Ichiro Suzuki also became the first player with 10 straight 200-hit seasons, breaking his own record with a fifth-inning single….”Ichiro is the pretty much the staple of consistency for what he’s able to do year in and year out….Suzuki struck out in the first, doubled to left in the third and collected his 200th hit when he lined to center on the first pitch he saw from Shawn Hill (1-2) in the fifth…Suzuki, who finished 2 for 5, surpassed Willie Keeler with his ninth consecutive 200-hit season last year. He now has more 200-hit seasons than any player in AL history, breaking the record he shared with Ty Cobb. Pete Rose is the only other player to record 10 seasons with 200 or more hits…Asked what it meant to him to share a record with Rose, Suzuki was blunt.
”I’ve never actually seen him play with eyes and I’ve never met him before,” he said through a translator before adding, in English, ”I don’t care.”…..Ten straight 200-hit seasons has never been done before in major league history, and Ichiro has done it in his first 10 years in the league. He will be 37 next season, but it’s hard to bet against a guy that’s been so durable and consistent for so long…….the Toronto Blue Jays won the game 1-0……..Jose Bautista’s homer was the only run allowed by Felix Hernandez (12-12), who gave up two hits in eight innings, his sixth complete game of the season and the 13th of his career. The right-hander, who walked four and struck out five, lowered his AL-leading ERA to 2.31.…sad statistic…the Mariners all season long have only scored 14 runs in (12) Felix Hernandez losses…ouch….just think if the M’s could have scored some runs Hernandez would no doubt be looking at 20 or more wins.
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