A special season continues for the Seattle Mariners, and their catcher Cal Raleigh. Raleigh blasted his 45th home run of the season on Sunday, in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Raleigh is now in the company of some of the best hitting catchers of all-time due to this latest blast.
The Mariners first three-homer game since 2019 belongs to Dominic Canzone 💪 (5-FOR-5!)
MVP chants on the road
"My name shouldn't be in the same sentence with those guys, Mickey Mantle & Ken Griffey Jr. I don't really have words for it... I'm sure one day it will set in."
HOW IT SOUNDED -- #5️⃣6️⃣ Cal Raleigh moves into a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. for the single-season home run record for the Seattle Mariners, as called by @GaryHillJr and Rick Rizzs on the #Mariners Radio Network.
Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr.'s homer record (56) Mariners @ Royals September 16, 2025
Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr.'s Mariners' franchise record with his 56th home run of the season
Cal Raleigh breaks Mantle's switch-hit HR record (55) Mariners @ Royals September 16, 2025
Cal Raleigh breaks Mickey Mantle's single season switch-hitter home run record with his 55th home run of the season
Cal Raleigh's two-run homer (54) Angels @ Mariners September 14, 2025
Cal Raleigh hits a two-run homer to left-center field to make it 2-0 Mariners, tying Mickey Mantle for the most home runs in a season by a switch-hitter
Sunday Sept. 14
FINAL
LAA 2 vs. 11 SEA 
Mariners blast Angels, take sole possession of 1st in AL West
SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners find themselves in a place they haven’t been for more than two decades – standing alone atop their division with just 12 games to play.
Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle’s MLB record for switch-hitters with his 54th home run of the season, and the Mariners quickly made their series finale with the Los Angeles Angels a laugher as they coasted to 11-2 blowout at T-Mobile Park.
The Mariners have now won a season-high nine straight games.
With the win and loss by the Houston Astros, Seattle broke a tie for first place and moved one game in front in the American League West standings. It’s the latest the Mariners have been in sole possession of the division lead since 2001. They also extended their lead to three games over the third-place Texas Rangers, who fell Sunday. It
was the first time Houston and Texas lost on the same day since Sept. 2.
Mariners move ahead of Astros for sole possession of AL West lead
The Mariners and Astros start a three-game series Friday in Houston that will determine who owns the head-to-head tiebreaker. The season series is currently tied at 5-5.
Raleigh’s record-tying blast in the first inning put Seattle in front 2-0, and it was all Mariners from the rest of the way.
Seattle tacked on three more in the third inning and sent 11 batters to the plate during a six-run fourth inning that featured four different Mariners driving in runs.
Dominic Canzone had three hits and three RBIs, Josh Naylor drove in three during a two-hit day and Julio Rodríguez doubled twice and drove in two.
Jorge Polanco hit three doubles to tie Jim Presley’s franchise record of seven consecutive games with a double.
Mariners starter George Kirby was perfect through 4 1/3 innings before surrendering a one-out solo shot to Christian Moore in the fifth. The right-hander earned the win in a bounce-back performance, allowing just the two runs and three hits while tying his career high with strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.
Kirby was coming of back-to-back rough outings in which he combined to allow 11 runs (10 earned) over six innings, including a two-inning start Sept. 3 that was his shortest over four major league seasons.
Kirby improved to 3-0 with a 2.79 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 19 1/3 innings in three starts against the Angels this season.
Up next
The Mariners start their final road trip of the season with a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals starting Tuesday. Right-hander Logan Gilbert (4-6 record, 3.54 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for Seattle. Kansas City’s starter has yet to be determined.
George Kirby, Cal Raleigh & Dan Wilson Discuss Leading AL West, Angels Sweep, Raleigh Greatness
Friday Sept. 12
FINAL
LAA 1 vs. 2 SEA
M’s stay atop AL West with 2-1 win over Angels
SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Garver hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Friday night.
Seattle Mariners 2, Los Angeles Angels 1: Box Score
Garver turned on an elevated fastball from Angels reliever Connor Brogdon (3-2) and walloped it into the left-field bleachers for his ninth home run of the season. Seattle remained in a tie with the Houston Astros atop the AL West for a second straight night.
