Texas got some much-needed length from Nathan Eovaldi but again failed to cash in with runners in scoring position.

George Kirby already paints the strike zone as well as any arm in the sport, but he’s extended his artistry to canvases away from the mound. And quite literally. Kirby has taken up painting as a way to harness his ever-evolving grasp of baseball’s mental side,

Luke Raley hit his fifth home run of the season as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 to snap a four-game losing streak.

George Kirby continued his mastery of the Texas Rangers, allowing one run over 5 2/3 innings, as the host Seattle Mariners posted a 7-3 victory Saturday against their American League West rivals.

The Mariners will look to avoid dropping another series to the Rangers.

George Kirby did his job. The Mariners did not. Seattle dropped its fourth straight after wasting a complete-game effort against the Rangers.

Josh Naylor hit his first two homers of the season and drove in five runs, George Kirby allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings, and the Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-2 win.

Faced with having to score runs off of George Kirby at T-Mobile Park, a near impossibility, manager Skip Schumaker brought in the infield on the first two opportunities that Seattle had with a runner 90 feet from home, and both times the Mariners shot one through the drawn in infield to score the game’s first three runs.