Yelich exacts his revenge with catch

SEATTLE — Revenge — and the fulfillment of a promise from last summer — was on the forefront of Christian Yelich’s mind in the moments before he crashed into the centerfield wall at Safeco Field on Wednesday.

Jarrod Dyson, the Seattle Mariners’ first batter of the game, sent an Edinson Volquez offering to straightaway center. Yelich had a beat on it, but knew he was quickly approaching the wall. He made a conscious decision to go for it, body be damned.

“I said, ‘I’m eating this wall,’ ” Yelich said after the Marlins’ 10-5 loss. “It was one of those things where you have to make a decision halfway there if you’re going to pull up or eat it. And sometimes you just have to eat it.

“Definitely felt it and probably will for the next few days, but it’s part of the game.”

Yelich’s particular motivation stemmed from a similar play in August 2016, when Dyson — then with the Kansas City Royals, who were visiting Marlins Park — made a leaping grab of Yelich’s blast that nearly cleared the wall.

On the mound during both highlight-reel catches? Volquez, who spent last season with the Royals.

Last summer, as Yelich told Dyson he would return the favor. On Wednesday, after Yelich indeed returned the favor, he made sure to make note of it when he crossed paths with Dyson later in the game.

“Now we’re even,” Yelich said.

Yelich slammed into the wall and hung onto the ball, then stayed on the ground for a few seconds before finally getting up. He remained in the game and later homered.

“Break your fall with your face,” Yelich tweeted after the game. “Not recommended.”

Prado returns (again)

In the damp and cool hours before the Marlins’ finale with the Mariners, third baseman Martin Prado worked out with

Dustin Luepker, the Marlins’ head athletic trainer, on the field at Safeco. When he and his right calf came through feeling OK, manager Don Mattingly finalized the lineup, with Prado slotted in at third base and batting second.

Prado had played all of six innings before calf tightness pulled him out of his season debut Monday. Then Mattingly rested Prado Tuesday before he returned Wednesday.

Prado finished 2 for 5, both sits being singles — including one line drive — against Mariners ace Felix Hernandez.

Near no-no note

When the Marlins came within two outs of no-hitting the Mariners on Tuesday, they became the fifth team since 1961 to carry no-hit bids at least seven innings twice in a threegame span. Miami had a no-no through 8 2⁄3 innings against the New York Mets on Sunday.

Hechavarria westbound

Shortstop Adeiny

Hechavarria (left oblique strain) is expected to rejoin the Marlins in San Diego, where they will open a series against the Padres on Friday.