Julio Rodriguez hit a pair of two-run home runs as the visiting Seattle Mariners beat the Atlanta Braves 10-2 Saturday.
Rodriguez hit his first home run in the first to give Seattle (74-68) a 2-0 lead and then broke a 2-2 with another two-run blast in the seventh.
Eugenio Suarez also hit a solo home run and Josh Naylor added a three-run shot as Seattle scored seven runs combined in the seventh and eighth innings.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 52nd home run in the ninth.
Seattle starter Bryce Miller went 5 1/3 innings, giving up five hits and two earned runs. The right-hander walked two and struck out three on 92 pitches.
Gabe Speier (3-3) picked up the win in relief.
Atlanta starter Hurston Waldrep went five innings, giving up two hits and two earned runs.
The 23-year-old right-hander walked five and struck out five on 91 pitches.
Daysbel Hernandez (4-3) took the loss in relief for Atlanta (64-78).
The Mariners jumped out to an early lead when Raleigh walked with one out in the first.
Rodriguez hit a swinging bunt down the first baseline, but Waldrep let it roll foul. Rodriguez made him pay by driving the next pitch deep into the left-field bleachers for a 2-0 Mariners lead.
Matt Olson cut the lead in half with a leadoff home run in the fourth for the Braves.
The Mariners threatened to blow the game open in the sixth. Rolddy Munoz took over for Waldrep and walked Suarez and Jorge Polanco to lead off.
He was able to strike out J.P. Crawford and Pierce Johnson came on to strike out Victor Robles and induced Leo Rivas to fly out to left.
The Braves tied it in the sixth when Miller gave up one-out singles to Drake Baldwin and Kim Ha-Seong. He walked Ronald Acuna to load the bases.
Speier relieved and Michael Harris II tied the game with a fly to deep center to send home Baldwin.
Rodriguez’s second homer, and Suarez’s shot, gave the lead right back to Seattle in the seventh.
–Field Level Media
