Cal Raleigh ends home run drought, hits first of season off Jacob deGrom on heels of historic 60-HR campaign
Cal Raleigh led MLB with 60 home runs in a historic 2025 campaign. Eleven games into the 2026 season, the Seattle Mariners slugger has hit his first.
Seattle's Cal Raleigh homered off Texas' Jacob deGrom for his first dinger of the season. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ASSOCIATED PRESS Cal Raleigh led MLB with 60 home runs in a historic 2025 campaign. Eleven games into the 2026 season, the Seattle Mariners slugger has now hit his first.
Raleigh battled Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom through 11 pitches in the first inning Monday night. He then sent deGrom’s 12th offering of the at-bat into the right-field bleachers. Cal Raleigh ends this 12-pitch at-bat with his first home run of the season 🔱 pic.
twitter. com/PX7GZJgqVh — MLB (@MLB) April 7, 2026 The first-inning blast off a 99 mph full-count fastball gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead. Raleigh has struggled mightily on the heels of his historic season.
He entered Monday’s game slashing . 132/. 233/.