Jarred Kelenic homers for 4th straight game, Mariners beat Rockies 5-3

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.

Seattle Mariners 5, Colorado Rockies 3: Box Score

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

.@jarredkelenic is LOCKED IN 🔒 pic.twitter.com/nfToMJ1LQi

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 15, 2023

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. Austin Gomber (0-3) was the loser.

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.

Julio and Ty playing add on. #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/ZTWQeEXdL2

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 15, 2023

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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