SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 45th home run in a four-run first inning and the Seattle Mariners hung on for a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Raleigh's two-run home run came off Rays starter Adrian Houser before Eugenio Suarez added a two-run single for the Mariners in the first.

Raleigh, who went 1-for-5, joins Ken Griffey Jr. as the only Mariners players to hit 45 home runs in a season, according to ESPN Research. Griffey did it 5 times.

Raleigh also moved into a tie with Johnny Bench (1970) at second all-time for most homers by a catcher in a season. Kansas City 's Salvador Perez had 48 in 2021.

Raleigh homered in all three games of the series.

Sunday's win was Seattle's seventh straight, the longest active run in the American Le

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