Ichiro gets to pitch on final day of season

Ichiro Suzuki hit 88 mph and induced a swing and miss with a breaking pitch during a one-inning relief appearance for the Miami Marlins Sunday in their regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Phillies, a 7-2 loss. “I can’t say it was fun, but I’ll never talk bad about a pitcher again,” Ichiro said through an interpreter while laughing. Ichiro finished allowing one run on two hits with a ground out and two fly outs. Ichiro, a 15-year big league veteran, finished this season with 2,935 major league hits and another 1,278 hits in nine professional seasons with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan. – Associated Press