SEATTLE -- Logan Gilbert joked that with as rewarding as his career-high 13 strikeouts were in a massive individual turnaround for him, of course Cal Raleigh had to also have a banner day for the Mariners in an 11-4 win over the A’s on Sunday afternoon.

“I give him a hard time that he just loves the spotlight,” Gilbert said.

Raleigh crushed his 48th and 49th homers in his first two at-bats vs. the A’s to tie, then surpass the previous historical high for the most in a single season for a player with at least 75% of games as a catcher. The benchmark that the Mariners backstop exceeded was previously held by the Royals’ Salvador Perez in 2021.

Yet, the totality of Gilbert’s day -- six innings of one-run, three-hit ball -- was arguably the more promising development for the Mariners (7

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