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Trevor Story tuned up for the All-Star Game with one memorable swing.

Story led off the ninth inning with his 20th homer Aaron Colvin Jersey , and the Colorado Rockies completed a series sweep of the Seattle Mariners with a 4-3 victory on Sunday.

”It was awesome. That’s what you dream of, for sure,” said Story, a first-time All-Star. ”That was my first (game-ending homer) and what a time for it before the break. We took it out on a high note.”

Story worked the count to 2-2 against Nick Vincent (3-2) before hitting a drive over the wall in left-center for a dramatic finish to a game played through steady rain.

”I saw a couple pitches, started feeling a little bit more comfortable and that one was just a little more over the plate,” Story said.

It was the first career game-ending hit for Story, who tossed his helmet to the ground after rounding third and was showered with ice water and popcorn by his teammates as he stepped on home plate.

Scott Oberg (4-0) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Colorado (51-45) heads into the All-Star break on a roll, winners of five in a row and 10 of 12.

”It’s really exciting. Guys are stepping up,” All-Star Nolan Arenado said. ”We’ve been playing really good baseball. It’s a good feeling. We’re going to go into the second half playing really meaningful games, and for a while there it looked like it was getting away from us.”

Seattle (58-39) has dropped four straight and seven of nine, but hits the break in second in the AL West behind Houston.

”I’m really proud of our club,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. ”We had a really nice first half of the season. These guys continue to compete, all the time. Certainly had the game right there. I thought we had a good chance to win this one today and get off on a bit of a high note.

”We put ourselves in a position by the way we played the first half to gain a good spot here down the stretch in the second half and hopefully get where we ultimately want to go, and that’s in the playoffs. This team certainly has enough talent to do that.”

The Mariners grabbed a 3-2 lead on Dee Gordon’s two-out RBI single off Jake McGee in the seventh. But the Rockies tied it in the bottom half when Ian Desmond tripled and scored on Chris Iannetta’s sacrifice fly.

Colorado left-hander Tyler Anderson pitched six innings of five-hit ball, settling down after a slow start.

Seattle opened the game with three straight singles. Mitch Haniger drove in Gordon with a base hit Nate Orchard Jersey , and Denard Span made it 2-0 with a two-out RBI double.

Colorado rallied in the third, aided by Haniger’s error in right. He bobbled Arenado’s two-out RBI single, allowing Charlie Blackmon to come home from third with the tying run and Arenado to take second. Mike Leake then fanned Carlos Gonzalez to end the inning.

Leake was charged with an earned run and six hits in six innings.

TOUGH CONDITIONS

The steady rain created slippery conditions on the outfield grass as well as wet, soft footing on the infield dirt. Groundskeepers spread a drying compound on the infield between innings to keep the field playable.

”They made it a lot better than it should have been,” Story said. ”It was still rough out there but they did a great job.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: A day after missing a game because of tightness in his lower back, 2B D.J. LeMahieu was back in the starting lineup. ”His (pregame) swings were aggressive, no apprehensions,” manager Bud Black said. ”Mentally he feels good about where he is so he’s back out there.”

UP NEXT

Mariners: Host the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in their first game after the break.

Rockies: Open a three-game series at Arizona on Friday night.

Tom Brady has never lost in Minnesota, with his latest game in the land of lakes this weekend at the Super Bowl of course looming as the largest yet.

Well, long before all this football success, Brady actually endured a couple of memorable failures in the state. They came during those treasured visits to his family’s farm outside the tiny town of Browerville.

First, there was his grandfather’s dog, Tippy. Little Tommy ignored the advice of his elders one day and decided to feed Tippy a bone.

”I bent down to give him a kiss, and he bit through my lip,” Brady said. ”That was pretty rough.”

Then there was his ill-fated debut with chewing tobacco Curtis Samuel Jersey , which he persuaded his uncles to let him sample during the half-hour ride back to the farm from their fishing expedition on the lake.

”They said, `Look, if we give it to you, you can’t spit it out until you get home,’ Of course they give it to me, and within five minutes I’m outside of the car, throwing up all over the place,” Brady said. ”And I don’t think I’ve had much chewing tobacco since then.”

Brady spent plenty more time in central Minnesota as he aged into a star quarterback and eventually one of the most famous people on the planet. He still makes a priority to visit in the offseasons with his wife and children, trying to continue a tradition he reflected upon fondly and often during news conferences this week.

”I’ve come here my entire life since I was a baby. I’ve been coming to Minnesota in summers and winters. I loved the experience. I loved the life here,” Brady said. ”Some of my greatest memories as a kid were coming here and milking cows with my grandpa; hanging out in his silos and in the haystack above his barn; going out to where he would pasteurize the milk and pull the cream off the top of the milk in the morning; and shooting his (.22-caliber rifle) at targets in the backyard, and catching sunfish with my uncles. It was great. I love being here. It’s a great state. Obviously, I love the people. Being that my mom’s from here, I’m proud of that.”

Galynn Johnson was the middle child between two boys, the 1961 homecoming queen at Browerville High School who moved to California and met Tom Brady, who would later add senior to his name when a certain five-time Super Bowl winner was born. The couple returned to Todd County Pat McAfee Jersey , where the prairie meets the forest a little less than a 2+-hour drive northwest of downtown Minneapolis, in 1969 for their wedding.

Brady and the Patriots will play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, when several family members will be in attendance at U.S. Bank Stadium.

”These tickets are pretty tough to come by,” Brady said. ”But I’m trying my best to accommodate everyone. It is very special.”

The group will include Paul Johnson, who at age 50 is 10 years older than his quarterback cousin. He’s an entrepreneur who has stayed around his whole life. After CBS announcer Jim Nantz mentioned Browerville to Brady during New England’s AFC championship celebration, Johnson has been the subject of a barrage of media coverage that’s highly unusual for a quiet burg of 793 people.

”It’s fun. I wouldn’t want to be a celebrity, I know that,” Johnson said, conducting an interview with The Associated Press from his ice-fishing shack on one of the region’s bounty of frozen lakes, with the clinking of his propane tank audible in the background. ”We’re just so proud of him.”

The Johnsons of Browerville quickly became Patriots fans after Brady was drafted in 2000, veering away from the home-state Vikings.

”We clearly remember the game where Drew Bledsoe got hurt,” Johnson said, ”and the rest is history.”

Johnson’s 22-year-old son, Benton, is a University of St. Thomas senior in St. Paul who was fortunate enough to get on the ticket list for Sunday Jake Butt Jersey , too. This will be his first in-person Super Bowl, but he and his 25-year-old sister, Kenley, have been lifelong fans of the Patriots.

”It was probably the coolest thing on earth to say that Tom Brady was your cousin,” said Benton, who always carried photo evidence of his relation to disprove any doubting peers at school.

Even for young Benton, visits to Browerville from the Brady clan made a major impression.

”It was always like, `Mom, when are they coming?”’ Benton said. ”I always told my parents I would move to California because I just loved seeing them and the stories they would tell.”

Brady’s mother underwent breast cancer treatments in 2016 and made a stirring appearance on the field this season before New England’s game against the Atlanta Falcons . Brady has beamed this week every time he’s spoken about his family, proudly reporting that his mom remains cancer free.

”My parents mean everything to me,” Brady said. ”They’ve been here by my side every step of the way.”

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