{"id":48131,"date":"2026-04-06T21:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/seattles-cal-raleigh-breaks-out-of-slump-with-first-homer-of-2026-season\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:36:58","slug":"seattles-cal-raleigh-breaks-out-of-slump-with-first-homer-of-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/seattles-cal-raleigh-breaks-out-of-slump-with-first-homer-of-2026-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle’s Cal Raleigh Breaks Out of Slump with First Homer of 2026 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 Seattle Mariners backstop Cal Raleigh finally broke through Monday evening, launching his inaugural home run of the 2026 campaign after going 10 consecutive games without clearing the fence.<\/p>

The catcher, who dominated Major League Baseball with 60 round-trippers in 2025, delivered the long ball during a marathon 12-pitch battle against Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom, a two-time Cy Young Award recipient. Raleigh worked through six foul balls while facing elimination with two strikes before crushing a 99 mph heater over the right field wall in the opening frame.<\/p>

The power hitter’s previous longest stretch without a home run last season lasted eight contests.<\/p>

Coming into Monday’s matchup, Raleigh was struggling mightily at the plate with a .132 batting average and just one run to his credit this year. The veteran nearly ended his drought during Saturday’s contest versus the Los Angeles Angels when he launched a first-inning drive that appeared destined for the seats, only to watch right fielder Jo Adell make a spectacular grab above the wall \u2014 the first of three would-be homers Adell robbed in that single game.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh ended his 10-game home run drought Monday night with a dramatic first-inning blast against the Texas Rangers. The slugger, who topped MLB with 60 homers last season, had been struggling with a .132 batting average to start 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775525818364.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-cwj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44921,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/mariners-raleigh-delivers-walk-off-hit-despite-early-season-struggles\/","url_meta":{"origin":48131,"position":0},"title":"Mariners’ Raleigh Delivers Walk-Off Hit Despite Early Season Struggles","author":"Admin","date":"March 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, last year's AL MVP runner-up who hit 60 home runs, came off the bench to deliver a game-winning hit against the Yankees despite struggling early this season. 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