Cal Raleigh smacks two more HRs, Mariners beat Tigers

Cal Raleigh blasted his major league-leading 37th and 38th home runs, including a grand slam, and the visiting Seattle Mariners handed Detroit ace Tarik Skubal his first loss since April 2 with a 12-3 victory on Friday night.Raleigh’s multi-homer game was his eighth, tying Ken Griffey Jr. (1997) for the most in a season in Mariners history.Julio Rodriguez had a two-run homer, while winning pitcher Luis Castillo (6-5) gave up three runs in five-plus innings.Skubal (10-3), who recorded his 800th career strikeout, allowed four runs in five innings. Riley Greene supplied two hits, including an RBI triple.Seattle scored a two-out run in the second. Jorge Polanco smacked a single before Donovan Solano hit a sinking liner to right-center. Center fielder Parker Meadows tried to make a diving catch but the ball bounced under his glove and rolled to the wall. Polanco came around to score and Solano reached third on what was ruled a triple.Detroit had two runners with no one out in the fourth, as Gleyber Torres walked and Wenceel Perez singled. Castillo sat down the next two batters before Zach McKinstry ripped a single to tie it. Castillo appeared to strike out McKinstry on the previous pitch but the umpires ultimately ruled it a foul ball.

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