HOUSTON — Seattle's Cal Raleigh couldn't yet fully appreciate his place in history on Saturday night after hitting his 57th home run to pass Ken Griffey Jr. for the single-season franchise record in a win over the Houston Astros.

"It's a weird thing to think about," he said. "I don't really — I can't really comprehend it or wrap my head around it really yet. So… very grateful for it and it just feels weird to be in the same sentence with him for sure."

The Mariners led 2-0 in the third inning when Raleigh smacked a 95.5 mph sinker from lefty Framber Valdez into the bullpen in right-center field to make it 3-0 and pass the mark Griffey reached in both 1997 and 1998.

"We've seen him hit some pretty epic homers and to go the opposite way to that part of the ballpark right handed, that was

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