MLB官網新聞 http://tinyurl.com/yydanlqj Ichiro to announce retirement today 45-year-old batting ninth and playing right field By Greg Johns @gregjohnsmlb 43 minutes ago TOKYO -- Even as Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki was playing out his final game of the Opening Series, MLB.com confirmed a Kyodo News report Thursday night that the 45-year-old will be announcing his retirement from baseball following the game. The team has not confirmed the report. Ichiro popped out in foul territory to A's third baseman Matt Chapman in his first at-bat and grounded out to second in the fourth as he continued searching for his first hit of the season after being penciled in by Seattle manager Scott Servais for a second straight game in right field as the Mariners closed out their week-long visit to Japan. Ichiro went 0-for-1 with a walk before being taken out in the bottom of the fourth in Wednesday's 9-7 Opening Night victory, in the process becoming the second-oldest position player ever to start a season opener. The two teams were allowed to carry three extra players for the two international games, but will need to cut to 25 players before resuming play in the United States next Thursday, so Ichiro's position was understood to likely be short term. The Mariners have said they're taking things "day by day" with Ichiro, but clearly he's not part of the future plans for a team looking to rebuild with younger players. Servais remained non-committal when asked what the Mariners would do with Ichiro when returning to Seattle. "We're really taking it a day at a time," Servais said. "The focus here was to make sure he was ready to go and our team was ready to go when we got to Tokyo. We've been consistent all along in saying we'll reevaluate when we get back to Seattle and see where we're at and where he's at and go from there." --

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