Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh homered within the first inning of his group’s dwelling sport in opposition to the Athletics on Sunday, tying Salvador Perez for essentially the most dwelling runs in a season by a major catcher.
Batting right-handed, Raleigh blasted a fastball from Jacob Lopez 448 ft to left area 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 12 months, extending his main league lead and matching the Kansas Metropolis Royals stalwart’s mark from 2021.
The report requires a participant spend a minimum of 75 % of his video games at catcher. Raleigh has been Seattle’s major catcher since 2022.
Raleigh, 28, is a first-time All-Star this 12 months and received the Residence Run Derby in July. The newest dwelling run introduced his RBI whole to 104, which leads the American League.
After Sunday, Raleigh can have one other 31 video games to interrupt Perez’s catcher report. Perez had 48 dwelling runs and 121 RBIs within the 2021 season, main the majors in each classes, and received a Silver Slugger award that 12 months.
–Area Stage Media
