There are plenty of stretches throughout the season where he hit what he needs now. Only one good 4or 5 hit game and a couple 3 hit games and hes right there.
Only problme is that hefaces mostly contenders the rest of the way.
I dont think he gets there, but I have good money that is riding on the hopes that he does.
Only problme is that hefaces mostly contenders the rest of the way.
I dont think he gets there, but I have good money that is riding on the hopes that he does.
I hate to bring boring old Math into this conversation but since Math is what I know best, I will state that based on what He has done so far this year, He should hit 20.73 more hits ! Therefore He is projected to hit 256.7 hits ! Yiks .... This is really too close to call but since He has really been choking lately, I am doubtful He will make it even though He looked like a cinch just a week ago ! How do you spell choke ? I have the over for the season and the under for Sept 27. I am greedy and I want to win both bets !LOL
Amazing how people watch such meaningless stats. If this was such a huge accomplishment, how come a guy that might not even hit .370 do it? His OPS isn't even in the top 20. Don't get me wrong I like the guy and think he is a good contributor, but this would have to be among the most hollow record breakers ever. The team will be among the worst and you can't overlook how he did little to make them that much better. If he does break it, it will just be a testatment to the extra at-bats leadoff hitters get. But never forget they are leadoff hitters for a reason...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki went 5-for-5 to pull within 14 hits of George Sisler's major league season record of 257, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Anaheim Angels 7-3 Tuesday night.
<!-- esi: /widget/story/videoAndPhotoGallery?contentId=3027680-->Anaheim remained 2 1/2 games behind Oakland in the AL West and dropped 5 1/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card race.
Suzuki singled every time up for his fourth five-hit game of the season and his major league career, and raised his batting average to .372, taking over the major league lead from San Francisco's Barry Bonds (.369). Suzuki has 11 games left to break the record Sisler set in 154 games with the 1920 St. Louis Browns.
Jamie Moyer (7-12) allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings. He had been 0-10 since winning at Pittsburgh on June 18.
Aaron Sele (9-4) allowed five runs and 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings - the third time in four starts that he failed to reach the fifth. The right-hander is 2-4 in his last eight starts with a 6.75 ERA, after becoming the first pitcher in club history to start a season 7-0.
Scott Spiezio drove in four runs against the team he helped win a World Series title two years ago, and helped the Mariners avoid going 39 games under .500 for the first time this season. Seattle, which had 18 hits, must win six of its last 11 games to avoid its first 100-loss season since 1983.
All-Star right fielder Vladimir Guerrero was back in the Angels lineup, one night after getting beaned on the left side of the head by a pitch from Seattle's Ryan Franklin. Guerrero, who was 1-for-4, hit his second triple of the season and scored on a groundout by Garret Anderson, trimming Seattle's lead to 5-3 in the third.
The Angels learned before the game that they will play the rest of the season without second baseman Adam Kennedy, who tore ligaments in his right knee Monday night while trying to make a difficult play on Suzuki's ground single up the middle.
Chone Figgins, who has started at six positions this season because of numerous injuries to Angels regulars, made his seventh start at second base. The first pitch of the game was a single up the middle off Figgins' glove, leading to a three-run inning. Suzuki scored on a bases-loaded grounder by Bret Boone, and Spiezio delivered the other two runs. He added an RBI single in the third and a sacrifice fly in the seventh, raising his RBIs total to 39.
<!-- esi: /widget/story/videoAndPhotoGallery?contentId=3027680-->Anaheim remained 2 1/2 games behind Oakland in the AL West and dropped 5 1/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card race.
Suzuki singled every time up for his fourth five-hit game of the season and his major league career, and raised his batting average to .372, taking over the major league lead from San Francisco's Barry Bonds (.369). Suzuki has 11 games left to break the record Sisler set in 154 games with the 1920 St. Louis Browns.
Jamie Moyer (7-12) allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings. He had been 0-10 since winning at Pittsburgh on June 18.
Aaron Sele (9-4) allowed five runs and 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings - the third time in four starts that he failed to reach the fifth. The right-hander is 2-4 in his last eight starts with a 6.75 ERA, after becoming the first pitcher in club history to start a season 7-0.
Scott Spiezio drove in four runs against the team he helped win a World Series title two years ago, and helped the Mariners avoid going 39 games under .500 for the first time this season. Seattle, which had 18 hits, must win six of its last 11 games to avoid its first 100-loss season since 1983.
All-Star right fielder Vladimir Guerrero was back in the Angels lineup, one night after getting beaned on the left side of the head by a pitch from Seattle's Ryan Franklin. Guerrero, who was 1-for-4, hit his second triple of the season and scored on a groundout by Garret Anderson, trimming Seattle's lead to 5-3 in the third.
The Angels learned before the game that they will play the rest of the season without second baseman Adam Kennedy, who tore ligaments in his right knee Monday night while trying to make a difficult play on Suzuki's ground single up the middle.
Chone Figgins, who has started at six positions this season because of numerous injuries to Angels regulars, made his seventh start at second base. The first pitch of the game was a single up the middle off Figgins' glove, leading to a three-run inning. Suzuki scored on a bases-loaded grounder by Bret Boone, and Spiezio delivered the other two runs. He added an RBI single in the third and a sacrifice fly in the seventh, raising his RBIs total to 39.
havent seen too many seattle games but i did catch one earlier in the season and with a runner on 2nd and two outs Ichiro bunted up the 3rd base line for a hit, wtf good did that do except for him to pad his stats? the runner was already in scoring position! so he didnt do anything but force the guy behind him to drive the runner in. that play has bothered me all season and its the same type of play Jack Clark used to complain about with T.Gwyen(spelling?) i dont know if that is the norm with him or not.
