{"id":2400001,"date":"2026-05-03T10:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400001"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:09:55","slug":"mariners-aim-to-avoid-series-sweep-against-the-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mariners-aim-to-avoid-series-sweep-against-the-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners aim to avoid series sweep against the Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals-team\" class=\"entity\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> (14-19, fourth in the AL Central) vs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners-team\" class=\"entity\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> (16-18, third in the AL West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Seattle; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/kris-bubic-player\" class=\"entity\">Kris Bubic<\/a> (2-1, 3.74 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Mariners: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/luis-castillo-3-player\" class=\"entity\">Luis Castillo<\/a> (0-2, 6.35 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">LINE: Mariners -140, Royals +118; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Mariners play in the last game of a three-game series. The Royals will sweep the series with a win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Seattle is 10-9 at home and 16-18 overall. Mariners pitchers have a collective 3.69 ERA, which ranks sixth in the majors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Kansas City has a 14-19 record overall and a 5-12 record on the road. The Royals are 8-15 in games when they have given up at least one home run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Sunday&#8217;s game is the third time these teams meet this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/randy-arozarena-player\" class=\"entity\">Randy Arozarena<\/a> leads the Mariners with a .281 batting average, and has nine doubles, a triple, three home runs, 16 walks and 12 RBIs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/julio-rodriguez-3-player\" class=\"entity\">Julio Rodriguez<\/a> is 16 for 44 with three home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/carter-jensen-player\" class=\"entity\">Carter Jensen<\/a> is sixth on the Royals with eight extra base hits (two doubles and six home runs). <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/jac-caglianone-player\" class=\"entity\">Jac Caglianone<\/a> is 8 for 32 with a double, three home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 6-4, .262 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored opponents by one run<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Royals: 7-3, .278 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">INJURIES: Mariners: Cal Raleigh: day-to-day (undisclosed), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/will-wilson-player\" class=\"entity\">Will Wilson<\/a>: 10-Day IL (thumb), Patrick Wisdom: 10-Day IL (oblique), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/brendan-donovan-player\" class=\"entity\">Brendan Donovan<\/a>: 10-Day IL (groin), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/matt-brash-player\" class=\"entity\">Matt Brash<\/a>: 15-Day IL (lat), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/victor-robles-player\" class=\"entity\">Victor Robles<\/a>: 10-Day IL (pectoral), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/bryce-miller-player\" class=\"entity\">Bryce Miller<\/a>: 15-Day IL (oblique), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/carlos-vargas-2-player\" class=\"entity\">Carlos Vargas<\/a>: 60-Day IL (lat), Miles Mastrobuoni: 60-Day IL (calf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Royals: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/stephen-kolek-player\" class=\"entity\">Stephen Kolek<\/a>: 15-Day IL (oblique), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/carlos-estevez-player\" class=\"entity\">Carlos Estevez<\/a>: 15-Day IL (foot), Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/jonathan-india-player\" class=\"entity\">Jonathan India<\/a>: 10-Day IL (shoulder), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/james-mcarthur-player\" class=\"entity\">James McArthur<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.foxsports.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Royals (14-19, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (16-18, third in the AL West) Seattle; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-1, 3.74 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Mariners: Luis Castillo (0-2, 6.35 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 26 strikeouts) LINE: Mariners -140, Royals +118; over\/under is 8 runs BOTTOM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2031064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[404700,374444,308583,468456,360072,455467,279830,345673,313841,349976,43627,311278,374967,311159,468454,468272,326780,347944,468455,468560],"class_list":["post-2400001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-bryce-miller","tag-carlos-estevez","tag-carlos-vargas","tag-carter-jensen","tag-event_preview","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-james-mcarthur","tag-jonathan-india","tag-julio-rodriguez","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kris-bubic","tag-luis-castillo","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-matt-brash","tag-randy-arozarena","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-stephen-kolek","tag-victor-robles","tag-will-wilson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Suarez-leads-Mariners-against-the-Royals-following-4-hit-game.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400002,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400001\/revisions\/2400002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}