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Mariners’ Cal Raleigh Hits 54th Homer, Matches Mickey Mantle’s 64
Cal Raleigh, 28, set the single-season home run record for catchers with 54, tying Mickey Mantle's switch-hitter mark and leading MLB with 12 games left in the season.
- Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners hit his 54th home run on Sunday in Seattle against the Los Angeles Angels, tying Mickey Mantle's single-season switch-hitter record.
- Raleigh surpassed Salvador Perez's previous mark for most home runs hit in a single season by a regular catcher earlier in August, and with 12 games left in the season, he continues to extend his record.
- The Mariners won 11-2, extending their winning streak to nine games, with George Kirby pitching 6 1/3 innings and striking out 14, while the Angels' starter Kyle Hendricks exited in the fourth inning after allowing nine runs.
- Raleigh's 54th homer had an exit velocity of 109 mph and traveled 409 feet to left-center off a first-pitch sinker from Hendricks, giving the Mariners a 2-0 lead early in the game.
- With this record, Raleigh is two homers shy of Ken Griffey Jr.'s Mariners' franchise mark and could challenge Aaron Judge's 62-run American League record, while the Mariners sit alone atop the AL West division.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh hits 54th homer, ties Mickey Mantle's switch-hitter mark
Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 54th home run in the first inning of Sunday's 11-2 rout of the visiting Los Angeles Angels, tying Mickey Mantle's single-season record for most by a switch hitter that he set…
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