HOUSTON (AP) — When Cal Raleigh crushed his 57th home run of the year into the Astros’ bullpen Saturday night to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for Seattle’s single-season record, Houston’s longtime bullpen catcher Javier Bracamonte scrambled to grab it.

The Mariners led 2-0 in the third inning when Raleigh hit a 95.5 mph sinker from lefty Framber Valdez into the bullpen in right-center field to make it 3-0 and pass the mark Griffey reached in both 1997 and 1998.

After grabbing the ball, which bounced off the wall before he collected it, Bracamonte was pretty certain it was the record-setting homer, but he wasn’t 100% sure until a couple minutes later.

“A lot of people from Seattle came asking me for the ball,” Bracamonte said. “And this guy said: ‘Hey, he broke the Seattle Mariners record so

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