Mariners move up Monday’s Cactus League game an hour to avoid pending rain

PEORIA, Ariz. — With Monday’s forecast predicting afternoon rain in the Phoenix area, starting somewhere after 3 p.m., the Mariners and Royals decided to move up their Cactus League game at Peoria Stadium an hour. First pitch will be at 12:10 p.m. in Peoria and 11:10 a.m. back home in the Puget Sound.

“I got a text late last night saying me might have a few issues,” manager Scott Servais said. “There’s a pretty good chance that it’s supposed to start raining around 3 o’clock. I don’t know if it’s going to be raining hard at that point, but it keeps getting moved up based on what the grounds crew and guys here are telling me. So we just thought go ahead and make sure we get it in for those…