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Pinch by pinch: Ichiro a hit away from 3K
- Updated: August 7, 2016
DENVER — One frame after reaching on a pinch-hit infield single, Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki came mere inches away from reaching his 3,000th career hit in the ninth inning of Saturday night’s 12-6 loss to the Rockies.
With a runner on first and no outs in the ninth, Ichiro hit a high chopper up the middle that Rockies reliever Scott Oberg knocked down and collected in time to get the speedy 42-year-old by half a step.
• Oberg flashes leather to avoid Ichiro infamy
“When you put him in the game there when we did, there’s a little thought in there that he might get two ABs,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “And once he gets that first one and that inning gets extended, …
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