James Paxton No.65 of the Seattle Mariners pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on Thursday in San Diego, California. AFP PHOTO
One inter-minable, demoralizing, victory-ruining, pitch-filled, run-fest, hit-spree of an inning doomed the debut of James Paxton and put the Seattle Mariners in a hole they couldn’t climb out of in a 14-6 drubbing by the San Diego Padres on Thursday at Petco Park.