SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh hit his thirty fourth and thirty fifth residence runs to set a profession excessive and match Ken Griffey Jr.’s Seattle file for homers earlier than the All-Star break, serving to the Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday.
Raleigh, the foremost league chief in residence runs, turned on a fastball from Bailey Falter (6-4) within the first inning and walloped it effectively previous the wall in left. The exit velocity on the two-run shot was logged at 115.2 mph, per Statcast, the hardest-hit ball of his profession.
Raleigh topped his earlier profession excessive, set final season, within the sixth with a solo shot that chased Falter. The Mariners mustered just one different hit off the left-hander, however it was additionally a house run courtesy of Randy Arozarena within the fourth inning.
Raleigh’s 35 homers are tied for the fifth most within the MLB historical past earlier than the All-Star break (since 1933), matching Griffey Jr. in 1998 and Luis Gonzalez in 2001. Barry Bonds holds the file with 39 on the break in 2001.
A switch-hitter, Raleigh has extra residence runs as a left-handed hitter and as a right-handed hitter than anybody else on the Mariners: He has 21 from the left facet and 14 from the fitting; Arozarena ranks second on Seattle with 13 homers this season.
Raleigh is on tempo to hit 65 residence runs this season.
The Mariners play eight extra video games earlier than the All-Star break.
The Related Press and ESPN Analysis contributed to this report.