Final Evening in Baseball: Cal Raleigh’s forty second Homer Broke a File

There may be at all times baseball taking place — virtually an excessive amount of baseball for one particular person to observe themselves.

Don’t fret, we’re right here that can assist you by determining what you missed however should not have. Listed here are all the very best moments from final evening in Main League Baseball:

Raleigh units a brand new homer mark

There have been simply three MLB video games on Thursday, because the league allowed nearly all of groups to work the telephones all day earlier than the commerce deadline, however the contests we did get provided up lots. For example, the Mariners took on the Rangers, and Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading forty second homer of the season.

That was notable for extra than simply Raleigh extending that lead, nevertheless: it broke a tie with Todd Hundley for probably the most residence runs ever by a switch-hitting catcher. Raleigh is now the all-time chief in that class, and each dinger means he’s moved that file even additional out of attain.

Raleigh has further switch-hitting and backstop-related homer data to chase within the final two months of the 2025 season, as nicely. Salvador Perez’s 2021 featured 48 homers, a file for a catcher — Raleigh is seven blasts shy of taking that file for himself with 52 video games to go within the season. Mickey Mantle is the one switch-hitter ever with a 50-homer season — he has each of them, in actual fact — with the file being his 54 in 1961. Raleigh is, as of Friday morning, on tempo for 62 homers, which might shatter Mantle’s file… and tie Aaron Choose’s AL-record 62 pictures from 2022.

Massive Dumper won’t break or match all of those data, however the chance is there. If he has one other sizzling streak in him something like a few of these he’s already had when he clustered a ton of homers collectively this summer season then… nicely, that’s why they play the video games, isn’t it?

Suárez debuts for Seattle (once more)

Wasn’t this man simply on the Mariners? Eugenio Suárez returned to Seattle, after one-and-a-half seasons away with the Diamondbacks. His arrival, per MLB, implies that the Mariners now boast solely the second-ever pair of 35-homer hitters on a group as of August 1, becoming a member of Roger Maris and the aforementioned Mantle of their 1961 marketing campaign with the Yankees. Choose, in fact, broke Maris’ file of 61 from ‘61 in 2022. It’s all related!

Anyway, Suárez didn’t go yard in his re-debut, however he did lace a double and rating a run in what would change into a 6-0 rout of the Rangers. 

What a catch! 

“One other spotlight from the Seattle sport?” you say? Did you not see the half the place there have been simply three video games on Thursday? Plus, this catch is sick, and could be right here regardless. Let’s thank the Mariners for giving each of us a lot to work with.

Julio Rodríguez is definitely recognized for his glove, however even with that, this was shocking. Take a look at how far he ranged! And that slide! He didn’t lose the ball on the level of affect, both, which might have simply occurred — what number of triples have you ever seen come about as a result of a ball didn’t keep in a glove that was sliding on the bottom together with the participant it was connected to?

The Reds and Braves placed on a present

Issues had been fairly regular in Cincinnati via seven innings. The 2 had been tied up at 3-3, with Elly De La Cruz breaking his July-long homer drought within the backside of the third for his nineteenth of the yr, but it surely was in any other case unremarkable. 

After which the eighth inning occurred. Ozzie Albies opened the inning with a single off of Reds’ reliever Graham Ashcraft, who then gave up one other single to Sean Murphy. Sam Moll would come on in aid, however allowed a bunt single to Michael Harris II to load the bases. Eli White would then hit one other single, scoring Albies. There have been nonetheless no outs but.

Luke Williams then hit a double to plate Murphy and Harris, placing the Braves up 6-3. Jurickson Profar would strike out, however this was merely a pause for Atlanta: Matt Olson would attain on a fielder’s alternative that scored their seventh run of the sport and fourth of the inning. The Reds would relieve Moll with Lyon Richardson. It modified nothing.

Marcell Ozuna walked, loading the bases. Albies, who led off the inning, picked up his second single of the eighth, this one driving in Olson and Riley — 10-3, Braves. Murphy would then double to drive in Osuna, forcing the Reds to name in Brent Suter to pitch. Suter was the one Reds’ pitcher of the inning to not quit a run nor even a baserunner, as he struck out Harris after which obtained White to fly out. It was already 11-3 Braves at this level, although — unhealthy information for the Reds.

Or! A possibility to attain eight runs of their very own within the backside of the body. No, actually. Cincinnati pounded Atlanta’s pitchers in the identical means — beginning with Ke’Bryan Hayes’ first homer as a Pink after they dealt for him earlier than the deadline, a three-run shot to chop the result in 11-6.

Cincinnati would maintain at it, and the eighth inning would finish with the groups as soon as once more all tied up, simply as they had been when it began, solely with 16 extra runs between them and after each golf equipment had burned via most of their bullpens. As MLB’s Sarah Langs identified, it was simply the third time in MLB historical past that two groups scored a minimum of eight runs a chunk in a single inning, with the final of these coming in 2007.

The Braves would inevitably find yourself successful by scoring within the tenth on a sac fly by Ozuna, which was in some way additionally the one different run within the sport after the explosive eighth. Perhaps everybody was just a little too drained.

Stanton went growth

It’s been accomplished just a little quietly, however Giancarlo Stanton is having his greatest season in years. Whereas his 2025 obtained off to a late begin as a consequence of a extreme case of tennis elbow in each arms, within the 32 video games he has performed, he’s obtained eight homers and a line of .270/.341/.514, which might be the very best numbers he’s put up since 2021 in the event that they had been to carry regular for the subsequent two months. 

That eighth homer? Not so quiet.

When Stanton is wholesome, he hits the ball as arduous as principally anybody. What a shot. The Yankees — after a really prolonged rain delay — ended up defeating the Rays, 7-4. They enter August at 60-49, 3.5 again of the Blue Jays within the AL East, however 2.5 up within the wild card race. 

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