With the Seattle Mariners facing perhaps their last good chance to overcome a two-run deficit late against the Tampa Bay Rays, none other Cal Raleigh came through with a game-changing blast.

The Mariners’ slugger broke out of his mini power slump in a major way Friday, clubbing a go-ahead, three-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning off high-leverage Rays arm Griffin Jax to give Seattle a 3-2 win their series opener.

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Jax, who has a devasting sweeper, tried to drop his breaking ball on the bottom of the strike zone to Raleigh, but that’s right in the catcher’s wheelhouse, and Raleigh mashed it 417 feet and well into the stands in right-center field.

It was Raleigh’s MLB-leading 43rd home run this season and his first since July 31. He entered the day 2 for 20 with 13

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