The Mariners went in front in the fourth inning on a two-out, two-strike RBI double by Jorge Polanco. The switch-hitter kept his hands inside on a fastball from Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi, cranking it to left to drive in Cal Raleigh, who doubled earlier in the inning.
The Angels were held scoreless until the top of the seventh inning, when Logan Davidson tied it with an RBI double off Seattle reliever Carlos Vargas (5-5).
After Garver’s homer in the bottom of the seventh, the Mariners’ bullpen made sure it stood, with closer Andrés Muñoz getting the last three outs for his 35th save of the season.
Luis Castillo allowed one run and struck out five over six strong innings for Seattle.
Key moment
In the sixth inning, right fielder Victor Robles robbed Angels cleanup hitter Taylor Ward of a double that would have likely scored two runs. Instead, Los Angeles was held scoreless until the seventh inning.
Key stat
Polanco has recorded a double in five consecutive games, tied for the longest active streak in the majors this season. It’s also the longest streak for a Mariners player since Raúl Ibañez from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 in 2004.
Up next
Angels LHP Mitch Farris (1-0, 2.45 ERA) starts Saturday against Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (13-7, 3.02).
Harry Ford's walk-off sac fly Angels @ Mariners September 11, 2025
Harry Ford lifts a walk-off sac fly to right field, winning the game for the Mariners 7-6 in the 12th inning
“I wouldn’t have said this last week, so prisoner of the moment caveat: I think the Mariners have as good of a chance of winning the American League West as they do of not making the playoffs,” Passan said Tuesday to Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk.
Entering Tuesday, the Mariners (76-68) were two games back of the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West, and 1 1/2 games up on the Texas Rangers for their wild card spot. So mathematically speaking, Passan’s take maybe isn’t as spicy as it seems on its face. But it is a vote of confidence.
Cal Raleigh's three-run homer (53) Mariners @ Braves September 7, 2025
Cal Raleigh launches a three-run home run to center field, extending the Mariners' lead to 16-1 in the 9th inning
Mariners vs. Braves Highlights Mariners @ Braves September 7, 2025
Eugenio Suárez and the Mariners take on Jurickson Profar and the Braves on September 7, 2025
Seattle ran away to its most dominant win of the season -- an 18-2 rout of the Braves on Sunday afternoon at Truist Park, capped by Cal Raleigh crushing his 53rd homer of the season in the top of the ninth inning that pushed the club to a new season high in runs scored. It also has him one shy of tying Mickey Mantle in
1961 for the most by a switch-hitter in history.
And Eugenio Suárez ensured that Seattle also set a new season high with its 20th hit, when clearing the fence for the second time of the day with a two-run shot two batters later against position player Vidal Bruján.
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Cal Raleigh's solo home run (52) Mariners @ Braves September 6, 2025
Cal Raleigh hits a solo home run to right field, increasing Seattle's lead to 10-2 in the top of the 9th inning
Cal Raleigh put the finishing touches on the night, with a 418-foot solo shot in the ninth inning that reached the Chop House beyond right field for his 52nd of the season. It was also his 42nd as a catcher, tying him with Atlanta’s Javy Lopez in 2003 for the most at the position while playing the position in history.
Julio Rodríguez hits a pair of two-run homers Mariners @ Braves September 6, 2025
Julio Rodríguez has a monster day at the plate, smashing a pair of two-run home runs and collecting four RBIs against the Braves
“That was probably the biggest, most important decision that I had to make,” Rodríguez said. “Obviously, I remember putting a post out that I really wanted to be here. But I feel I needed a reset. I needed the time for myself to be able to play my best, because that's the most important thing -- to play my best for the
team. And I feel like that was huge for me to be able to do it.”
“When somebody does something big for the team, I feel like you can always feel that positivity for the team,” Rodríguez said. “And it was really cool. It was really cool to see everybody kind of following up.”
