KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh broke Mickey Mantle's record for homers by a switch-hitter when he hit his 55th of the season off Royals starter Michael Wacha with nobody out in the third inning of Tuesday night's game in Kansas City.

Raleigh had tied the mark set by the Yankees legend in 1961 with a first-inning drive against the Los Angeles on Sunday.

The left-handed hitting Raleigh, who had doubled in his first at-bat of the series-opener against the Royals, fouled off Wacha's changeup and took a sinker for a ball before hammering a hanging curveball 419 feet over the right-field fence.

He got a standing ovation from a small group of Mariners fans behind the visiting dugout. Many Royals fans applauded, too.

Raleigh, who hit 34 homers last season, also moved wi

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