TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki’s struggles at the plate have followed him to Japan. Ichiro went hitless in three at-bats on Sunday when his Seattle Mariners beat the Yomiuri Giants 6-4 in an exhibition game ahead of their MLB season-opening series against the Oakland A’s. Ichiro arrived in Japan hitting just .080 in spring training this season and couldn’t break out with a hit before a near-sellout crowd of 46,315 at Tokyo Dome. Seattle manager Scott Servais played down the notion that Ichiro is under pressure here to get hits. The A’s were to play an exhibition game against the Nippon Ham Fighters later Sunday.

Source: National Post March 17, 2019 06:14 UTC