DENVER — Todd Helton, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each hit a two-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a playoff spot with a 10-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.

The Rockies extended their NL wild-card lead to four games over Atlanta with four to play. The Braves lost 5-4 to the Florida Marlins earlier in the night.

Colorado also is creeping closer to the Dodgers, who began the night with a 3½-game lead in the NL West. The Rockies finish the season with three games in Los Angeles.

Helton showed rare emotion after his drive in the third, raising his right hand high in the air as he circled the bases. It was Helton’s 15th homer of the season.

Gonzalez also had a triple to go with his shot, and Tulowitzki picked up his 31st homer of the season.

The Rockies captured their 90th win of the season, tying the franchise record. They also had that many in 2007 when they closed with an amazing surge and beat the San Diego Padres in a play-in game, igniting their Rocktober run to the World Series.

Coming soon: A Rocktober encore? The Coors Field fans certainly think so, holding up Rocktober-themed signs.

Yorvit Torrealba had three hits for Colorado, including an RBI single. He also sprinted home on a wild pitch, one of two from Jeff Suppan (7-12) that allowed runs to score.

Prince Fielder, Mike Cameron and Casey McGehee hit solo homers for the Brewers, and Jason Kendall drove in two runs.

Jason Hammel (10-8) became the fifth Colorado pitcher to reach double digits in wins this season, going five innings and giving up four runs and seven hits. He also tied a career high with eight strikeouts.

A parade of relievers held on from there, allowing two runs over the final four innings. Matt Belisle retired three straight to close out the game after McGehee led off the ninth with his 16th homer.

Hammel is making a case for a postseason rotation spot should the Rockies make it.

The right-hander worked his way out of a sticky situation in the fifth, when he had runners on first and second and Fielder coming to the plate.

As pitching coach Bob Apodaca came out to calm Hammel, the scoreboard posted the final score of the Atlanta game, bringing a loud ovation from the crowd of 41,465.

That might just have motivated Hammel. He struck out Fielder before getting some defensive help from left fielder Seth Smith. With McGehee’s liner twisting in the wind, Smith ran back and hauled it in just before crashing against the wall. He then wheeled and threw a strike to Tulowitzki, who lobbed the ball over to Helton to double-up Ryan Braun and end the threat.

Suppan was hit hard for a second straight outing, giving up eight runs and 10 hits in six innings.

Fielder’s drive in the second was his 44th of the season. He now has 138 RBIs, keeping him tied with Ryan Howard for the major league lead. Fielder is attempting to become the second Brewers player to lead the majors in RBIs, joining Cecil Cooper.

NOTES: Rockies have closed the curtain on a comeback this season by LHP Alan Embree, saying Wednesday the team wasn’t planning to activate him. Embree has been out with a broken right leg since he was struck by a liner on July 10. “I cannot begin to tell you guys how much we laud his effort to this point to try to do the things he’s been doing to get back,” manager Jim Tracy said. … Braun had two hits and needs just four to become the fourth player in team history to reach 200 for the year.

Colorado Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki celebrates as he heads up the first base line after hitting a two-run home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Denver on Wednesday. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS