Ichiro Suzuki's climb up the hits list has gone international.
With a second-inning single in the Miami Marlins' 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, Suzuki had his 3,053rd hit in the majors, which tied Rod Carew for 24th on the career hits list.
Suzuki's eighth-inning single, hit No. 3,054, passed Carew and made him the major's all-time hits leader for foreign-born players. Carew is from Panama.
"Obviously, I didn't see him in his prime, Rod Carew," Ichiro said through his interpreter, Allen Turner. "A lot of people have told me the similarities, that he used to hit like Ichiro.