Julio Rodríguez on Mariners' win, hitting 30 homers Mariners @ Braves September 6, 2025
Julio Rodríguez describes the Mariners' win, his two home runs, his second career 30-homer season, the Mariners' positive momentum and more
The Story of Cal Raleigh August 26, 2025
Mark DeRosa takes a look at "The Story of Cal Raleigh", his prolific 2025 season and how he manages his catching work and offensive prowess
Eddie Vedder, Michael Hund join the booth Padres @ Mariners August 26, 2025
Eddie Vedder and Michael Hund join the broadcast in the top of the 2nd to discuss the "Vedder Cup' and the charitable benefits of the event
“I don’t really have an answer,” said Raleigh, whose AL MVP candidacy will almost certainly hinge on the Mariners reaching the playoffs. “We’re not playing good baseball on the road. Plain and simple. I don’t really have much after that.”
“Nobody is going to give it to us,” Raleigh said. “We've got to go take it. We can't sit around and just expect teams to hand it to us and that it's going to be easy, because it's not. ... If you're expecting it to be easy, expecting it to be handed to you, it's going to be a harsh reality.”
Cal Raleigh's solo home run (51) Mariners @ Rays September 2, 2025
Cal Raleigh crushes a solo home run to right field for his 51st home run of the season, putting the Mariners on the board in the 4th
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With Lou Piniella watching, Mariners manager Dan Wilson gets ejected
Sep 2, 2025, 5:48 PM
Dan Wilson was witness to the most memorable manager ejections in Seattle Mariners history when he played for Lou Piniella.
On Tuesday night, it was Piniella who witnessed Wilson get the heave-ho.
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Wilson was ejected for the second time in his managerial career, getting tossed by home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez in the top of the third inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The ejection came after an 0-0 high fastball to rookie second baseman Cole Young was called a strike. Per Mariners insider Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports, Wilson was ejected after defending a Mariners player who made a comment in the dugout.
That was presumably right fielder Dominic Canzone, who was ejected along with Wilson. Luke Raley replaced Canzone in the game.
Piniella, who is a Tampa native and visited the Mariners before the game, was shown in the crowd at Steinbrenner Field on the ROOT Sports TV broadcast after Wilson’s ejection. While also a former Rays manager, he seemed to be on the Mariners’ side in this case, throwing his hands in disgust after Wilson’s ejection.
Was Wilson’s ejection a tribute to Piniella? Was it on purpose to fire up a Mariners team that has scuffled on the road? Hard to say, though the M’s did respond in the fourth inning with three solo home runs off of Rays All-Star pitcher and Spokane native Drew Rasmussen to take a 3-2 lead. That included back-to-back shots
by Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez.
Wilson was previously ejected on May 25 during a loss at Houston.
Piniella, who managed Wilson with the Mariners in the 1990s and early 2000s, is considered the greatest manager in club history. He led the M’s to an 840-711 record from 1993 through 2003, taking the team to the playoffs four times and winning a pair of American League Manager of the Year awards.
Piniella is known perhaps just as much for his fiery personality and ejection-worthy tantrums as his winning ways in Seattle. Of his 64 career ejections as a manager over 23 years with five different teams, the majority – 28 – came with the Mariners.
FINAL
Wednesday August 27
SD 3 vs. 4 SEA 
Woo's 6-inning-start streak ends at 25, but righty delivers win
“It was do-or-die,” Woo said of his final play. “I think, obviously, I know he's not like a burner, but he can run all right, and so you've got to get rid of the ball. And yeah, I definitely wanted that one. I don't know. I'm going to be watching that inning for probably a little bit.”
Woo’s 25-start stretch was tied for the fourth-longest in MLB since 2015, was the sport’s longest since Houston’s Framber Valdez from April 25 to Sept. 18, 2022,
and was the Mariners’ longest since Randy Johnson had a stretch extending from his American League Cy Young Award-winning season in 1995 to 1996.
Eugenio Suárez's three-run home run (42)
Eugenio Suárez on Mariners' win, his three-run homer Padres @ Mariners August 27, 2025
Eugenio Suárez talks about the Mariners' win, his three-run home run, his stolen base in the 2nd inning, Bryan Woo and more
Mariners score six in 5th on pair of three-run homers Padres @ Mariners August 26, 2025
Mariners take the lead with a six-run 5th, courtesy of three-run home runs by Randy Arozarena and Eugenio Suárez
FINAL
Monday August 25
SD 6 vs. 9 SEA
Cal joins Griffey in rare Seattle air with HR No. 50: 'It doesn't seem real'
Cal Raleigh Big Dumper Cal Raleigh homers (50) on a fly ball to left field. "My Oh My!" Mariners
🔱 History for Cal Raleigh!🔱
🔱 Cal Raleigh hits homers 48 & 49, Logan Gilbert strikes out a career-high 13 as the Mariners take the series! 🔱
History: Cal Raleigh stands alone in MLB record books with 50th home run
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Aug 24, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) celebrates after a game against the Athletics at T-Mobile Park.
