KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seattle’s Cal Raleigh broke Mickey Mantle’s record for homers by a switch-hitter when he hit his 55th of the season off Royals right-hander Michael Wacha with nobody out in the third inning of Tuesday night’s game in Kansas City.

Raleigh had tied the mark set by the Yankees star in 1961 with a first-inning drive against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

Raleigh, who had doubled in his first at-bat of the series-opener against the Royals, was batting left-handed when he fouled off Wacha’s changeup and took a sinker for a ball before sending a hanging curveball 419 feet over the right-field fence.

He got a standing ovation from a small group of Mariners fans behind the visiting dugout. Many Royals fans applauded, too.

Raleigh, who hit 34 homers last season, also moved

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