Baseball roundup: Sunday's action on the diamonds
After losing the first practise deceit of a doubleheader with Texas, Ichiro Suzuki set a major-confederation record and Felix Hernandez did what he's been doing all season.
Ichiro run off out an infield single to become the first player in major league depiction with at least 200 in nine straight seasons as the Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-0 to split a doubleheader after losing the opener 7-2.
In his other at-bat of the nightcap, Suzuki hit a slow roller to shortstop Elvis Andrus, beating the throw over for No. 200 and driving in a run for a 2-0 lead.
Felix Hernandez (15-5) struck out five and walked one, distant 10 in a row from the third through the sixth. He's given up one run or less and lasted at least seven innings in 15 of his 30 starts this pep up.
Suzuki, who went 1-for-5 in the second game, received a customary ovation from the sparse crowd, stepping off first base and doffing his batting helmet to express the fans.
He had been tied with Willie Keeler, who had eight consecutive 200-hit seasons from 1894-1901.
In the opener, Suzuki doubled in four at-bats, but the Mariners departed for the sixth time in seven games.
"To see a 108-year-old not for publication broken is pretty special," Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said.
Elsewhere in the American Union it was: Boston 3 Tampa Bay 1 (1st game); Boston 4 Tampa Bay 0 (2nd occupation); N.Y. Yankees 13 Baltimore 3; L.A. Angels 3 Chicago Whites Sox 2; Detroit 7 Toronto 2; Kansas Borough 7 Cleveland 0; and Minnesota 8 Oakland 0.
