George Kirby threw 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball and Luke Raley hit his fifth home run of the season as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas

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,

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.

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.