Mariners' Cal Raleigh hits 34th home run, matching last season's total before MLB All-Star break

Cal Raleigh added to his MLB home run lead, blasting his 34th of the season for the Seattle Mariners versus the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

Raleigh won the vote for the American League’s starting catcher in the MLB All-Star Game and joined the Home Run Derby field this week. And he maintained his lead over Aaron Judge, who also homered on Friday.

Perhaps most impressively, Raleigh has already matched his home run total for last season on July 4. The Mariners have eight games left to play before the All-Star break.

Raleigh went deep in the first inning, reaching down and in for a 92 mph Bailey Falter fastball. The homer was the hardest hit ball of Raleigh’s career at 115.2 mph, according to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, and went 433 feet into T-Mobile Park’s left-field seats.

The Mariners’ catcher also matched the fourth-highest home run total before the All-Star break. Only Barry Bonds, Chris Davis, Mark McGwire, Reggie Jackson, Luis Gonzalez and Ken Griffey Jr. have hit more before the MLB midseason break. And as mentioned, Raleigh can still add to that total with Seattle still having eight games to play.

Two weeks ago, Raleigh hit his 29th homer, surpassing Johnny Bench’s mark for the most ever by a catcher before the All-Star break. With his 30th home run, he became the first switch-hitter to reach that total before the season’s halfway point. Raleigh has hit 22 home runs as a right-handed batter this season adding 12 as a left-hander.

Raleigh’s two RBI also gave him 73 for the season, putting him within one of the MLB lead in that category behind the Chicago Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki. Additionally, his .639 slugging percentage and 1.017 OPS both rank second in MLB to Judge.

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