First, Kirby (2-4, 4.85 ERA) is set to go against Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes (4-7, 2.03), the National League's reigning Rookie of the Year, on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.

Kirby has been middling so far with a 5.96 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 30:7 K:BB across 25.2 innings over five starts after beginning the year sidelined by shoulder inflammation.

After missing the first two months of the season because of shoulder inflammation, Kirby has settled in nicely. He has allowed just two runs in his past three starts, with a 17-to-1 strikeout-to ...

Kirby reached his 500th strikeout faster than all but two players in Mariners franchise history. Kirby did it in 527.2 innings, putting him behind only James Paxton (492.2) and Logan Gilbert (503.2).

Seattle’s George Kirby didn’t get the results he wanted in his season debut against the Houston Astros but was still encouraged in his return to the mound after a lengthy absence. Kirby said ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — By the time George Kirby left the mound for good with 14 strikeouts, the rangy right-hander had turned his season around in a superb overall performance. A couple of innings ...

In a pitching matchup that lived up to the hype, George Kirby outlasted Paul Skenes to combine on the Mariners’ third consecutive shutout of the Pirates on Sunday.