Ichiro Suzuki has extended his hitting streak to 26 games, breaking his 2007 record of most consecutive games with a hit and setting the new standard in Seattle Mariners territory.It took only three pitches into the first inning from Baltimore Orioles rookie right-hander David Hernandez for the sweet-swinging centerfielder to line a base hit to short. He then made his way around the horn and scored on a two-out double by Jose Lopez.
Ichiro, batting .354 on the season, is currently 1-for-2 with a run scored in the top half of the third inning. We'll keep you posted if he does anything else spectacular.
Update: Ichiro went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored, adding a two-out single to left in the fourth in the Mariners 8-2 win.
2 comments:
i find it hard to believe that after all these years and all those hits, Ichiro's longest hit streak was 26 games. Ichiro has almost become synonymous with pure hitting in recent years that I definitely would've guessed something in the 30's. That just speaks to the incredibility of the all-time great hit streaks.
Ichiro is the perfect example of a great hitter. You don't need to nail 4o home runs in a single season to be valuable to a team!
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