The Seattle Mariners showed great confidence in Saturday’s 18-inning ALDS loss to the Houston Astros, but one player in particular showed more resilience .
Mariners receiver Karl Reilly told reporters after the game that he suffered a fractured thumb and torn ligament in his left hand, a condition he has been dealing with for more than a month. .
No game exhausted Raleigh’s hands and body more than Game 3 of the marathon, in which the Astros relied on shortstop Jeremy Pay Jeremy Peña in the 18th inning.
The loss ended a coveted season for the Mariners, who still have plenty of hope for the future.
Mariners C Cal Raleigh is a tough guy
throughout Along the way, Raleigh caught a total of 236 pitches from 9 different pitchers in a game that lasted 6 hours and 22 minutes and played in 7 games (0-for-6 with walks and 3 strikeouts). It was his 120th game of the season after appearing in 115 regular-season games (99 starts) and five playoff games.
Now, Raleigh leads all MLB catchers with 27 runs during the regular season and will eventually be able to run the regular season, according to Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times. See a specialist in the next few days.
Raleigh, affectionately nicknamed “Big Dumper,” has become a Mariners folk hero, or even a common hero, in the last month. His home run memorably earned the Mariners a playoff appearance, ending the longest playoff drought of any of the four major North American sports leagues.
A week later, he recorded the game — a win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the Mariners’ wild-card series. He clearly did it all with a bad hand, but that didn’t stop him from taking a place in the hearts of Mariners fans.
