Mariners' Cal Raleigh breaks Yankees legend Mickey Mantle's switch-hitter home run record with historic blast
Seattle Mariners star catcher Cal Raleigh has slugged his way into the history books Raleigh hit his th and th home runs of the season during the Mariners' - win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium Raleigh broke New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle s record for the majority home runs by a switch-hitter in a single season Raleigh also tied Mariners great Ken Griffey Jr for bulk home runs in a single season in franchise history CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe All-Star catcher hit his th home run from the left side of the plate He demolished Royals pitcher Michael Wacha s -mph curveball deep into the right-field seats to put the Mariners up - in the top of the third inning His second home run of the event came in the fourth inning this time from the right side of the plate Raleigh laced Royals pitcher Daniel Lynch IV's changeup over the center-field wall to put the Mariners up - It's really cool I'm humbled by it A crazy kind of thing I never thought would happen Raleigh commented standing inside a tunnel beneath Kauffman Stadium after his th career multi-homer contest and his th this season Just taking it day-by-day pitch-by-pitch Really enjoying every day with these guys and just trying to finish the season strong CUBS ROOKIE REPLICATES INCREDIBLE BOB GIBSON FEAT IN WIN OVER PIRATESRaleigh and Yankees star Aaron Judge are the favorites for the American League MVP award The Mariners' catcher has a batting average RBI and stolen bases to go along with his home runs The Mariners - hold a narrow half-game lead in the American League West over the Houston Astros - The Mariners will look to maintain their division lead when they take on the Royals - in the second encounter of their three-game series at p m ET on Wednesday The Associated Press contributed to this summary Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
