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Rays Reliever Hilariously Pointed Up on Cal Raleigh's 417-Foot Go-Ahead Home Run

Griffin Jax pointed in the air after the ball sailed off Cal Raleigh's bat | Screengrab via @MLB on X/Twitter

Major League Baseball's home-run leader, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, smacked his 43rd homer of the season Friday night in a huge spot.

He stepped up to the plate as the Mariners trailed the Rays 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and two runners on base. Ahead in the count 2-0, he received an 87-mph sweeper low in the zone from newly acquired Rays relief pitcher Griffin Jax. Raleigh sent the pitch 417 feet and over the fence at T-Mobile Park to give the Mariners the late lead.

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