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Mariners' record
Slugger Cal Raleigh extends homer streak to 4 at-bats and ties Mariners' record
By DAIMON EKLUND
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) --- Seattle slugger Cal Raleigh homered in his first at-bat
against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night and tied a Mariners' record
with homers in four consecutive at-bats.
Raleigh led off the second inning against Philadelphia's Aaron Nola with a
362-foot shot to right field for his 18th homer of the season.
The four-homer streak matched the Seattle record set by Mike Cameron on May 2,
2002.
The homer came in Raleigh's first at-bat after the switch-hitting catcher hit
three homers in a 9-2 win against the Phillies on Monday night. Raleigh walked
in his next plate appearance in the fourth inning, and the streak ended in the
sixth with a strikeout against Nola.
The Mariners beat the Phillies 4-1.
Raleigh had struggled all season after finishing as the runner-up for the AL
MVP last year with 60 home runs. He entered the series against Philadelphia
with a .159 batting average and 14 homers. On Monday, he was 3 for 3 with a
walk between the first and second homers.
The Mariners' team record for homers in a two-game span is five, set by Edgar
Martinez on May 17-18, 1999. The last Seattle player to hit four home runs over
two consecutive games was Kenji Johjima on June 24-27, 2006.
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