Mariners' Cal Raleigh ties record, sets another with 54th home run - ESPN

SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle's season of 54 home runs by a switch-hitter with a first-inning drive for the Seattle Mariners against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

Batting left-handed, Raleigh hit a first-pitch homer to left-center off Kyle Hendricks for a 2-0 lead.

Mantle hit his 54 homers for the 1961 New York Yankees.

Raleigh's homer was his record-setting 43rd this season as a catcher, one more than Atlanta's Javy López in 2003.

In his fifth major league season, Raleigh had a previous high of 34 homers last year. He is two shy of tying the Mariners' single-season record held by Ken Griffey Jr. (1997, 1998).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.