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Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit a solo residence run within the third inning of the Mariners’ recreation in opposition to the Astros in Houston Saturday night, passing Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners’ file for residence runs in a season along with his 57th.
Griffey hit 56 homers for Seattle in each 1997 and 1998.
With one out within the high of the third, Raleigh launched a no-doubter into right-center subject to offer the M’s a 3-0 lead and formally move Griffey on the single-season residence run listing.
Earlier within the week, Raleigh had knocked in two residence runs in opposition to the Royals in Kansas City, permitting him to surpass Mickey Mantle’s single-season file for lengthy balls by a swap hitter (set in 1961) and equal the franchise file held by Griffey.
A primary-time All-Star this 12 months, Raleigh leads the key leagues in residence runs and paces the American League with 118 RBIs. Earlier this 12 months, he additionally set the single-season file for residence runs by a full-time catcher, beforehand held by Salvador Perez of the Royals (48 in 2021).
The first-place Mariners (85-69) led the Houston Astros (84-70) by a recreation within the American League West getting into Saturday’s recreation.
–Field Level Media
