Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr., Mariners spark a shutout win

Cal Raleigh hit his 34th home run of the 2025 season as I walked down the precipitously sloping hill to Seward Park.

I laugh, because what else can you do when July 4 falls on a Friday, the sun is shining and your franchise catcher - who signed an extension just a few months prior - has just tied his career high with eight more games to play before the All Star break.

Oh, and it was the hardest-hit ball of his career. Don’t worry, that wasn’t a foreshock, that was just Aaron Goldsmith.

The salsa is sun-warmed and viscous, and I scoop it messily onto Juanita’s (highly recommend the new-to-me chilipeño variety) while Bryan Woo dispatches the Pirates tidily in the third. It’s particularly welcome…