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The MVP chants are growing for the best catcher in baseball as Cal Raleigh continues to rewrite baseball's history books.
Before the night of Aug. 25, 2025, no catcher in MLB history had delivered a 50 home-run season - but ‘Big Dumper' has etched his name onto a one-man list.
In Monday night's opener with the San Diego Padres, Raleigh launched a low fastball 419 feet well into the upper deck above Edgar's Cantina at T-Mobile Park, becoming the first backstop to ever reach the half-century mark.
Cal Raleigh's 50th homer of the season Padres @ Mariners August 25, 2025
Cal Raleigh crushes his 50th homer of the season to left field, giving the Mariners an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st
Each of Raleigh's last three home runs each have created history of their own. No. 48 tied Kansas City's Salvador Perez (2021) for the most home runs by a catcher in a single season, the first of Raleigh's two-homer game against the Athletics on Sunday afternoon. No. 49 landed an inning later, when he set a new mark in
an 11-4 win.
And now, 50. Raleigh quickly fell behind San Diego Padres lefty J.P. Sears but worked the count full, fouled off the seventh pitch of the at-bat and demolished the eighth, an all-time milestone for one of baseball's most-dangerous sluggers.
"I'd say the hardest part is just trying to stay focused on the main goal, and that's winning baseball games and helping this team get to where we need to get to," Raleigh said Sunday. "Doing this has been awesome and amazing, but at the same time, it's more focusing on the other guys in that room, focusing on the
pitchers, focusing on the team goals rather than myself.
"Usually, when I'm focused on that, good things happen."
Raleigh becomes the second player in Mariners history to hit 50 home runs in a season, joining Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr., who reached the mark in back-to-back seasons (1997-98). He's just four home runs shy of all-time great Mickey Mantle's record of 54 home runs by a switch-hitter (1961) and six homers
away from tying Griffey Jr.'s single-season Mariners record of 56.
Is the American League MVP award next? New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (-175) paces the field, but Raleigh has the best chance to unseat the reigning Most Valuable Player (+100) with even odds, per FanDuel. In 128 games for the Mariners this season, the Platinum Glove-winning catcher leads the American
League with 50 home runs and 107 RBI.
FINAL
Sunday Aug. 24
ATH 4 vs. 11 SEA
Raleigh clubs Nos. 48 and 49 to eclipse Salvy's catcher HR feat
🔱 History for Cal Raleigh!🔱
Big Dumper closing in on Mantle's single-season switch-hitter record (54) and Griffey's Mariners record (56)
Raleigh hits most home runs by primary catcher (49) Athletics @ Mariners August 24, 2025
Cal Raleigh goes deep for the second time in the game and hits the most home runs by a primary catcher in a single-season
Cal Raleigh ties the catcher home run record (48) Athletics @ MarinersAugust 24, 2025
Cal Raleigh quickly puts the Mariners on the board with a two-run home run, as he ties the record for most single-season home runs by a catcher
🔱 History for Cal Raleigh!🔱
🔱 Cal Raleigh hits homers 48 & 49, Logan Gilbert strikes out a career-high 13 as the Mariners take the series! 🔱
Raleigh clubs Nos. 48 and 49 to eclipse Salvy's catcher HR feat
Big Dumper closing in on Mantle's single-season switch-hitter record (54) and Griffey's Mariners record (56)
August 24th, 2025 by Daniel Kramer @DKramer_
SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh's historic season reached its most monumental milestone yet on Sunday afternoon in the Mariners' 11-4 win over the A's, as the catcher crushed his 48th homer that tied him with Salvador Perez in 2021 for the most in a single season for a player with at least 75% of games as a catcher. Then for
good measure, he upped the ante with his 49th one inning later.
