Cal Raleigh Hits Home Run In Four Straight At-Bats

The Seattle Mariners star and 2025 Home Run leader with a historic 60 seems to be finding form after a rough start to the season. After a three-home-run game on Monday night, Cal Raleigh homered in his first at-bat yesterday against the Phillies in their 4-1 win. This ties a Seattle record for home runs in four consecutive at-bats.

The 362-foot home run off of Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola was his 18th home run of the season, well off his pace from last year. His streak ended in the sixth inning with a strikeout.

Raleigh’s finding this type of pop again is significant, especially for the former MVP candidate who fell just short of Aaron Judge last season and has had an extremely tough follow-up year after his historic breakout. He is batting just .169 this season, down from .247 last year, and was on pace for just 26 home runs before the last two games. Now he is back on pace for 33, closer to his career median.

Even with the recent form, he is still outside the top 100 in MLB in batting average, RBIs and home runs.

The Seattle Mariners made the playoffs last year for just the second time in the last 24 years, largely due to the role Raleigh played for the team in his MVP-caliber season. With Raleigh’s season not going as planned this year, the Mariners are outside a playoff spot and three games back of a Wild Card spot.

Raleigh turning his season around could be the difference for the Mariners in a tight American League race this year. Six teams are currently within 5 games of the last Wild Card spot, and it’s tough to see the Mariners steal that if Raleigh doesn’t keep improving over the next few months.

Raleigh can continue his streak today against the Phillies.