KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Where would the Seattle Mariners be without Cal Raleigh?
In what was supposed a day off to rest his battered left thumb, Raleigh came through with two of the most important hits of the season for the Mariners — and that’s not hyperbole — in a must-have-it comeback victory over the Royals, 6-5, on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.
The young catcher hit the tying, two-run home run in the sixth inning to deep right field and then had the game-winning double off the wall in left field, scoring Jarred Kelenic for the decisive run in the top of the ninth inning.