Cal Raleigh’s magical historical past tour rolls on.
The Seattle Mariners catcher continued his unimaginable season Friday evening, going 2-for-5 with a pair of house runs within the Mariners’ 12-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Raleigh’s second blast on Friday evening additionally made some American League historical past.
His first house run got here within the high of the eighth inning, in a giant spot for the Mariners. Seattle held a 4-3 lead at that time, when Raleigh lifted a fly ball deep to left-center:
The fly ball carried deep sufficient for Raleigh’s thirty seventh house run of the season.
However the catcher was not carried out. He got here to the plate with the bases loaded within the closing body, as Seattle at that time loved an 8-3 lead.
Quickly sufficient it was 12-3:
Raleigh turned on a 93-mph sinker low within the zone, depositing a grand slam into the left-field bleachers for his thirty eighth house run of the season.
Which is the place the historical past half is available in.
That blast set a brand new American League report for house runs earlier than the All-Star break, eclipsing the 37 hit by Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles again in 2013. That additionally places Raleigh one shy of the MLB report set by Barry Bonds, who belted 39 house runs earlier than the All-Star break again in 2001.
Bonds completed that season with 73 house runs.
Raleigh and the Mariners have two extra video games earlier than the break, giving the catcher a authentic likelihood at matching Bonds earlier than he and the remainder of the All Stars head to Atlanta.
