Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Secures 100-RBI season with homer
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Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Athletics.
Raleigh set the major-league record for most homers by a catcher over his first four seasons when he went yard in the fifth inning. That blast was the margin of victory Sunday, and it also secured a 100-RBI campaign for the 27-year-old. Raleigh finished the year with a .220/.312/.436 slash line, 34 homers, 73 runs scored, six stolen bases and 16 doubles over 153 games, though he hit a much more impressive .286 (28-for-98) in September while homering in four of his last seven games.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Goes yard Friday
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Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over the Athletics.
Raleigh has been consistent lately, going 12-for-40 (.300) over his last nine games. The catcher leads all major-league backstops with 32 homers this year, four ahead of the Athletics' Shea Langeliers. Raleigh has added a .218/.312/.426 slash line, 97 RBI, 70 runs scored and six stolen bases over 151 contests. While he's unlikely to hit for average over long spans, Raleigh is among the steadiest sources of power at the catcher position.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Lifts 31st homer
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Raleigh went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a hit-by-pitch in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rangers.
Raleigh went deep off Andrew Heaney in the third inning. Over 19 games in September, Raleigh has gone 19-for-71 (.268) with four homers, 15 RBI and 10 runs scored. The catcher is up to 31 homers, 95 RBI, 67 runs scored, six stolen bases and a .214/.311/.424 slash line over 147 contests this season, giving him an outside chance at a 100-RBI campaign if he gets hot over the final week.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: On base three times Saturday
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Raleigh went 2-for-5 with an RBI single and a walk in a win over the Rangers on Saturday.
Raleigh authored one of five multi-hit efforts on the night for the Mariners while achieving the feat for the sixth time in September. The 27-year-old backstop has already reached the 30-home-run threshold for the second straight season despite currently being mired in a nine-game power drought, and he's carrying a .265 average and .829 OPS across 18 games thus far in September as the Mariners continue pushing for a wild-card spot.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Receiving breather Sunday
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Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
Raleigh's absence from the lineup ends a run of 19 straight starts, during which he posted a .229/.341/.400 slash line with three homers, 15 RBI and 10 runs. Mitch Garver will step in behind the plate to catch for right-hander George Kirby.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Reaches 30-homer mark
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Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Padres.
Raleigh got the Mariners on the board early with a first-inning solo home run off Yu Darvish to bring him up to 30 home runs for a second consecutive season. The 27-year-old is batting .333/.378/.667 with three homers, 11 RBI and seven runs over his last eight games and leads the Mariners by a wide margin in home runs and RBI. For the year, he's slashing .213/.304/.431 with 45 extra-base hits, 91 RBI, 64 runs, six steals and a 60:161 BB:K in 553 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Crushes 29th homer, swipes bag
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Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 6-4 win over the A's.
Raleigh hit a two-run blast off Joey Estes deep in the top of the first inning to get the scoring started. Raleigh also managed to steal his sixth base of the season, which is impressive considering he only had one steal in his first three seasons combined. The 27-year-old is now just one homer away from matching his total from last year and being the first catcher with 30 home runs in back-to-back seasons since Mike Piazza did it for eight straight years from 1995 to 2002.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Slugs 28th homer Monday
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Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a loss to the Athletics on Monday.
Raleigh squared up an Osvaldo Bido four-seam fastball in the first inning with J.P. Crawford aboard, giving the Mariners an early 2-0 lead via a 386-foot shot to right field. The power-hitting backstop snapped a 12-game homerless drought in the process, not to mention an 0-for-18 skid that had encompassed the previous four games. Raleigh now sits just three home runs away from surpassing the career-high 30 he belted in 2023, while his total of 82 RBI is already a new personal best.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: More timely hitting Tuesday
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Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and a second two-bagger in a loss to the Athletics on Tuesday.
One day after driving in two runs with his 28th homer in a series-opening loss, Raleigh was once again one of the few bright spots for the Mariners in a second consecutive defeat. The backstop's first-inning double drove home J.P. Crawford and Julio Rodriguez to open the scoring, and those would turn out to be the only runs of the night for the light-hitting Seattle lineup. Raleigh appears to have an outside chance at a 100-RBI campaign if he keeps up the timely knocks, as he's now sitting 16 RBI away from the triple-digit threshold with 23 games remaining.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Sitting Saturday
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Raleigh isn't in the Mariners' lineup Saturday against the Giants.
After going 0-for-3 with two walks in Friday's series opener, Raleigh will take a seat Saturday while Mitch Garver catches for right-hander George Kirby.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Productive in Tuesday's loss
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Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in a loss to the Dodgers on Tuesday.
Raleigh bounced back from an 0-for-4 night in the series opener Monday to contribute his second multi-hit effort of August. The slugging catcher's two-bagger was his sixth extra-base hit in 15 games this month, and that pop has helped him to a respectable .453 slugging percentage over that span despite a .189 average and 25.4 percent strikeout rate.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Leads all catchers in homers
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Raleigh went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Sunday's win against the Pirates.
Raleigh's 27th blast put the first two runs on the board for the Mariners and set the stage for the halting of the team's five-game skid. Raleigh is outpacing all catchers in homers, currently sitting five up on both Kansas City's Salvador Perez and Oakland's Shea Langeliers, though Raleigh's 78 RBI are four shy of Perez's total.
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Resting Saturday
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Raleigh is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Pirates.
Raleigh has gone 0-for-11 with two walks and three strikeouts across his last three outings, and he will begin Saturday's contest in the dugout. Mitch Garver will start behind home plate and bat eighth against Pittsburgh southpaw Bailey Falter.
