Seattle Mariners All-Star catcher Cal Raleigh continued his incredible season on Saturday afternoon, whereas additionally additional cementing himself as one of many recreation’s greatest present energy hitters.
Along with his solo house run within the high of the ninth inning of the Mariners’ 10-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs, Raleigh turned the primary participant within the Majors to achieve the 30 house run mark for the season.
It not solely offers him a three-home run cushion over Aaron Decide and a five-home run lead over Shohei Ohtani, nevertheless it additionally places him in some uncommon firm traditionally.
Among the many many historic elements of his newest house run:
- He’s the primary switch-hitter to ever hit 30 house runs earlier than the All-Star break, and with the All-Star break nonetheless a few weeks away, he has an opportunity to shatter that quantity.
- He’s the quickest participant to 30 house runs (solely 75 video games) since Barry Bonds and Luis Gonzalez in 2001.
- He and Ken Griffey Jr. are the one two Mariners gamers to ever hit 30 house runs earlier than the All-Star break.
- It’s also already his third consecutive 30 house run season, and he’s already simply 4 away from matching his career-high (34, which he set a 12 months in the past).
