(Seattle, WA) -- The Mariners will host the Royals today in game two of their three game set at T-Mobile Park. Yusei Kikuchi will get the start for Seattle, while Homer Bailey will go first for Kansas City. The M's are 18-and-a-half games behind the first place Astros in the AL West. The Royals are 23-and-a-half games back in the AL Central.