Ichiro ties 200-hit season mark

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki matched Willie Keeler’s major league record of eight straight 200-hit seasons Wednesday night, beating out on infield single in the eighth inning for his third hit against Kansas City.

The Japanese star came into the game three hits short of the record set by Keeler from 1894-1901. After walking to lead off the game, he hit a double just inside first base in the third and had a bloop single over third in the fifth.

Suzuki matched Keeler in the eighth when he hit a ground ball up the middle then beat shortstop Mike Aviles’ throw by a half-step.

“It has been roughly 100 years since Wee Willie Keeler—in normal circumstances, there’s no way I would associate with somebody that is that far apart from me,” Suzuki said through an interpreter. “But thanks to something like this, I have the opportunity to be associated with him and cross paths with him. That’s something that makes me very happy.”

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アメリカンリーグでは、２００１年～２００８年に、毎年３人から５人の選手が２００安打を達成しています。

しかし、２００安打を達成する顔ぶれは、毎年変わり、イチローの他によく達成するのがテキサスのマイケル・ヤングです。

マイケル・ヤングが２００３年から２００７年まで５年連続の２００安打達成ですが、今期は本日時点で１７１本と、２００安打達成は絶望的な状況です。

２００安打を８年も継続して達成することは、偉業なのです。

来期は９年連続のメジャー新記録を願っています。

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