Cal Raleigh did it again.
The Seattle Mariners star catcher extended his MLB home run lead with his 25th blast of the season in the first inning of Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim.
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Raleigh’s latest blast was a skyscraping three-run shot to right-center field that came off an 0-1 sinker from Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz.
It was far from Raleigh hardest-hit homer of the year, registering just a 99 mph exit velocity. But it carried just enough, sneaking past the outstretched glove of center fielder Jo Adell and barely clearing the yellow line for a 372-foot homer.
It was Raleigh’s eighth long ball in his past 10 games.
Raleigh is now two homers ahead of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei