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April '04: M's off to worst start in franchise history
The M's didn't wait till September to slump. Sitting at the bottom of the AL West, Seattle definitely has their work cut out for them. How bad was it? Well, here's some numbers from the month of April:

The M's finished April: 8-15
The M's April batting avg.: .256
The M's April ERA: 5.25
M's starters victories in April: 3
M's starters losses in April: 9

The Mariners have a lot of catching up to do with the rest of the AL West. That said, here's some other interesting stuff from the month of April.

TOUGH				ROUGH
Freddy Garcia April record 0-1 Games appeared 5 ERA 2.27 Earned runs 9 Ks 25				Joel Pineiro April record 1-3 Games appeared 5 ERA 8.26 Earned runs 26 Hits 46

WHO'S HOT				WHO'S NOT
Avg. Scott Spiezio .333 HR Boone, Ibanez 5 RBI Bret Boone 14 Runs Raul Ibanez 16 SB Ichiro 4 W Ron Villone 2 ERA Eddie Guardado 0.84 Ks Garcia, Pineiro 25				L Hasegawa, Pineiro 3 ERA Kevin Jarvis 8.31 ER Joel Pineiro 26 BB Moyer, Pineiro 13 HR Franklin, Moyer 5 SO Bret Boone 19 Avg. Randy Winn .225 CS Ichiro 2

April photo gallery It was an ugly April for the M's. Some ups, but mostly downs for the Mariners.

THE GOOD
	· Resurrected! Mariners get first win · Seattle wins fourth-straight · Balk this way: M's get win in 14th inning · Ibanez, M's get walk-off win · M's crush Tigers

THE BAD
	· M's get hammered in opener · Moyer finally gets on track; bullpen, bats don't follow · Batter up! Seattle gets shelled by the Rangers 14-6

THE UGLY
	· Seattle starts at 0-5 · M's off to worst start in franchise history