Cal Raleigh’s historic march continues to barrel full-steam ahead.

One day after breaking the major league single-season record for home runs by a catcher , the Seattle Mariners switch-hitting slugger belted his MLB-leading 50th homer in the first inning of Monday night’s game against the San Diego Padres.

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Batting from the right side, Raleigh turned on a 3-2 fastball from left-hander JP Sears and uncorked another no-doubter, sending a 419-foot solo shot into the second deck in left field at T-Mobile Park.

With his latest blast, Raleigh joined Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players in Mariners history to reach 50 homers in a season. Griffey achieved the feat twice, hitting a franchise-record 56 homers in both 1997 and 199

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