The Seattle Mariners had the closest thing to a major league order in all of spring training against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Not including projected starting third baseman Jorge Polanco,

The Mariners lost to the Royals 9-6 in spring training action Wednesday, but not before Julio Rodriguez blasted his first two home runs of the spring.

Virtually every Mariners executive, every pitching coach, every analyst and every fan at the facility gathered around the backstop at Field 2 to watch the premier batter vs. pitcher matchup of camp Monday morning.

Rodriguez, who is coming off a down year, discussed his approach at the plate under hitting coach Edgar Martinez in an interview with MLB Network.