Mariners starter Luis Castillo was exceptional on a night Seattle sealed their division title, retiring the game’s first 11 batters and striking out a season-high 10 across 7.1 innings. He allowed just one hit, a fourth-inning solo home run to Blake Crim, without a walk.

It was only fitting when Cal Raleigh catapulted the Seattle Mariners to their first AL West championship in 24 years on Wednesday.

The switch-hitting catcher becomes just the seventh major leaguer with a 60-homer season, as the streaking Mariners win their first division crown in 24 years with a 9-2 victory over the Rockies.

The Seattle Mariners were crowned kings of the American League West on Wednesday night as catcher Cal Raleigh hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season.

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Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night.

Cal Raleigh hit two home runs, giving him a major-league-leading 60 this season, as the Seattle Mariners clinched their first American League West title since 2001 with a 9-2 victory against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.

That year, the Mariners finished with 116 victories, tying the modern-era major league record for wins in a season.

J.P. Crawford capped a magical weekend in grand style on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" - a second-inning slam that powered the M's to a three-game sweep over their archrivals in one of the defining regular-season series in franchise history.