"Raleigh doubled in his first at-bat on a hot, humid night in Kansas City. He came up again in the third inning and, batting left-handed against Michael Wacha, fouled off a changeup and took a sinker for a ball before Raleigh sent a hanging curveball 419 feet over the right-field fence for his 55th home run of the season. That broke the switch-hitter mark set by the Yankees star in 1961, which Raleigh had tied against the Angels on Sunday."
"The All-Star catcher was back up in the fourth inning Tuesday night. This time, batting right-handed against left-hander Daniel Lynch IV, Raleigh sent the first pitch he saw 425 feet to straightaway center for his 56th homer. Griffey set the Mariners record when he hit 56 homers during the 1997 season and matched the mark the following year. After both of the home runs, Raleigh got a standing ovation from a small group of Mariners fans behind the visiting dugout at Kauffman Stadium."
Cal Raleigh broke the switch-hitter home run record and tied the Seattle Mariners single-season mark by hitting his 55th and 56th homers in consecutive at-bats against the Royals. He doubled in his first at-bat, then hit a 419-foot homer off a hanging curveball in the third and a 425-foot shot to straightaway center in the fourth. The 55th surpassed Mickey Mantle's 1961 mark, and the 56th matched Ken Griffey Jr.'s 56-homer season set in 1997. Both homers drew standing ovations and marked Raleigh's 20th career multi-homer game and 10th this season.
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