SEATTLE -- The line that just about every single one of Ichiro Suzuki’s former teammates repeats is that if the Japanese outfielder wanted to be a power hitter, instead of racking up more hits than anyone in professional baseball history, he’d have been one of the best power hitters of all time.

Cal Raleigh wants to be a power hitter. And on the day the Mariners retired Ichiro’s No. 51 , he showed it, continuing one of the most explosive power surges by a catcher in baseball history.

Coming to the plate for his second at-bat against Joe Boyle in the Mariners’ game against the Rays on Saturday night, Raleigh caught up to Joe Boyle’s 99.6 mph first-pitch fastball and drove it out to left-center for his 44th home run of the season. That moves him ahead of Javy Lopez for third most in a

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