The Final Score

Even with a ton of stuff on my list of things to do today - which won't leave much time for blogging, unfortunately ... hint, hint, Anthony - I still took time to click on the Mariners boxscore. And when I saw they only had four hits in a 5-0 loss, I figured it was another hitless day in a hitless season for our favorite hitless utility infielder.

Alas, Cairo's luck changed last night. Richie Sexson was ejected early in the game - there was a brawl - so Cairo came in. After walking in the fourth and grounding to third in the sixth, he came up with two outs in the ninth with the Mariners down 5-0.

But this guy doesn't give ABs away. He reached on an infield single to second.

So on May 8, the longest hitless streak by an active position player to start the season ended ... on an infield single to second with two outs in the ninth inning of a 5-0 loss.

I would call Cairo for comment, but it's 5:50 a.m. in Seattle right now, so this time he probably really is sleeping.