1 of 5 | Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh went 3 for 5 in a win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. File Photo by Mark Black/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Cal Raleigh passed one baseball icon and tied another with his 55th and 56th home runs of the season in a Seattle Mariners thrashing of the Kansas City Royals.
The Mariners catcher hit his 55th home run in the third inning of the 12-5 triumph Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. That 419-foot solo shot pushed him past New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle for the most single-season home runs by a switch hitter.
Mariners designed hitter Dominic Canzone homered three times. Royals catcher Carter Jensen homered twice.
Raleigh clobbered his 56th home run in the top of the fourth. That 425-foot, two-run shot matched Ken Griffey Jr.'s Mariners franchise record, which he set in 1997 and tied in 1998.
