The Mariners conclude their homestand on Sunday against the Pirates with a premier pitching matchup featuring two of baseball’s best young right-handers.

Kirby bested Skenes over the early part of the game, with five punchouts and eight whiffs through the first two innings, to Skenes’s four Ks and nine whiffs.

Randy Arozarena homered, George Kirby tossed 6 1/3 crisp innings and the Seattle Mariners shut out the punchless Pirates for the third straight game, winning 1-0 as Pittsburgh wasted another strong st