\u00a0Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle’s season record for most home runs by a switch hitter with his 54th, and the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to nine by routing the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 Sunday to take sole possession of the AL West lead for the first time since June.<\/p>\n
George Kirby matched his career high with 14 strikeouts as the Mariners completed a four-game sweep and won for the 20th time in their last 23 home games.<\/p>\n
Jorge Polanco had three doubles and has doubles in seven straight games, tying the Mariners record.<\/p>\n
Seattle (82-68) moved one game ahead of Houston (81-69) at the top of the division, winning nine in a row for the first time since a 14-game streak from July 2-17, 2022, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Mariners had not been alone in first place since before play on June 3.<\/p>\n
Kirby (9-7) allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1\/3 innings, walking none and leaving after 101 pitches. He also struck out 14 Angels on June 8 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Batting left-handed in the first inning, Raleigh had a first-pitch homer to left-center off Kyle Hendricks for a 2-0 lead. Mantle hit his 54 homers for the 1961 New York Yankees. Raleigh’s homer was his record-setting 43rd homer this season as a catcher, one more than Atlanta’s Javy L\u00f3pez in 2003.<\/p>\n
Hendricks (7-10) gave up nine runs and 10 hits in 3 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Mariners third baseman Yo\u00e1n Moncada left in the middle of the fifth inning because of a sore left ankle.<\/p>\n
Christian Moore and Oswald Peraza hit solo homers for the Angels. Denzer Guzm\u00e1n got his first two big league hits.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Raleigh’s homer.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Kirby had his 36th outing of no walks in six or more innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Angels: RHP Caden Dana (4-2, 6.32 ERA) starts Tuesday at Milwaukee, which sends RHP Freddy Peralta (16-6, 2.69) to the mound.<\/p>\n
Mariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.54) starts Tuesday at Kansas City, which goes with RHP Michael Wacha (9-11, 3.45).<\/p>\n
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