{"id":661187,"date":"2026-05-23T21:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661187\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:55:31","slug":"mariners-game-53-preview-mariners-25-27-at-royals-20-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661187\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners Game #53 Preview: Mariners (25-27) at Royals (20-31)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Mariners will look to make it back-to-back series wins Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">George Kirby takes the mound for the Mariners. He\u2019s looking to bounce back after a shelling against the Padres last week. Kirby has been good overall this year with a 3.54 FIP, but he\u2019s done it in a weird way, with a career-low strikeout rate and a career-high groundball rate. The Padres were able to elevate against him last week, with a pair of homers. Kirby will try to keep the Royals on the ground today.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9610\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:J.P. Crawford;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;J.P. Crawford&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.P. Crawford<\/a> is leading off and still playing shortstop. He and the Mariners have been doing all sorts of press about their plans to move him to third base, but I guess he isn\u2019t ready yet. Colt Emerson plays third and bats ninth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11437\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jhonny Pereda;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jhonny Pereda&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jhonny Pereda<\/a> will start behind the plate. The last time we saw him he hit his first big league homer in what was a great game for him all around. He has five caught stealings already this year on defense.<\/p>\n<p>Lineups<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08f9933e1c4b831b1a31802e9a1d9051.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fdf633d1776a03269c2b8c5cbce0a255.jpeg\"\/>Game Information<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First Pitch: 1:10 pm PST<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Radio:\u00a0Seattle Sports (710 AM) and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0Mariners.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u00a0Mariners.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mariners.com\/watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mariners TV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mariners TV&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Mariners TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mariners will look to make it back-to-back series wins Saturday. 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