Ichiro blasts past Rose’s hits total

LOS ANGELES — Ichiro Suzuki has reached one milestone and is approaching another. The Miami Marlins outfielder is closing in on the 3,000-hit plateau in his Major League Baseball career, but he also has just passed Pete Rose’s hits total. Suzuki increased his combined Japanese and North American hit total to 4,257 Wednesday by getting two hits in Miami’s 6-3 loss at San Diego. He reached on a dribbler up the first-base line in the first inning and doubled in the ninth. Rose had 4,256 hits in his MLB career. How Suzuki’s accomplishment compares to Rose’s MLB record is debatable; 1,278 of his hits came during his nine years with Orix in Japan’s Pacific League. Suzuki entered Wednesday batting .347 in a part-time role and has 2,979 MLB hits, putting him on pace to become the 30th person to reach 3,000. Suzuki turns 43 on Oct. 22. Two players were 42 or older when they got No. 3,000: Cap Anson (45) and Rickey Henderson (42). Braves 9, Reds 8 Chase d’Arnaud drove in the winning run with a single and the Atlanta Braves scored three times in the 13th inning to stun the Cincinnati Reds and score a 9-8 win Wednesday at Turner Field. With Alfredo Simon pitching (2-7), Adonis Garcia and Nick Markakis singled to lead off the inning. Garcia scored on a double by Jace Peterson and Flowers tied the game with a single through the drawn-in infield. After an intentional walk to Erick Aybar to load the bases, d’Arnaud hit a fly ball to center field that went over the head of the drawn-in outfield to score Peterson with the winning run. The winning pitcher was Alexi Ogando (2-1). The Reds scored twice in the top of the 13th against Ogando on a bases-loaded walk to Jose Peraza and a single by Joe Votto. Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman became the seventh player in Braves franchise history to hit for the cycle and the first since Mark Kotsay on Aug. 14, 2008 against the Chicago Cubs. Rays 3, Mariners 2 (13 innings) Logan Forsythe tripled in the bottom of the 13th, then scored on a bases-loaded walk by Logan Morrison as Tampa Bay won its longest game of the season over Seattle at Tropicana Field. Rays starter Drew Smyly had his best start since April, striking out a career-high 12 batters and holding Seattle to two runs on four hits in his 6.2 innings. Seattle held a 2-0 lead on Nelson Cruz’s two-run home run in the fourth inning. The Rays scored their first run in the bottom of the inning on Dickerson’s sacrifice fly. Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Scott Van Slyke hit a three-run homer and Clayton Kershaw won his eighth straight decision for Los Angeles. Adrian Gonzalez and Howie Kendrick singled with two outs in the sixth inning before Van Slyke hit his first homer of the season off Patrick Corbin for a 3-1 lead. Kershaw (10-1) gave up five hits, including a second-inning homer by Rickie Weeks Jr., while tying Jake Arrieta, Stephen Strasburg and Chris Sale for the major league lead in victories. Kershaw struck out 11 and walked one in 7-1/3 innings. Giants 10, Brewers 1 Johnny Cueto went seven innings to beat Milwaukee for the eighth consecutive time, giving San Francisco a three-game series sweep. Gregor Blanco, Joe Panik, Matt Duffy and Angel Pagan had three hits apiece as the Giants beat the Brewers for the fifth time in six meetings this season. Cueto (10-1) limited the Brewers to one run and seven hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out nine. He hasn’t lost to Milwaukee since Aug. 2, 2012. In other games it was: Rockies 6, Yankees 3; Nationals 5, Cubs 4; Blue Jays 7, Phillies 2; Astros 4, Cardinals 1; Red Sox 6, Orioles 4; Mets 11, Pirates 2; White Sox 5, Tigers 3; Royals 9, Indians 4; Angels 10, Twins 2; Rangers 7, A’s 5.