The iconic Fenway Park has been around for 112 years, and a Seattle Mariners catcher accomplished something that no other player in the stadium’s history ever had until Monday night.
In the top of the fifth inning, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh crushed a 438-foot homer batting left-handed to give Seattle a 2-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox.
An inning later, Raleigh batted from the right side, and he crushed a 434-foot homer over the Green Monster.
It’s the first time in the switch-hitter’s MLB career that he’s homered from each side of the batter’s box in the same game.
But what’s particularly incredible is that it’s never even happened in the 112-year history of Fenway Park. Raleigh becomes the first catcher in the history of Fenway Park to homer from each of the plate in the same game.
That’s a hard-to-believe factoid.
Raleigh finished the game 3-for-5 with the two homers, and four runs batted in.
He also played some terrific defense behind the plate.
Raleigh’s big night led the Mariners to a 10-1 road win over the Red Sox. Seattle improves to 21-20 on the season, while Boston falls to 22-20 with its fourth straight loss.
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