Cal Raleigh hits 2 historic homers, Dominic Canzone hits 3 as Mariners beat Royals

Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times on Sep 16, 2025

Published in Baseball

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a night when Cal Raleigh continued his season of wonder, smashing two more home runs, one to break an MLB record held by a legendary Hall of Famer and another tie the franchise record held by an iconic Hall of Famer, his performance was somehow outshined by Dominic Canzone.

Wait, what?

Indeed, in the Mariners’ 12-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, Canzone came to the plate five times and tallied five hits while becoming the 12th player in franchise history to hit three homers in one game.

He is only the second player in Mariners history to hit three homers and tally five hits in one game.

The offensive explosion helped the Mariners roll to their 10th consecutive victory. With an 83-68 record, the Mariners remained a 1/2 game up on the Houston Astros in the American League West.

It takes a lot to overshadow the Big Dumper literally and metaphorically, but Canzone did it with his own historic night.

The Mariners, who have struggled in road games since the All-Star break, opened this critical final road trip of the season with a decisive outcome. In their last three games away from T-Mobile Park, all victories, the Mariners have scored 40 runs on 44 hits, including 15 homers, two triples and five doubles.

Raleigh’s mammoth solo homer to left field off Michael Wacha led off a third inning where Seattle turned a 3-0 lead into a comfortable 7-0 cushion. It was his 55th homer of the season, which broke Mickey Mantle’s record for most homers in a season by a switch-hitter.

In his next plate appearance, Raleigh turned the game into a highlight reel for his MVP résumé, smashing a first-pitch changeup from Daniel Lynch IV over the wall in center for a two-run homer, making it 9-0 and tying Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners’ single-season record.

Given an unusual amount of run support, Seattle starter Logan Gilbert worked 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts to get the win and improve to 5-6 on the season.

After working the first three inning scoreless as his teammates built a 9-0 lead, Gilbert gave up a solo homer to rookie catcher Carter Jensen. It was Jensen’s first homer of his young MLB career.

With the Mariners leading 10-1 in the sixth, manager Dan Wilson lifted Gilbert with two outs after he gave up a single to Jonathan India. With a big lead, there was no reason to push Gilbert, who was at 89 pitches. Carlos Vargas came into face Jensen and promptly gave up a homer to right field that made it 10-3.

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