Seattle Mariners series preview: Servais’s men

The Mariners come to Kauffman Stadium with a 4-3 record, the only team other than the Royals and Twins to have only played seven games thus far. Their record puts them in the middle of the American League West standings, 2.5 games behind the first-place Houston Astros and 1.5 behind the Anaheim Angels.

The game times and pitching matchups are as follows:

*All stats used on the tables herein courtesy of FanGraphs and Baseball Reference and are players’ 2017 numbers

Mariners at Royals pitching matchups

Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Marco Gonzales (L) 11 40.0 32 17.3 11 6.0 6.08 5.06 4.46 4.48 0.1 -0.2 Jake Junis 20 98.1…