MAGIC NUMBER
3,054
Hits for Ichiro Suzuki, passing Rod Carew for the most by a major league player born outside the USA. The 43-year-old Marlins outfielder had two hits in three at-bats with a walk in a 4-3 loss to the Cardinals in St. Louis on Thursday. In Japan, he had 1,278 hits for the Blue Wave, giving him a total of 4,332 hits as a pro, which would be more than Pete Rose’s total of 4,256 in the majors.