Seattle Mariners starter Chris Flexen pauses between pitches during the third inning at T Mobile Park in Seattle against the San Francisco Giants on Sat Apr 3, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

After picking up their first win of the season, the San Francisco Giants wanted to leave Seattle with a victory.

Unfortunately, Mitch Hanigar and Ty France thought otherwise, as the two of them each hit solo home runs and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Giants 4-0 in the series finale at T-Mobile Park,

Chris Flexen went the minimum five innings to pick up the win for the Mariners, as he scattered just four hits, walking two and striking out six.

France gave Flexen the only run that he would he need, when he hit his first home run of the season off of Logan Webb in the bottom of the third inning.

Webb went 5.1 innings in his season debut, as he allowed three runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out seven.

Taylor Trammell gave the Mariners their second run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he doubled to right field to score Evan White.

Dylan Moore made it 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he doubled to left field to score Trammell.

Hanigar drove in the final run of the game, as he launched his first home run of the season into the seats off of Reyes Moronta in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Donovan Solano went 2-for-4 on the evening, as he is hitting .500 thru the first three games of the season.

Mike Yastrzemski picked up his first hit of the season, as he went 1-for-4 and is now hitting .077 on the season.

Tommy La Stella also picked up his first hit of the season, as he went 1-for-2 as the designated hitter.

Curt Casali made his Giants debut behind the plate, as he went 1-for-3 in giving Buster Posey the night off after Posey started the first two games of the season.

On the evening, the Giants went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.

NOTES: According to Stats, Inc., the Giants Opening Day roster had an average age of 30 years, 317 days (second-oldest in the Majors), while the Mariners, conversely, had the third youngest (27 years, 285 days).

After opening the season in Seattle, the Giants will take Sunday off before returning to the State of California and will face the San Diego Padres on Monday at Petco Park.

UP NEXT: Anthony DeSclafani makes his Giants debut on Monday night, as the right-hander will face Adrian Morejon.