Cal Raleigh set the majors’ single-season home run mark for switch hitters with his 55th in the third inning, then matched Seattle’s club record with No. 56 an inning later as the visiting Mariners rolled to a 10th straight victory, 12-5 over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Stealing some of the spotlight was Dominic Canzone, who went 5-for-5 with three home runs for Seattle.
Raleigh opened the Mariners’ four-run third with a drive off Kansas City’s Michael Wacha (9-12) just inside the right field foul pole that broke Mickey Mantle’s mark from 1961.
In the fourth, with a man on, Raleigh turned around to the right side and sent a pitch from left-hander Daniel Lynch IV over the center field fence to match Ken Griffey Jr.’s team record set in 1997 and equaled in 1998.
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