Worth noting

• Robinson Cano went 0-for-4 against the Rockies on Saturday to snap his nine-game hitting streak and drop his Cactus League batting average to .500 (18-for-36). He's still in the hunt to set a Mariners record for highest average in a spring, which Michael Morse set at .492 in 2008.

• Shortstop Brad Miller continued his scorching spring by going 2-for-4 with two doubles against the Rockies. He's batting .467 with four doubles, four triples and four home runs and continues to lead the Cactus League in slugging percentage at a healthy 1.000.

• Scott Van Slyke, the son of Mariners first-base coach Andy Van Slyke, went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer as the Dodgers' left fielder in their 3-1 win over the D-backs in the 2014 MLB Opening Series in Australia on Friday night. "He's a proud papa today," said Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon.

• Right-hander Brandon Maurer threw well in a bullpen session Friday and will have another on Sunday as he returns from a back issue that has slowed him most of the spring.

McClendon said the 23-year-old is feeling much better and threw without pain Friday but is far enough behind that "it would probably take a miracle to get him ready" by Opening Day. Maurer will need to face live batters next week and continue progressing before a decision is made on where and how he'll start the season.