Ichiro won’t win the batting title this season or score 100 runs, but he’s added another of those shake-your-head marks to his considerable résumé.

When he led off the Seattle Mariners’ first inning Thursday with an infield single, he went where no one in baseball history had gone before. The hit was his 220th, and he added No. 221 a little later.

No player in big-league history had ever had five seasons in which he had at least 220 hits until Ichiro did it with that single.

Two players – Rogers Hornsby and Jesse Burkett, who made his run in the late 1890s – had at least 220 hits in a year four times.

Seven others – Bill Terry, Chuck Klein, George Sisler, Joe Medwick, Lloyd Waner, Stan Musial and Ty Cobb – had done it in three different seasons.

Why publish such a long list of names? Each of those players is in the Hall of Fame.

Ichiro seems destined to join them in due time.

GM happy with coaches

General manager Jack Zduriencik hasn’t asked any of the M’s coaching staff back and will meet with all of them Monday, but their return seems a formality.

“I’m proud of the job all of them have done,” Zduriencik said Friday.

Bench coach Ty Van Burkleo, pitching coach Rick Adair, hitting coach Alan Cockrell, bullpen coach John Wetteland, third base coach Bruce Hines and first base coach Lee Tinsley will all be asked back.

So will manager Don Wakamatsu. Not a surprise, but a change – the Mariners fired two managers last season.

Short hops

Rookie Adam Moore was behind the plate again Friday, in large part because he was the only totally healthy catcher the team had. Kenji Johjima (elbow) and Rob Johnson (ankle) are nicked up, although either could play in a pinch. Johjima will likely start tonight, Johnson on Sunday when Felix Hernandez makes his final start. … With the 83-76 record going into the weekend, Wakamatsu has become the third manager in team history to post a winning record in his first season with Seattle. The others? Lou Piniella (82-80 in 1993) and Bob Melvin (93-69 in 2003). … Ken Griffey Jr. began the night batting .215, but in his last 20 games he’s batted .270 with three doubles, six home runs and 20 RBI. In Safeco Field this season, he’s hit .271 with 12 of his 18 homers. … With his 37th save Thursday, David Aardsma matched Kazuhiro Sasaki for the third-highest single-season total in franchise history. He recorded 34 of those saves after May 15. … Expect infielder Josh Wilson to stay at home for a while once the season ends. In 2009, he played for five teams: Arizona, San Diego and Seattle in the majors, Reno and Tacoma in AAA.

On tap

Seattle hosts Texas in a 6:10 p.m. game that will be televised on FSN. Probable starting pitchers: Tommy Hunter (9-5, 4.10) vs. Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-4, 3.91).

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