The two winningest Mariner pitchers ever, Jamie Moyer and Randy Johnson, start against each other today. Moyer had 145 wins as a Mariner, Johnson had 130. Combined, the two pitched 3932 innings as Mariners.
They've faced each other once before--in Texas, 18 years ago.
On Thursday, September 21, 1989, while the Berlin Wall was still up, Ed Koch was mayor of New York, and Samuel Beckett was alive, 26-year-old Moyer, then a back-of-the-rotation starter for the Texas Rangers, started against 26-year-old Randy Johnson, making his 15th start for the Mariners after coming over midseason in the Mark Langston deal.
Here's how it went down:
The Rangers touched Johnson for two runs in the 1st on run-scoring hits by Pete Incaviglia and Ruben Sierra (who finished 2nd in the MVP voting that year). They went up 3-0 on a Chad Krueter home run in the third.
But the M's chased Moyer with a 5-run fourth, capped off by a Scott Bradley single that scored Darnell Coles, rookie Ken Griffey, Jr., and Edgar Martinez (on a throwing error). Johnson held Texas scoreless through the eighth, striking out 10, and Mike Schooler pitched a perfect ninth. The M's won, 8-3, running their record to 67-85, 25 games back of first place Oakland.
Here's the original P-I story.
Today's Johnson/Moyer battle is at 3:30 PST, you can listen to it at MLB.com.

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