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Kelenic homers for 4th straight game, Mariners beat Rockies

Jarred Kelenic homered for the fourth consecutive game and Ty France extended his hitting streak to 11 games in the Seattle Mariners' 5-3 victory over the Rockies.

SEATTLE — SEATTLE (AP) — Jarred Kelenic homered for the fourth consecutive game and Ty France extended his hitting streak to 11 games in the Seattle Mariners' 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Kelenic connected in the second inning against Austin Gomber (0-3) to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead and extend his hitting streak to a career-high eight games.

Mariners starter Tommy Milone, called up from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day, allowed one earned run and three hits over 4 2/3 innings, while striking out three.

Reliever Matt Brash (1-1) got the win. Paul Sewald pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his third save.

Kris Bryant gave the Rockies the lead with a solo homer off Milone in the first inning, and Kelenic put the Mariners ahead with his second-inning blast. Kelenic also doubled to right field in the fourth, and scored on a Julio Rodriguez RBI single.

One batter later, France drove in two runs with a double off the center field wall to push the lead to 5-1.

Yonathan Daza hit an RBI infield single for Colorado in the sixth, and Ezeqial Tovar drew a bases-loaded walk to pull the Rockies within two runs.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: INF Elehuris Montero (right thumb) missed his third straight game, but could return to the lineup Saturday.

Mariners: OF Dylan Moore (oblique) was back with the club after returning from extended spring training, and will head to Tacoma for a rehab assignment next week.

UP NEXT

RHP Ryan Feltner will start Saturday for Colkorado. He is 0-1 with a 7.45 ERA through his first two starts. RHP George Kirby will start for Seattle. In his first two starts of 2023, he has a 4.35 ERA and nine strikeouts.

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