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Cal Raleigh’s dream season for the Seattle Mariners continued on Sunday, as he made MLB history for a catcher.

The switch-hitting slugger, known affectionately by the Mariners fan base as “Big Dumper,” became the first catcher in MLB history to reach 49 home runs in a single season, breaking Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez’s previous mark of 48.

Raleigh did it in style, too, crushing his second home run in as many at-bats against the Oakland Athletics at his home T-Mobile Park.

Raleigh had already taken Athletics starter Jacob Lopez yard in the bottom of the first inning, and he had another chance in the very next frame — and he didn’t waste it.

On the first pitch he saw, Raleigh, batting from the right side, turned on a changeup that

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