"Ichiro has never really been about the distance on his hits. Tonight, he set a new franchise record with his 2,247th and 2,248th hits, surpassing by one the previous mark held by Edgar Martinez.

More important to the short term, his second infield single of the ninth, against Oakland A's closer Brian Fuentes, helped the Mariners score three runs to key a 5-2 victory.

Yes, that's right. Your Seattle Mariners are 2-0.

Back to that in a moment.

"I broke his record, when you look at the numbers that's a fact,'' Ichiro said of his former teammate Martinez. "But he's a hero back in Seattle. He's my hero as well. When you look at his existence, he's a lot bigger than I am -- being a great human being as well. So, that's how I look at it.''

With runners at the corners and one out, Ichiro chopped a ball up the first base line. A's first baseman Daric Barton was pretty shallow when he cut it off, but wasn't going to get Ichiro at first base.

So, Barton threw home. It was a horrible throw and Jack Wilson made it home safely with the go-ahead run. Moments later, Ichiro was credited with an infield hit that thrust him into the record books yet again."