And, perhaps fittingly, they were among his most majestic yet.
In the first inning, Raleigh ambushed a 91.7 mph, middle-middle fastball from A’s lefty Jacob Lopez and sent it sailing 448 feet -- his longest of the season and the longest of his career from the right side -- and into the second deck at T-Mobile Park, giving Seattle a much-needed lead for its scuffling offense.
Then in the second, he jumped on a first-pitch changeup from Lopez and yanked it 412 feet, off the out-of-town scoreboard in left. Both were two-run shots to back good friend Logan Gilbert on the mound, who was just as vital to the Mariners’ victory, with a career-high 13 strikeouts over six innings of one-run, three-hit
ball.
Logan Gilbert strikes out his 13th batter to set his single-game career high
Cal Raleigh makes history with two-homer game Athletics @ Mariners August 24, 2025
Cal Raleigh passes Salvador Perez for the most home runs in a single season by a primary catcher with his 48th and 49th homers
Coupled with Houston’s loss in Baltimore earlier Sunday, Seattle pulled back to within two games of first place in the American League West.
“I'd say the hardest part is just trying to stay focused on the main goal, and that's winning baseball games and helping this team get to where we need to get to,” Raleigh said. “And obviously, doing this stuff has been awesome and amazing, but at the same time it's more focusing on the other guys in that room, focusing on
the pitchers, focusing on the team goals, rather than myself.”
After Raleigh’s second moonshot, as the “MVP” chants were as audible as they’ve been all season, he emerged for a curtain call and tipped his helmet to the home crowd.
"Once in a lifetime kind of stuff from Cal Raleigh!" Big Dumper earned a standing ovation from his Mariners teammates and the Seattle crowd
A well-deserved ovation for Cal Raleigh
The overall record for most homers in a single season by a primary catcher while playing catcher is 42, set by Atlanta’s Javy Lopez in 2003. Only three others -- the Mets’ Todd Hundley in 1996, the Dodgers’ Roy Campanella in 1953 and Mike Piazza in 1997 with the Dodgers and 1999 with the Mets -- have reached 40 in
games played behind the dish in a single season.
The next big milestone for Raleigh to clear will be the single-season home-run record by a switch-hitter, which is 54 from Mickey Mantle in 1961. Raleigh passed Mantle in another way on Sunday, though, by registering his ninth multi-homer game as a switch-hitter, and the overall record is 11, done thrice. He also passed
Ken Griffey Jr. (1997) for most multi-homer games in a season in Mariners history.
“He's starting to set a bar that's equal to nobody else that's done this,” said Mariners manager Dan Wilson, who’s been longtime mentor to Raleigh since he was drafted in 2018. “And that's the newsworthy part of this thing is it's getting to a point where you can't compare him to anybody.”
Raleigh is within Griffey’s range for a separate and more significant record, too: the most homers in a single season in franchise history -- 56, done in 1997 and ‘98. Yet, while Griffey led the AL in homers in both of those seasons, he finished behind Mark McGwire (58) in ‘97 and McGwire (70) and Sammy Sosa (66) in ‘98 for
the MLB lead.
Raleigh has the chance to become the first Mariners hitter to pace The Show in long balls, and if he does, there’s a strong chance he could join Griffey (1997) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001) as the only Mariners to win AL MVP.
Raleigh has firmly been in the hunt for the top individual honor in what’s largely been a two-man race with Yankees star and two-time winner Aaron Judge, though the Mariners will almost certainly need to reach the postseason for Raleigh to win.
“Just not trying to focus on myself,” Raleigh said, “not trying to put too much pressure on myself, not trying to chase anything, not trying to hit any kind of certain milestone. So I think that's kind of been the biggest thing -- just trying to keep those distractions away.”
It’s been a season of two halves for Raleigh, whose 38 homers before the All-Star break were the most in history other than Barry Bonds (39 in 2001), but who has scuffled some since his epic showing at the Midsummer Classic in Atlanta, where he won the Home Run Derby. Entering Sunday, he was hitting .202 with a .709
OPS, compared to .259 with a 1.011 OPS prior.
And he’s been particularly susceptible vs. lefty pitching of late -- as have the Mariners on a whole -- with a .143 batting average and .443 OPS against southpaws in the second half.
