Cal Raleigh stands all alone. Never before has a Major League Baseball player accomplished what Seattle's superstar catcher has before the All-Star break. The Mariners' backstop, in the midst of the most magical season the Pacific Northwest has seen in a long time, continues to rewrite history.

The Tigers started the best pitcher in baseball Tarik Skubal, and the Mariners managed four runs off him in five innings of work. Raleigh, though, didn't get his licks in until Skubal had given way to the Detroit bullpen. Homer No. 1 of the night came off Tyler Holton in the eighth inning.

But it was the Mariners' other slugger that gave them the lead for good.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. HISTORY LESSON: Ranking Detroit Tigers' greatest games at Comerica Park: The top 5 On a 1-2 count in the top of the fifth,

Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs in Seattle’s 12-3 victory over Detroit on Friday night to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 major league record for homers before the All-Star break.

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal suffered his first loss in more than three months as the Detroit Tigers fell to the Seattle Mariners, 12-3, on Friday night at Comerica Park. The Tigers (59-36) will play two more this weekend against the Mariners (49-45) in their final series before the All-Star break.

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Cal Raleigh hit two more home runs during Seattle Mariners' rout of the Detroit Tigers and could accomplish a feat only Barry Bonds has reached.

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Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break, and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 12-3 on Friday night to end Tarik Skubal’s three-month unbeaten streak.