Unfortunately, the agony of defeat was finally felt by this column after suffering its first loss of the season yesterday. But hey, it had to happen at some point—no one goes undefeated.

Kicking off the first full week of the campaign, we’ll look toward a matchup in Seattle, where the Tigers and Mariners are meeting for a three-game set.

The M’s opened their slate by splitting four games with the Athletics. Notably, all went under the total for bettors—aside from one push Friday night, which would have stayed under if not for a fluky sequence of events in the latter two innings.

Like last year, the Mariners’ success appears to hinge on consistently strong starting pitching as the offense struggles to deliver. They went 20-for-114 (.175) in the opening series after finishing with the second-lowest team batting average in the majors (.224) last season.

Things don’t figure to get any easier tonight, as they will be the first opponent in the starting career of electric youngster Jackson Jobe. The No. 5 prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com, debuted last year with a couple of bullpen appearances in late September during Detroit’s furious playoff push. He fared well in those two outings, though not as much when he pitched in relief in the postseason.