The two players who were at the center of a controversy<\/a> last week during the World Baseball Classic both drove in runs as the Mariners put up a six-spot on the Athletics on Thursday night in Cactus League play.<\/p>\n Arozarena came off the bench with runners on second and third with one out in the top of the seventh inning, and he reached on an infield single that gave Seattle its first run of the game, cutting the A\u2019s lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n And Arozarena, who hit his first homer of the spring on Wednesday<\/a>, wasn\u2019t done. He then stole second, which allowed him to score the second of two runs on a Ryan Bliss single that tied the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n AL West Preview: Mariners projected to repeat as division champs<\/a><\/p>\n A few batters later, after a Brock Rodden single and Luke Raley hit by pitch loaded the bases, it was Big Dumper\u2019s turn, and he delivered with a bases-clearing double off the tall wall in center field at the Athletics\u2019 spring home, Hohokam Stadium in Mesa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n That capped the inning and the scoring for Seattle in a 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n Perhaps it\u2019s a sign that the handshake that never happened<\/a> when Arozarena stepped to the plate for Mexico with Raleigh catching for the USA is behind the two Mariners All-Stars. As they say, winning cures everything.<\/p>\n More on the Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n \u2022 All Mariners back from World Baseball Classic<\/a>
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