SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 45th home run of the season, and the Seattle Mariners won 6-3 Sunday at T-Mobile Park.

Seattle won its seventh-straight game and third straight series to improve to 66-53, one-half game behind 66-52 Houston in the American League West division.

“It was a great way to end the homestand,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “Just another outstanding ballgame by our guys.”

Meanwhile, if the Rays are going to make the late run for a playoff spot they keep talking about, they are going to do it the hard way.

Sunday’s 6-3 loss, capping a winless weekend in Seattle, dropped them to a season-low-matching five games under .500 at 57-62. Also to a challenging 5 1/2 games, and five teams, from the third American League wild-card spot, currently held by the

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