Cal Raleigh Units HR Document for Swap-Hitters, Ties Mariners’ Franchise Document

Cal Raleigh broke Mickey Mantle’s file for homers by a switch-hitter and tied the Mariners file set by Ken Griffey Jr. when the Seattle star hit his fifty fifth and 56th of the season in consecutive at-bats towards the Royals on Tuesday night time.

Raleigh doubled in his first at-bat on a scorching, humid night time in Kansas Metropolis. He got here up once more within the third inning and, batting left-handed towards Michael Wacha, fouled off a changeup and took a sinker for a ball earlier than Raleigh despatched a dangling curveball 419 ft over the right-field fence for his fifty fifth dwelling run of the season.

That broke the switch-hitter mark set by the Yankees star in 1961, which Raliegh had tied towards the Angels on Sunday.

The All-Star catcher was again up within the fourth inning Tuesday night time. This time, batting right-handed towards left-hander Daniel Lynch IV, Raleigh despatched the primary pitch he noticed 425 ft to straightaway heart for his 56th homer.

Griffey set the Mariners file when he hit 56 homers in the course of the 1997 season and matched the mark the next 12 months.

After each of the house runs, Raleigh bought a standing ovation from a small group of Mariners followers behind the visiting dugout at Kauffman Stadium. Many Royals followers, who had turned out to observe a membership fading from playoff rivalry, additionally applauded the house runs. It was Raleigh’s twentieth profession multi-homer sport and his tenth this season.

There have solely been 9 60-homer seasons within the majors. Aaron Choose had the final when he hit 62 for the Yankees in 2022.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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