Seattle Mariners Catchers Cal Raleigh, Mitch Garver Make History Against Chicago Cubs
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The Seattle Mariners had one of their best offensive showings in recent weeks in a 9-4 win against the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
The Mariners had 13 hits and outscored the Cubs 7-0 after the fifth inning to pull off the win. Four of those hits were home runs that came from Seattle's two catchers.
Cal Raleigh had three RBIs on two home runs and Mitch Garver, who was slotted at designated hitter on Friday, had five RBIs on his pair of homers.
The pair of primary catchers both hit incredible marks with their individual performances Friday. They also did something as a duo that hasn't been seen in baseball in over four decades.
According to a postgame note shared by Mariners PR on "X," Garver and Raleigh became the first pair of teammates who are both primary catchers to have multiple home runs in the same game since Aug. 7, 1979. Los Angeles Dodgers catchers Joe Ferguson and Steve Yeager were the last players to accomplish that.
Cal Raleigh and Mitch Garver are the first pair of teammates who are primary catchers with a multi-HR game in the same game since Joe Ferguson and Steve Yeager (Aug. 7, 1979 w/LAD).
— Mariners PR (@MarinersPR) June 20, 2025
Raleigh's two home runs gave him 29 on the season, which is the most by a catcher in a single year before the All-Star Break. National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench had the previous record with 28 in 1970.
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Garver, who entered the game with one home run on the season, reached 100 career home runs with his second homer.
No. 2 on the day, No. 100 on the career! #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/h0xFsEF2VQ
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) June 20, 2025
It was Raleigh's sixth multi-home run game of the season and Garver's first multi-homer game since Sept. 3, 2023, when he was with the Texas Rangers.
Friday was the first of 17 consecutive games for the Mariners. If the win is a sign of things to come, Seattle could have a successful stretch in front of it.
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