Ichiro Suzuki Reaches 3,000 Hits, Again Breaking Ground for Japanese Players Ichiro Suzuki hit a triple to reach the 3,000 mark in the seventh inning. He is just the fourth player born outside the contiguous United States to reach the milestone.Credit...Isaiah J. Downing/USA Today Sports, via Reuters Ichiro Suzuki, the baseball pioneer who proved 15 years ago that Japanese hitters could succeed in
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