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Much of their success this season can be attributed to an MVP-caliber campaign from catcher Cal Raleigh. The star switch hitter has reached the 60-homer milestone with two more on Wednesday night. He is also slashing slashing .248/.361/.598. He has already broken the record for home runs hit by a primary catcher and by a switch hitter.
A day after clinching their first division championship since 2001, the Seattle Mariners still have a little more work to do. With four games remaining on the r
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Mariners storm back to claim AL West
The Mariners clinched the American League West crown Wednesday, ending a 24-year drought and sending the city into October baseball with momentum not imagined a month ago. Why it matters: The Mariners haven't won the division title since 2001.
The Seattle Mariners are heading to the playoffs for the first time since 2022 as the team fights for the AL West division title and the 2nd seed in the American League.
After another win on Wednesday, the red-hot Guardians are now atop the AL Central, a division they had no chance to claim 100 days ago. The Tigers have since been relegated to the AL Wild Card — and if the season ended today, Detroit would re-match Cleveland at Progressive Field.
Mariners could clinch AL West with a win Wednesday or an Astros loss; fans brace for history at T-Mobile Park.
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.