Overview
- Raleigh homered in the first and second innings off A's starter Jacob Lopez, with Statcast measuring the blasts at 448 and 412 feet.
- The two shots gave him the single-season record for a primary catcher and marked his ninth multi-homer game, surpassing Mickey Mantle for the most by a switch-hitter in one year.
- Seattle beat Oakland 11-4 as Logan Gilbert struck out a career-high 13 over six innings.
- Raleigh’s home runs were his 39th and 40th while catching this season, with nine more as a designated hitter under the 75% primary-catcher standard.
- He leads MLB in homers, has topped 100 RBIs, and Seattle moved within two games of the AL West lead as his MVP case strengthens following his All-Star Derby win.