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George Kirby strikes out 14 in 3-2 win over Anaheim

George Kirby missed nearly all of Spring Training and the first six weeks of the season with shoulder inflammation, and when he returned, his first three starts looked like a guy who’d missed nearly all of Spring Training and the first six weeks of the season with shoulder inflammation. But of course, that’s not who George Kirby is. He’s an All-Star with one of the finest combinations of stuff and command in baseball. For the first time in 2025, he looked the part today, something Mariners fans have sorely missed through the rotation’s inconsistency in the first third of the season.