Another day, another case of Cal Raleigh staring a hallowed home run record in the face and not backing down. In fact, he even made it a two-for-one special in Kansas City.
After tying the record on Sunday to help the Seattle Mariners make it nine wins in a row, "Big Dumper" clubbed his 55th home run on Tuesday to leapfrog Mickey Mantle for the single-season record for home runs by a switch-hitter. It was with a solo shot in the third inning off Michael Wacha.
Apparently not content to stop there, Raleigh launched a two-run homer his next time up in the fourth.