Cal Raleigh’s magical historical past tour rolls on.
The Seattle Mariners catcher continued his unbelievable season Friday evening, going 2-for-5 with a pair of residence runs within the Mariners’ 12-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Raleigh’s second blast on Friday evening additionally made some American League historical past.
His first residence run got here within the high of the eighth inning, in an enormous spot for the Mariners. Seattle held a 4-3 lead at that time, when Raleigh lifted a fly ball deep to left-center:
The fly ball carried deep sufficient for Raleigh’s thirty seventh residence run of the season.
However the catcher was not achieved. He got here to the plate with the bases loaded within the remaining body, as Seattle at that time loved an 8-3 lead.
Quickly sufficient it was 12-3:
Raleigh turned on a 93-mph sinker low within the zone, depositing a grand slam into the left-field bleachers for his thirty eighth residence run of the season.
Which is the place the historical past half is available in.
That blast set a brand new American League file for residence runs earlier than the All-Star break, eclipsing the 37 hit by Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles again in 2013. That additionally places Raleigh one shy of the MLB file set by Barry Bonds, who belted 39 residence runs earlier than the All-Star break again in 2001.
Bonds completed that season with 73 residence runs.
Raleigh and the Mariners have two extra video games earlier than the break, giving the catcher a professional probability at matching Bonds earlier than he and the remainder of the All Stars head to Atlanta.