26, 2012. The Mariners are in Japan to open Major League Baseball's 2012 season against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday and Thursday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)</p>
March 27, 2012
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March 27, 2012 9:15 p.m.
Mariners, Athletics set for season opener
Iwakuma shaky in Seattle's loss to Yomiuri late Monday
TOKYO - Hisashi Iwakuma had a shaky return to Japan, giving up six runs over four innings Monday in Seattle's 9-3 exhibition loss to the Yomiuri Giants - the last game for the Mariners before their season opener against Oakland (3 a.m., Wednesday morning, ROOT).