SEATTLE (Interstat) — Connelly Early struck out seven over six innings of two-hit ball, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday at T-Mobile Park.

Early (6-5) allowed one earned run and walked none in his strong outing, bouncing back from consecutive losses. Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, and Caleb Durbin added an RBI single during a three-run sixth that broke the game open.

Emerson Hancock (5-4) took the loss, surrendering five runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings while striking out six.

Seattle grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on Josh Naylor’s RBI single, but Boston answered with Abreu’s ninth homer of the season in the fourth. Durbin and Marcelo Mayer delivered run-scoring hits in the sixth for the Red Sox, who out-hit the Mariners 6-2.

Attendance was 45,663, and the game lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes.

Boston improved to 31-43, while Seattle fell to 39-39.