SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Raleigh opened the scoring in the first inning against Tanner Gordon with a shot to the top deck in right field, and capped it in the eighth with a two-out drive to right off Angel Chivilli. Julio Rodríguez and Jorge Polanco also homered off Gordon (6-8) in the first.
With four games remaining, Raleigh has a chance to break the AL record of 62 homers set by Yankees star Aaron Judge in 2022.
Luis Castillo (11-8) threw 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball to help the Mariners — the only team in the majors that’s never reached the World Series — win for the 16th time in 17 games. It’s