BALTIMORE -- The month of May will certainly not go in the books as impressive overall for the Mariners (10-18), but the last four games have been an eyebrow-raising turnaround for a club trying to get on track as June begins.\n\nThe offense raked early on and right-hander George Kirby was outstanding, earning his first Major League win, as the Mariners shut out the Orioles, 10-0. Seattle has now won three of its last four.\n\nWith his sister, Elon University's baseball coach and former teammates cheering him on at Camden Yards, Kirby earned his first win in his fifth career start with an emphatic showcase of his overpowering 97-mph four-seam fastball, a diving slider and an elusive curve.\n\n\"Great way to start the road trip,” said manager Scott Servais. “Nice to get George his first win. He was outstanding tonight. First inning, maybe not the fastball command he is used to having, but after that he got into it, had a real good curveball, good slider.\"
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In six shutout frames, the 24-year-old right-hander struck out eight, allowing four hits with one walk, one hit-by-pitch on a career-high 94 pitches, 62 for strikes. Kirby struck out five of the final 10 batters he faced.\n\n\"I just felt comfortable,” Kirby said. “I was getting on top of my fastball a little bit better \\[in the\\] later innings. Starting to work better counts, not get behind.\"\n\nOn the dream of his first win as a big-league pitcher coming true: \"This is a pretty awesome moment,” Kirby said. “I will remember it for a while. It's pretty cool.\"
Starting last Friday night, Seattle won a home series vs. the first-place Astros, then embarked on this nine-game road trip with an emphatic series-opening victory at Baltimore.\n\nRight fielder
Seattle has been able to get on this mini-run by playing aggressive baseball, and getting quality starting pitching. On Tuesday night the Mariners went after the Orioles early and often, tallying eight runs in the first three innings.\n\nIn these last four games, the Mariners have outscored their opponents 23-3. The high-scoring shutout marks the fifth time this season in 49 games Seattle has scored eight or more runs.\n\nTrammell and
And with this kind of offensive production, the Mariners will not have to worry about rushing back outfielder