Raleigh went 3-for-3 with three home runs, a walk and four total RBI in a 9-2 victory over Philadelphia on Monday.
It's been a miserable season for last year's runner-up in AL MVP voting, but for one game at least, he looked like the Big Dumper of old. Raleigh connected for a two-run homer in the first inning and added a solo shot in each of the fifth and seventh frames. It was the first three-homer game of Raleigh's career and his first multi-homer effort this season. Raleigh is still stuck on an ugly .167/.282/.336 slash line overall, and his 17 long balls leave him far off the pace of reaching 30 homers for a fourth straight campaign. However, he still has a chance to make an impact down the stretch with Seattle currently three games out of a wild-card spot.