Cal Raleigh slugs 60th home run as Mariners clinch AL West title

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It was a night of celebration for the Seattle Mariners. 

Star catcher Cal Raleigh hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the year as the Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 9-2 to clinch the American League West title on Wednesday night at T-Mobile Park for the first time in 24 years.

Raleigh became the seventh player in MLB history to hit at least 60 home runs in a season. 

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh reacts after hitting his 60th home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Seattle, Washington, on Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

The switch-hitting catcher’s first home run of the game came in the first inning, hitting from the left side of the plate. Raleigh pummeled Rockies pitcher Tanner Gordon’s 93-mph fastball 438 feet into the third deck for his 59th homer of the season to put the Mariners up 1-0. 

"It was like a movie," teammate Julio Rodríguez said of Raleigh’s first-inning moonshot. "I’m just so grateful that he’s on our team, that he’s able to do what he does. He’s so special, and I can’t say enough."

Raleigh’s second blast, and 60th of the season, came in the eighth inning with the team up 8-1. The crowd was on its feet chanting MVP when Raleigh laced a 98-mph fastball off Rockies pitcher Angel Chivilli 389 feet into the right-field seats to make it 9-1.

Raleigh called hitting 60 home runs in a season "crazy."

"It’s crazy. Sixty is — I don’t know what to say," said Raleigh, who leads the majors in homers, after the game. "I didn’t know if I was going to hit 60 in my life. Just tonight, what a way to do it."

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