Which made Sunday’s turnaround -- for Raleigh, Gilbert and the Mariners, who’d lost eight of their previous 11 -- that much sweeter.
Cal Raleigh on how he’s feeling at this point of the season.
'Kidcaster' Russell joins the Mariners broadcast to help call the game against the Athletics August 24, 2025
FINAL
Friday Aug. 22
ATH 2 vs. 3 SEA
Woo you gonna call? Mariners snap skid behind gem from ace
The @Mariners are the first team in @MLB history to have 5 players hit their 100th career home run in the same season.
Cal Raleigh (4/16)
Mitch Garver (6/20)
Randy Arozarena (6/30)
Julio Rodríguez (8/3)
Josh Naylor (8/22)
Andrés Muñoz gets the #TridentsUp
Andrés Muñoz earns the save Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Andrés Muñoz earns the save after striking out JJ Bleday with the bases loaded to end the top of the 9th inning
"WE DANCE, Victory Formation!"
Dan Wilson on Mariners' 3-2 win over Athletics Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Dan Wilson discusses Bryan Woo's excellent start and his team's clutch home runs in the Mariners' 3-2 win over the Athletics
Andrés Muñoz discuss closing out Mariners' 3-2 win Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Andrés Muñoz discusses earning the save in the Mariners' 3-2 win against the Athletics
Jorge Polanco's solo homer (19) Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Jorge Polanco hits a solo home run to right-center field to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead
There goes No. 💯 for Josh Naylor! #TridentsUp
Josh Naylor's 100th career homer (16) Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Josh Naylor hits a solo home run to right-center field, the 100th of his career, to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead
Eugenio Suárez's 40th home run of the season Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Eugenio Suárez hits a solo home run to left field, his 40th of the season, to knot the game at 1
“Bryan Woo again was just fantastic,” manager Dan Wilson said. “The first inning homer was really all he gave up. He just did what he does. A lot of soft contact,
kept them really quiet for the rest of ball game while he was in there. It was just another outstanding effort. And then going into that seventh inning, that was impressive again.
“You can’t say enough about what he has done and how consistent he has been.”
Bryan Woo's seven strikeouts Athletics @ Mariners August 22, 2025
Bryan Woo tosses seven strikeouts through 7 innings pitched in a starting bid vs. Athletics
FINAL
SEA 3 vs. 7 NYM
Raleigh gives Little Leaguers what they came for: Homer No. 47
Cal Raleigh hits an opposite-field, two-run home run to left, scoring Randy Arozarena to cut the Mariners' deficit to 7-3 in the 7th inning
August 17th, 2025
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Let’s face it, most of the Little Leaguers who filled the stands at Bowman Field for the Mets’ 7-3 win over the Mariners on Sunday night didn’t care about who won the game. One thing that they all absolutely wanted to see was a Big Dumper home run right in front of their eyes.
And that’s exactly what Cal Raleigh gave them.
Cal Raleigh, nearing Perez's catcher record, hits 47th HR
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In the top of the seventh inning, Raleigh drove the second pitch he saw from Mets reliever Reed Garrett over the opposite-field fence in left for his 47th home run of the season, inching him closer to tying a single-season record for a Major League catcher. On Friday, he moved into sole possession of second place on this
prestigious list, passing Johnny Bench with his 46th dinger. Now, he sits just one homer away from tying Salvador Perez for the title.
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“I love watching the home runs,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “I love watching him hold the trident. I love all our guys to hold that trident. Again, just some really nice swings from Cal again tonight. … But no, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of that.”
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As the ball exploded off Raleigh’s bat, the Little Leaguers in the stands behind him all leaped to their feet. By the time he crossed the plate, kids had their phones out recording the moment, jumping up and down in excitement after seeing Major League Baseball’s home run leader move higher up the leaderboard.
This was just hours after Raleigh spent his afternoon answering questions from kids participating in this year’s Little League World Series tournament. He rode the bus from the airport with a couple of players on the Southeast roster. The pair peppered him with questions about which brand of bat he used when he was 12 years old.
Clearly this power had to start somewhere, right? Why wouldn’t you want to follow in those same footsteps?
