Cal Raleigh struck out four times and the Mariners twice grounded into double plays in the game to stymie late rallies in a 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh joined an unbelievable group of Hall of Famers in American League history by hitting his 33rd home run of the season on Monday night as the Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 at T-Mobile Park.

Raleigh is on pace to join Johnny Bench in 1974 and Joe Torre in 1970 as the only players whose primary position was catcher in MLB history to reach 700 plate appearances in a season, becoming too essential on both sides of the ball for the Mariners to rest him. Not that he’d want to, anyway.