SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 59th and sixtieth house runs Wednesday evening because the Seattle Mariners clinched the AL West with a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies.
His 59th was a solo shot within the first inning and his sixtieth was one other solo homer within the eighth.
Raleigh, batting left-handed, related off Tanner Gordon within the first inning for a blast to proper area that reached the highest deck at T-Cell Park. Within the eighth inning, Raleigh, batting left-handed once more, related off Angel Chivilli.
Raleigh has 11 multihome run video games this season, tied with Aaron Choose (2022), Hank Greenberg (1938) and Sammy Sosa for the MLB report.
With 4 video games remaining within the Mariners’ common season, Raleigh has an opportunity to go New York Yankees star Choose for the American League single-season house run report. Choose hit 62 house runs in 2022 to interrupt the earlier report set by Roger Maris, which had stood since 1961.
Raleigh’s newest homers got here simply 4 days after he handed Ken Griffey Jr. for the franchise’s single-season house run report along with his 57th homer. Griffey hit 56 in 1997 and 1998.
Raleigh additionally has surpassed Mickey Mantle’s earlier MLB report of 54 house runs by a switch-hitter that had stood since 1961. He set the MLB report for homers by a catcher this season, eclipsing the 48 hit by Salvador Perez in 2021.
Raleigh is 4 house runs forward of Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and 7 house runs forward of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
The Related Press contributed to this report.