Seattle Mariners extend win streak to 14 games heading into All-Star break

By Issy Ronald, CNN

Updated 1039 GMT (1839 HKT) July 18, 2022

The Seattle Mariners celebrate victory against the Texas Rangers.

(CNN)When theSeattle Mariners were last on a winning streak that spanned 14 games, 21-year-old rookie All-Star Julio Rodríguez was not yet six months old.

Now, he is a key part of a team one game away from matching a franchise-best 15-game winning run. Already, the Mariners have equaled the Atlanta Braves' run for the longest streak in the majors this season and smashed the record longest winning streak for a team entering the All-Star break. They join the illustrious company of just three other teams who have gone into the All-Star break after winning 10 consecutive games: the 1935 Detroit Tigers, the 1945 Chicago Cubs and the 1975 Cincinnati Reds — all of which won a pennant.Ty France was named to the All-Star team just 30 minutes before Sunday's game.Seattle's latest triumph came on Sunday with a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers behind home runs from first baseman Ty France and catcher Cal Raleigh. Read MoreRodríguez and France — the team's newly anointed All-Stars — combined for four of Seattle's 10 hits.«We are riding some kind of momentum high right now, and it's what baseball is supposed to be. This is a stretch we're in that I don't think anybody will ever forget it,» manager Scott Servais said, according to MLB.com. «What a way to end the first half.»Texas initially led thanks to a Marcus Semien home run, before Raleigh scored a two-run homer at the top of the fourth inning — his 13th of the season — to put Seattle 2-1 up. Cal Raleigh hit his 13th homer of the season to put the Mariners up 2-1 in the fourth.France then celebrated his recent inclusion in the All-Star team with a 432-foot