Cal Raleigh on excitment for Little League Classic
Raleigh laughed and reminisced with them about what he was like as a 12-year-old hitter. He quickly realized just how popular he was among the Little League fan base when he wasn’t able to get more than a foot away from that bus before being swarmed with kids begging for pictures and autographs.
The 2025 Home Run Derby champion has earned this level of adoration, but he proved it even more when he gave these young fans a moment they’ll never forget, witnessing homer No. 47.
A closer look at Cal Raleigh's LittleLeagueClassic chest protector
Big Dumper Cal Raleigh will be wearing a custom chest protector for tonight's Little League Classic
Rodríguez mic'd up on connecting with little leaguers Mariners @ MetsAugust 17, 2025
Julio Rodríguez was MIC’D UP at the Little League Classic 🎤
Dan Wilson talks George Kirby, Cal Raleigh, more Mariners @ Mets August 17, 2025
Dan Wilson talks about George Kirby's outing, Cal Raleigh's homer and more after the Mariners' loss to the Mets in the Little League Classic
Dan Wilson on his own LLWS experience, more Mariners @ Mets August 17, 2025
Dan Wilson joins the broadcast in between innings, discussing his own experience in the Little League World Series, excitement for the little leaguers and more
Mariners rock custom gear for Players weekend August 16, 2025
Take a look at some of the Mariners players custom gear to celebrate Players Weekend
FINAL
11 vs. 9
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Cal Raleigh's two-run home run (46) Mariners @ Mets August 15, 2025
Cal Raleigh crushes a two-run home run to left field to reach 100 RBIs on the season, the first player in the Majors to reach that mark
Cal passes Johnny Bench for 2nd most home runs by a catcher in a single season
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Seattle Mariners Making Fun Changes in Broadcast Booth For Upcoming Road Trip
Per a note from Brad Adam of ROOT Sports, the Mariners are handling the broadcast duties in a different way this week.
By Brady Farkas
After winning nine of 10 games on their most recent homestand, the Seattle Mariners hit the East Coast again this week for six games against the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets.
Sunday's game against the Mets is set to be broadcast on ESPN as part of the Little League World Series Classic, but the first five games of the road trip will be handled in a fun and different way from a broadcast perspective. And the format will look familiar to longtime M's fans.
Mariners broadcaster Brad Adam of ROOT Sports joined the most recent 'Refuse to Lose' podcast and outlined what's going to happen:
"This road trip, we're going to switch, and we're going to split it like the good ole' days, Brady. You're going to like this. So back when (Dave) Niehaus and (Rick) Rizzs used to split TV and radio, we're going to do that this next five games with Aaron (Goldsmith) off. I'm going to take the first three innings of TV, and then go
to radio, and Rick Rizzs is going to come over and do the last four through nine (innings), or however long it goes, on tv. So we're going to switch. That'll be fun. Be fun to get Rizzs back on TV."
It will certainly be a treat for Mariners fans to get to hear Rizzs on television again, and to hear Adam on radio.
You can listen to the full interview with Adam as part of 'Refuse to Lose' in the podcast player below:
The Mariners enter play at 66-53 and just one game back of the Houston Astros in the American League West. Seattle also holds the top wild card spot by 1.5 games over Boston.
Catch of the weekend!!
Cal Raleigh's 45th homer of the season Rays @ Mariners August 10, 2025
Cal Raleigh clobbers a 112.9-mph two-run home run to right field, scoring Randy Arozarena to put the Mariners on the board with a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning
Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez slug home runs on consecutive pitches to give the Mariners a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the 3rd
Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez hit back-to-back homers Rays @ Mariners August 9, 2025
Jay Buhner’s reaction to the back-to-back blasts.
Mariners’ Cal Raleigh reaches Johnny Bench territory with 45th home run
Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh continues to blast home runs at an astonishing pace this season. He is moving into uncharted territory.
USA Today reporter Bob Nightengale wrote on X that Raleigh's offense is on the level of other greats who played catcher, like Johnny Bench. In 1970 Bench hit 45 home runs in 158 games, Nightengale wrote. Raleigh is now at 45 homers this season through 116 games.
