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Cal Raleigh’s ‘Choked Up’ Adjustment Sparks 420-Foot ALCS Game 1 Homer

“I just choked up and wasn’t trying to do too much,” Raleigh said after launching a 420-foot sixth-inning homer off Kevin Gausman to flip ALCS Game 1 in Toronto. Mariners won 3-1 after he adjusted following a splitter strikeout. “I didn’t want to punch out again,” Raleigh added. Hitting .400/.483/.680 with two homers in six postseason games.