Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh homered within the first inning of his group’s residence recreation in opposition to the Athletics on Sunday, tying Salvador Perez for essentially the most residence runs in a season by a main catcher.
Batting right-handed, Raleigh blasted a fastball from Jacob Lopez 448 ft to left subject for a two-run shot that scored Randy Arozarena, who’d led off the inning with a single. That gave Raleigh his forty eighth dinger of the yr, extending his main league lead and matching the Kansas Metropolis Royals stalwart’s mark from 2021.
The file requires a participant spend a minimum of 75 % of his video games at catcher. Raleigh has been Seattle’s main catcher since 2022.
Raleigh, 28, is a first-time All-Star this yr and received the Dwelling Run Derby in July. The most recent residence run introduced his RBI whole to 104, which leads the American League.
After Sunday, Raleigh could have one other 31 video games to interrupt Perez’s catcher file. Perez had 48 residence runs and 121 RBIs within the 2021 season, main the majors in each classes, and received a Silver Slugger award that yr.
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