Raleigh hit his latest blast in the bottom of the first inning on Sunday, in a contest against Tampa at T-Mobile Park. It was a scoreless game before the Mariners catcher blasted a two-run shot toward the right field stands. Seattle's crowd went wild following the moonshot.
The Mariners are looking to win their 66th game of the season Sunday. Seattle is 65-53 on the campaign.
Cal Raleigh is making the case he is the American League MVP
Raleigh leads all of Major League Baseball in home runs this season. He is guiding a Mariners team that is nipping at the heels of the Houston Astros in the American League West.
This season Raleigh has been a magician for Seattle's offense. He has posted home runs in three consecutive games, after his blast on Sunday. Raleigh is hitting .249 this season with 98 total RBIs.
Before the MLB trade deadline, the Mariners made a commitment to strengthen their offense. The club added former Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who is in his second stint with the team. Suarez has 37 home runs this season, and is working in tandem with Raleigh to push Seattle into the postseason.
Seattle has a lot to cheer about right now. The club just retired the jersey of Ichiro Suzuki, and honored Suzuki at Saturday's game against the Rays. The ceremony brought some of the club's biggest stars over the years back to Seattle. That included not only Suzuki, but also Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr.
Mariners fans certainly have a lot to be excited about, as the season starts to near its end. Seattle has won eight of their last 10 games entering Sunday's contest with Tampa.
Mariners Players on Ichiro Nothing but love for Ichiro.
nbd just ichiro and the big unit having a catch in the clubhouse
Now that was an epic first pitch. #IchiroHOF
⚾️ #Ichiro tosses first pitch to #RandyJohnson 🧢
Ichiro throws out the first pitch to Randy Johnson in catcher's gear on his @baseballhall plaque day before the matchup with the #Rays
Cal Raleigh's three-run home run (44) Rays @ Mariners August 9, 2025
Cal Raleigh hits a three-run home run to left-center field to extend the Mariners' lead to 5-1 in the 3rd
Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez hit back-to-back homers Rays @ Mariners August 9, 2025
Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez slug home runs on consecutive pitches to give the Mariners a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the 3rd
"Ichiro suzuki wife share a hotdog" 🌭
Ichiro tells the Mariners, "Although I can no longer help you with a hit or laser beam throw, my will and desire is always there for you.
I come to the field every day because I want to help you be prepared for the moment. I am confident you can seize the moment."
Recapping Ichiro's number retirement August 9, 2025
Ichiro Suzuki’s iconic No. 51 is retired by the Seattle Mariners following his induction into the Hall of Fame
Dan Wilson on Ichiro's ceremony, 7-4 win Rays @ Mariners August 9, 2025
Dan Wilson discusses Ichiro Suzuki's retirement ceremony, the offensive production from the lineup and more following the Mariners' 7-4 win
Dear Ichiro August 9, 2025 Mariners fans from around the world share what Ichiro means to them
Keep bringing the energy! #TridentsUp
CLUTCH CAL! 🤩 Big Dumper's MLB-leading 43rd home run gives the Mariners the lead late!
Big Dumper CAL RALEIGH HR 44
I love this picture on so, so many levels
The ump and the catcher Cal,
MVP Did the Pitcher (Jax) really think the yard was holding this?
The fans A picture is worth…..
Eugenio Suárez's first homer back with Mariners (37) White Sox @ Mariners August 5, 2025
Eugenio Suárez crushes a two-run homer to left field, his first homer since returning to Seattle via trade, giving the Mariners a 3-1 lead
Eugenio Suárez on first homer back with Mariners White Sox @ Mariners August 5, 2025
Eugenio Suárez speaks after the Mariners' win over the White Sox, discussing his first homer since rejoining the Mariners, Josh Naylor's impact and more
Julio Rodriguez Reacts to Seattle Mariners Trading for Josh Naylor, Reacquiring Eugenio Suarez
Career Home Runs for @JRODshow44 and another 20/20 Season! #TridentsUp
Julio Rodríguez's 100th career home run (20) Rangers @ Mariners August 3, 2025
Julio Rodriguez hits his 100th career homer to become the first player in MLB history with four straight 20-20 seasons to start their career
Umpire doesn't eject Astros pitcher after warnings were issued for hitting batters, a breakdown
