Ichiro Suzuki HR #75 22nd MLB LEADOFF WIN 2009 Mariners Rays 4/23 Full Ticket
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MLB Mariners 4-23-2009 Safeco Field
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| This is an Original 100% Authentic Full Unused Season Ticket from the 2009 MLB Season April 23, 2009 Seattle Mariners vs Tampa Bay Rays at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. 4/23/2009 SAFECO FIELD pictured on the ticket ICHIRO SUZUKI "Wizard" HR #75 LEAD-OFF 22nd GAME WINNING LEAD-OFF HOME RUN in MLB HISTORY 1-RUN, 2-HITS, 1-RBI, HR, SB FUTURE HALL OF FAMER FELIX HERNANDEZ "King Felix" CAREER WIN #42 GEM 7-K COMBINED SHUTOUT WITH DAVID AARDSMA & BRANDON MORROW 2010 CY YOUNG Suzuki leads with HR, Hernandez strikes out seven to lift Mariners over Rays SEATTLE -- Ichiro Suzuki hit seven of eight pitches for home runs in batting practice. The show was reminiscent of his prodigious pregame display at the All-Star Game two years ago. So, can the singles machine really hit home runs just about any time he comes to the plate? "No way!" Suzuki said with a chuckle through his interpreter. Yet that was the way surprising Seattle won on Thursday. Sensing a pitcher's duel, Suzuki lined James Shields' second pitch of the game for a home run and ace Felix Hernandez saved his injury riddled team with a seven-inning gem in the Mariners' 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. "Today was a special case," said the Suzuki, an eight-time All-Star and perennial 200-hit man whose other home run this season tied the career hits record for a Japanese player. It was the 22nd time a leadoff homer was the deciding run in a game, and it was just the second time it happened for the Mariners. Greg Briley's shot provided the lone run June 19, 1992, against Minnesota. The win was the second 1-0 victory of the season for the first-place Mariners, who lead the American League with a team ERA of 3.01. Seattle won only one 1-0 contest all last season, while losing 101 games. The battered Mariners were coming off their ugliest loss of an otherwise surprising first month. They were starting a fourth-string first baseman, and they scored one run while making three errors. Yet Hernandez (3-0) did what aces are supposed to do. He bulled through another twisting of his previously sprained right ankle to allow four hits and three walks. He struck out seven in his first scoreless outing since June 6 at Boston, 23 starts ago. He trumped Shields (2-2), who allowed four hits and the lone run in 7 1-3 luckless innings. The 23-year-old dubbed "King Felix" left to a fittingly royal exit: thankful teammates swarmed him for hugs and high-fives in the dugout. David Aardsma pitched a perfect eighth with two strikeouts. Brandon Morrow walked Pat Burrell with one out in the ninth and sent pinch-runner Gabe Kapler to second with a wild pitch. But Morrow got Ben Zobrist to pop out and Dioner Navarro to fly out for his fifth save in five chances. With runners on first and third and one out in the second, Hernandez got Navarro to chase a full-count pitch low and away for a strikeout and Akinori Iwamura to fly out. With Carl Crawford on second base in the third because of Seattle's ninth error in five games -- by shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt -- Hernandez struck out 2008 AL rookie of the year Evan Longoria. And after walking two with one out in the fourth, Hernandez got Navarro to fly out and Iwamura to ground out. Note: Hernandez is 3-0 for the first time in his five-year career. ... Suzuki has 28 career leadoff home runs in the major leagues. This was his first to win a professional game, dating to his rookie season with Orix in Japan as a teen in 1992. ULTRA RARE FULL UNUSED SEASON TICKET IN MINT CONDITION!!! You get the ticket in the photos. No creases, Sharp corners, Perfect ticket!!! Ticket measures 2-1/4 x 6 Inches Section 146 - Row 2 - Seat 13 Photos/Scans have been watermarked for auction purposes only. Ticket will be shipped in the Ticket Toploader (Hard Plastic Holder) shown in the photos. It will be protected and surrounded by 2 pieces of rigid cardboard and sent via USPS with tracking. For multiple ticket orders add items to cart for combined shipping. |
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