Sat, Sep 25, 2004 - Page 20 News List

Suzuki closes in on batting record

AMERICAN BASEBALL Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners has 10 games to beat George Sisler's record of 257 hits in a season set with the St. Louis Browns

AP , ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIAAP, PITTSBURGHAP, ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Baltimore had broken a 5-all tie in the eighth on pinch-hitter Jose Leon's bases-loaded single.

Miguel Tejada hit a three-run homer for the Orioles, and Todd Williams pitched a perfect seventh.

The Red Sox lead the AL wild-card race by six games over Anaheim and Texas heading into this weekend's three-game series with AL East-leading New York.

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