Mariners' Cal Raleigh launches back-to-back HRs for two historic feats in alternate manner

Kansas City Royals' Kauffman Stadium was up on its feet to witness Cal Raleigh hitting back-to-back home runs in the third and fourth innings to achieve two historic feats on the same night.

The Seattle Mariners catcher went deep against Michael Wacha, batting left-handed, to break the longstanding record of Mickey Mantle from 1961. Mantle hit 54 home runs that year as a switch hitter, Raleigh broke that record by hitting his 55th home run on a breaking ball that went rows back in the right field.

In his very next at-bat in the fifth inning against Royals reliever Daniel Lynch IV, he went the yard again for the 56th home run of the season. This time, he was batting right-handed. The towering hit tied him with Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr., who hit 56 home runs in 1997 to set a standard for the most home runs in a single season for the franchise. In 1998, he matched the mark. Now, 27 years later, the mark has been matched one more time.