Mariners host the Royals to start 3-game series April 22 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink Kansas City Royals (5-6, third in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (7-5, third in the AL West)Seattle; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Brad Keller (0-1, 1.38 ERA, .62 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Mariners: Chris Flexen (0-1, 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, three strikeouts) LINE: Mariners -137, Tracy McGrady Jersey Royals +117; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners start a three-game series at home against the Kansas City Royals on Friday.Seattle has a 4-2 record in home games and a 7-5 record overall. The Mariners are 2-1 in games when they hit two or more home runs.Kansas City is 5-6 overall and 5-5 at home. The Royals have a 3-1 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two clubs.TOP PERFORMERS: Ty France leads the Mariners with a .356 batting average Rick Barry Jersey , and has three doubles, three home runs, six walks and 12 RBI. Adam Frazier is 14-for Eric Gordon Jersey -39 with six RBI over the past 10 games.Salvador Perez has a double and four home runs for the Royals. Andrew Benintendi is 13-for-35 with a triple, a home run and three RBI over the last 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 5-5, .239 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runsRoyals: 4-6, .212 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by 16 runsINJURIES: Mariners: Paul Sewald: 10-Day IL (undisclosed), Luis Torrens: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Mitch Haniger: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Casey Sadler: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sergio Romo: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Lewis: 10-Day IL (knee) Bruno Caboclo Jersey , Evan White: 10-Day IL (sports hernia), Ken Giles: 10-Day IL (finger)Royals: Tyler Zuber: 60-Day IL (shoulder)___The A sociated Pre s created this story using technology provided by in this topic American League Major League Baseball Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners Evan White Andrew Benintendi Tyler Zuber Ken Giles Luis Torrens Casey Sadler Adam Frazier Chris Flexen Brad Keller Paul Sewald Mitch Haniger Salvador Perez Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules Danuel House Jersey regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick Sterling Brown Jersey against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS