Suzuki’s triple came against left-hander Chris Rusin.Making his first start since July 29, Suzuki struck out on his first at-bat and grounded out on the next two. He waved his helmet to acknowledge the cheers at Coors Field. Suzuki had a pinch-hit infield single in the 8th inning for #2,999 and stayed in the game to play right field. The Rockies’ players stood and applauded at the dugout rail.Suzuki had another plate appearance as he led off the ninth and drew a seven-pitch walk from left-hander Jake McGee.
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The 42-year-old Japanese star will become the 30th player in major league history to reach 3,000 with his next hit.
Ichiro Suzuki defined his career with speed and sharp hits.
Including his 1,278 hits for Orix in Japan, the claim has been made that with his major league hits total, Ichiro has surpassed Pete Rose, who is MLB’s career hits leader with 4,256.
“For me, it’s been an honor to watch him play, an honor to have managed him”, Mattingly said. The other is Minnesota Twins star Paul Molitor, who tripled at Kansas City on September 16, 1996.Suzuki’s teammates poured out of the third-base dugout to celebrate the moment.
Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has now joined the 3,000-hit club and he might be the most impressive member of said club, given that he didn’t arrive in the majors from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball until his age-27 season. But the inevitable could only be delayed, and he duly hit number 2,999 Saturday night and then, finally, 3,000 at Coors Field in Denver. Machado hit a two-run homer in the first and a three-run shot in the second off James Shields, who allowed four homers while getting four outs. He gave up two runs in the first inning on a leadoff triple by Dee Gordon, an RBI single by Martin Prado and an RBI groundout by Stanton.
7- The number of years Ichiro was the Major League Baseball hit leader, including five consecutive seasons from 2006-2010.
Suzuki said he hopes his milestone helps more Japanese succeed in the majors. His 3,000th hit was his 65th hit of the season, and his slash line now stands at.317/.387/.380. There are still very few.
BRAVES 13, CARDINALS 5: Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia hit three-run home runs and Atlanta got enough from Roberto Hernandez in his first start of the season to beat St. Louis. He swiftly became an global icon since he was the best (to date, and perhaps even still) Japanese player to assimilate into the majors. The reliever failed to field a soft grounder to the mound off the bat of Miguel Rojas, who later scored on a double by Christian Yelich.
Rockies: Parra was activated from the 15-day DL and INF Rafael Ynoa was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque.
The Marlins optioned RHP Nefi Ogando to Triple-A New Orleans to make room for LHP Hunter Cervenka.
It gave the Marlins a 3-2 lead that didn’t last.
In every game of the series, Miami hopped on Colorado’s starting pitcher early to put the Rockies in an early hole and Sunday was no exception.
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Buddy Baumann (1-0) relieved Clemens and pitched 1 2-3 innings with three strikeouts to earn the win.
