Cal Raleigh breaks Mickey Mantles record for most…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cal Raleigh hit a pair of homers to match the Seattle season record set by Ken Griffey Jr., Dominic Canzone belted a career-best three homers of his own, and the AL West-leading Mariners routed the fading Kansas City Royals 12-5 on Tuesday night time for their tenth consecutive win.
Raleigh’s first homer, a 419-foot shot off Michael Wacha while batting left-handed, gave him 55 on the season, breaking the record for a switch-hitter set by Yankees great Mickey Mantle in 1961.
Raleigh’s second shot, a 425-footer off Daniel Lynch IV as he batted right-handed, tied the membership mark that Griffey set during the 1997 season and matched the next 12 months.
Cal Raleigh celebrates after hitting a homer in the first inning, the first of two of his long balls in the Mariners’ 12-5 blowout win over the Royals on Sept. 16, 2025. Scott Sewell-Imagn Images
It was the tenth multihomer recreation this season for “The Big Dumper” and the twentieth of Raleigh’s profession.
The All-Star catcher also doubled in the first inning and completed 3 for 5 with three RBIs, giving him 118 on the 12 months.
Canzone homered in the second inning, the fifth and the ninth on a scorching, humid, late-summer night time in which balls had been crusing out of spacious Kauffman Stadium.
The designated hitter also had a pair of singles to end 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs.
Carter Jensen hit the first two homers of his big league profession for Kansas City.
It regarded as if he had a third before his long fly ball in the eighth inning bounced off the right-field wall for a double.
Mickey Mantle beforehand held the record for home runs in a season by switch-hitter. Bettmann Archive
Logan Gilbert (5-6) allowed two runs on six hits over 5 ²/₃ innings while putting out 5 for Seattle.
The 28-year-old righty, who also pitched properly against the Royals in June, has allowed just seven earned runs complete over his last 5 begins.
Wacha (9-12) returned after lacking his last scheduled start because of a stint on the seven-day concussion checklist.
He allowed a season-high seven runs on 9 hits over 2 ²/₃ innings for Kansas City.
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